Zero fawns the past 4 years in a row

[barnag]

What area of central TX are you?

Bosque County / Clifton, TX

[bukkskin]

Bosque County / Clifton, TX

Ok, yep too far for me to help.
I would definitely ask around. Bound to be a good trapper close by.
And yes, keep those crawl holes cemented up, or whatever you can do.
Coyotes are the ultimate fawn killers and are plenty bold.
They got 2 bottleraised fawns out of my yard fence in the last couple of years.

[barnag]

Ok, yep too far for me to help.
I would definitely ask around. Bound to be a good trapper close by.
And yes, keep those crawl holes cemented up, or whatever you can do.
Coyotes are the ultimate fawn killers and are plenty bold.
They got 2 bottleraised fawns out of my yard fence in the last couple of years.

Under the high fence, what holes should be covered and which holes should snares be put in?

[Top Of Texas]

That can't be coyotes alone, not with that consistency and good rainfall over the last 3 years. Get some professional help before you expend time, effort, and money. Call your Technical Guidance Biologist. Free, professional, expertise.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/habitats/county/?county=Bosque

[ballgame]

I'd put money on Coyotes being your problem.

I'm dealing with the same thing even though were aren't high fenced.

Roughly 40,000 acres around me are reporting almost zero fawns surviving the 3 past years.

This has been going on since 2014. (realistically it started before this but we hadn't noticed it yet)

Once they moved in our deer numbers drastically dropped.

I know of a 500 acre HF ranch near us that had 100 Axis wiped out by coyotes in one year.....

[Encinal]

First of all, what else is on the property? Exotics?

Secondly, I don't know who sold you bred does, but you get VERY few fawns out of transplanted does. They almost always lose them.

Thirdly, how old were the does when they were moved. When were they moved.

How much cover is there? Fawns can't live on a pile of rocks.

[barnag]

First of all, what else is on the property? Exotics?

Secondly, I don't know who sold you bred does, but you get VERY few fawns out of transplanted does. They almost always lose them.

Thirdly, how old were the does when they were moved. When were they moved.

How much cover is there? Fawns can't live on a pile of rocks.

Just whitetail. Everything I mentioned in my post is all we have.
Transported does were all ages. From yearling to 5 1/2, all moved in April each year.

Tons of great habitat that's been improved every year. Fruit trees, oak trees, acres and acres of cedar removed, replaced with native grasses. Ample water, protein feed year round, acres of food plots.

[barnag]

Update: Met with our county trapper just now. He is starting as of today. 365.

[bukkskin]

Update: Met with our county trapper just now. He is starting as of today. 365.

Good deal, keep us updated on what ya'll catch.

[brokeno]

Coyotes
Bobcats
Hogs
Fire ants if it's dry
Same problem at my place and biologist keeps talking about fawn survival rate of 30 percent in our county which is total bs. Might see 2 - 4 does a year compared to 20-30 15 years ago.

[tmstuk]

I'm in.

[Leon County Slayer]

good to hear on the trapper starting up. Look forward to hearing reports as well and see. I bet they get a bunch of yotes. Would be worth doing some evening calling too come cooler weather.

[KyleW]

Hope the traps help.

[Calrob]

Cut the fence and give 'em a chance.... or be one of those guys and let 'em die, ya know, cause they're yours....

[kparker158]

Great Pyrenees