Geo, Stan, I read a couple of years ago about fear of dramatic deer population reductions by hunters in certain areas of Georgia, but obviously not in Burke County. The "predator pit" concept is thought to be at work in some southern areas. It is hypothesized that coyotes have impacted fawn survival. Once management by elimination of does drops a population to a certain level, coyotes eliminate most of the fawns and the population doesn't rebound. Here's the article:
https://www.gon.com/article.php?id=3045
