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Deer don't care about nation-state boundaries, this is one of the more ridiculous metrics I've seen. Deer in the NE American/Canadian boundary zone are not comp
by photochemsyn 3y ago
Deer don't care about nation-state boundaries, this is one of the more ridiculous metrics I've seen. Deer in the NE American/Canadian boundary zone are not comparable to deer in the Sierra Nevada and foothills. You need to look at thinks like watersheds, habitats, etc.
As far as why the East Coast has a deer problem, they killed off all the predators, unlike on the West Coast. Reintroduce wolves and mountain lions, that's the solution.
- nullc 3y agoEven coyotes help control deer populations.
- pfdietz 3y agoEast coast coyotes are larger than in the west, I've heard. A smattering of gray wolf genes, plus selection pressure with no actual wolves around.
- nullc 3y agoI'm in California, the coyotes where I live are small-- but they still manage to kill fawns (and, rarely, adult deer-- e.g. catching them while they're giving birth or are injured). Larger coyotes would presumably have some real success against the adults.
- pfdietz 3y agoAgainst injured/sick ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote