UGA south Florida deer study

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UGA south Florida deer study

Post by Iluv2hunt » Mon May 11, 2015 7:07 am

http://www.ugadeerresearch.org/south-fl ... eer-study/

This is your deer tag money at work. In my opinion, this is a good thing. They helicopter netted 100 deer and fitted them with gps collars. There was a meeting in So Fla the other day and this is the synopsis so far (3 months into this study):

In a span of 3 months, 20 of the deer are dead.
5 from stress of the capture
11 confirmed panther kills
3 unknown/unconfirmed predator kills
1 natural causes

This is a 5 year plan and has already been funded.
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Re: UGA south Florida deer study

Post by treefarmer » Mon May 11, 2015 2:16 pm

That site is pretty interesting, even if it is UGA :rolleyes ! Must be quite a program to study deer in so many other states. Articles loaded fine but pictures were very slow to load, must be somethin' on my end.
Thanks for posting the site.
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edit: seems like a high mortality rate in just 3 months, if that is common, no wonder there is a big decline in the south Florida deer herds.

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Re: UGA south Florida deer study

Post by Iluv2hunt » Mon May 11, 2015 3:11 pm

60% of the population in a year to predation if you run 3 months out over a year. I'd say that's bad

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Re: UGA south Florida deer study

Post by Bossman » Mon May 11, 2015 6:07 pm

That looks like down4dacount's treestand... I think I might see him, the secret is out!
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Re: UGA south Florida deer study

Post by sam03 » Tue May 12, 2015 8:42 am

So maybe panther hunts should open up to protect the deer?
I like animals, they are tasty!

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