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Deer shot in Maine #7087250
12/13/20 11:09 AM
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Bruce T Offline OP
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Back before coyotes arrived in Maine and before the deer yards were cut down

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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087258
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HOLY CRAP! Gotta love those!


I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087323
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Great pics Bruce, thanks for posting.

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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087334
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Back before coyotes arrived in Maine didn't Maine have wolves?


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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087338
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Quebec feeds its deer to the gray wolf. Less than 80 miles from the True Northern Maine.


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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087354
12/13/20 01:01 PM
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They're still here and they even kill one every now and then. [Linked Image]

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087365
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Thanks for sharing those are incredible bucks of yesteryears

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087375
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Same thing going on in Nova Scotia. Still some giants roaming but I believe deforestation is the main cause. Very few good stands of softwood left.
Those are some beauties!

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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087410
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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087451
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That's Fred's silver ridge buck shot in 49

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Line Jumper] #7087461
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Originally Posted by Line Jumper
That's Fred's silver ridge buck shot in 49



Sorry didn't see the other post stating this fact

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087470
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That second deer has unusually spaced browtines.

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087625
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This is the first time I've heard someone blame coyotes for a lack of deer.

Now if you said wolves, I would understand. We have a few I'd sell you.

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: MJM] #7087674
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Originally Posted by MJM
Back before coyotes arrived in Maine didn't Maine have wolves?

Nope


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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: CJW] #7087678
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Originally Posted by CJW
This is the first time I've heard someone blame coyotes for a lack of deer.

Now if you said wolves, I would understand. We have a few I'd sell you.

You don't live in Maine.The coyotes are much bigger up here.


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Originally Posted by novatrapper01
Same thing going on in Nova Scotia. Still some giants roaming but I believe deforestation is the main cause. Very few good stands of softwood left.
Those are some beauties!

here logging old growth is the best way to get more deer . Or do you mean like urban sprawl and clearing for agriculture

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Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bigfoot] #7087824
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Originally Posted by Bigfoot
Originally Posted by novatrapper01
Same thing going on in Nova Scotia. Still some giants roaming but I believe deforestation is the main cause. Very few good stands of softwood left.
Those are some beauties!

here logging old growth is the best way to get more deer . Or do you mean like urban sprawl and clearing for agriculture

Cutovers provide good deer feed in spring,summers,and falls.The deer around here need those thick stands of cedar to yard up in the winters.Little snow and feed.Without those deer yards they are at the mercy of the family packs of coyotes and deep snow.


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Originally Posted by Bruce T
Originally Posted by CJW
This is the first time I've heard someone blame coyotes for a lack of deer.

Now if you said wolves, I would understand. We have a few I'd sell you.

You don't live in Maine.The coyotes are much bigger up here.


Well you're right I don't but we have 100 pound wolves AND decent sized coyotes up here plus gobs of other predators and most honest people still put most of the blame on people/dnr and a lack of logging. Our growing predator population does undoubtedly play a roll though come spring. I grew up in Illinois where we had no shortage of coyotes and the deer population did nothing but grow.

But maybe you're completely right and I'm completely wrong.

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087879
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Coyotes definitely kill deer. However they don’t decimate them I would say. All of our coyote snaring is done amongst healthy deer populations. They’re not dinky little coyotes either.

Nice old buck photos though. I love a big whitetail.

Re: Deer shot in Maine [Re: Bruce T] #7087907
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Originally Posted by Bruce T
Originally Posted by CJW
This is the first time I've heard someone blame coyotes for a lack of deer.

Now if you said wolves, I would understand. We have a few I'd sell you.

You don't live in Maine.The coyotes are much bigger up here.

I've seen coyote chase deer in the summer, they decimate them in the yards.

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