Prescribed Coyote Control to Develop an “Open Window Policy” for Enhancing Deer Survival

Authors

Tommy L. Hailey, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Date of this Version

January 1995

Document Type

Proceeding

Citation

Published in Coyotes in the Southwest: A Compendium of Our Knowledge, Symposium Proceedings, December 13–14, 1995, San Angelo, Texas

Edited by Dale Rollins, Calvin Richardson, Terry Blankenship, Kem Canon, and Scott Henke

Comments

Published 1996, Austin, Texas. Used by permission

Abstract

Management of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) holds a high priority on many Texas ranches today The use of prescribed aerial control of coyotes to increase white-tailed deer productivity may provide wildlife managers with an economical management tool. I describe two case studies of ranches in the Lower Rolling Plains where prescribed coyote control has increased the deer herds.