Deer Survival in Michigan Broken Down

To better understand predator-prey relationships, SCI Foundation helped fund studies on  Whitetail deer in Michigan.   In Michigan, Deer survival is influenced by many factors including disease, predation, weather, and hunter harvest. In the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan, deer survival is especially influenced by winter food supply and cover.  Predators also play a role in the survival of deer, particularly fawn survival during the spring and summer. Understanding deer survival and the factors that influence survival throughout the year is vitally important for proper management of the deer herd.

The Safari Club International Foundation has partnered with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Mississippi State University, and the Michigan Involvement Committee of Safari Club International to better understand the impact of predation on deer, while also determining how predation is influenced by winter weather and deer habitat conditions. Learn more right here.

Primos’ Frantic Fawn Is Predators’ Favorite Meal

 

The only decoy more realistic than the Frantic Fawn™ is a real fawn. The photo-realistic hide and injured fawn motion provided by the Decoy Heart™ keeps predators focused on the decoy and off of you. The Frantic Fawn™ not only draws in coyotes, foxes and bobcats but on many occasions it brings does in as well.

The Frantic Fawn™ is compact and easy to carry and set up with no assembly required. Throw out some fawn in distress calls and let the Frantic Fawn™ do the rest of the work. Read more

Wolf Hunt to Proceed in Montana, Injunction Denied

Tuesday,the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down a request for an emergency injunction that would have shut down wolf hunting in the Rocky Mountains.

General rifle season opens in Montana Saturday and it looks like opportunitic hunters will be able to eliminate some of the predators.

The court said it will consider the the animal activist whackos’ motion for an injunction when oral arguments are presented on a pending appeal Nov. 8.

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