http://www.denverpost.com/outdoors/...mong-states-struggling-stop-decline-mule-deer
I certianly don't have the answers to the long term declines, but have to admit that the 3% drop in entire population of Colorado isn't that concerning to me considering the 07/08 winter was so brutal down there.
I worked on a coyote study in S. Idaho for 5 years (put in about 30 days in the study area) working for a research biologist.
In that study we learned this: killing coyotes makes a little difference in mule deer populations but is very expensive.
I certianly don't have the answers to the long term declines, but have to admit that the 3% drop in entire population of Colorado isn't that concerning to me considering the 07/08 winter was so brutal down there.
I worked on a coyote study in S. Idaho for 5 years (put in about 30 days in the study area) working for a research biologist.
In that study we learned this: killing coyotes makes a little difference in mule deer populations but is very expensive.