According to a study by pheasants forever,coyotes help pheasant population.
And there’s enough coyotes in the areas that have good pheasant populations to support this from what I’ve seen.
That’s interesting. I am a PF member, and have an e mail to them on this topic.
I have 640 acres of stellar pheasant habitat in west central Ks. In 2010 and 2011, we shot over 100 roosters off that land. In 2012, we hunted it one day, with dogs and never “saw” a pheasant. There was a terrible drought and heat wave that killed off almost all of the population.
Since 2012, the population has increased at a very slow rate. I can’t understand why there are not more birds. The property has lots of cover multiple food plots, and three water sources on the property.
