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PostedWednesday,May 26, 20215:00 pm

By HEATHER WALTERS

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is asking deer hunters to help save the state’s deer population by helping to control a growing coyote population.
According to DNR, coyotes first appeared in SC about 30 years ago and continue to expand greatly in numbers. Coyotes are negatively impacting our official State Animal, the White-tailed deer, by preying heavily on deer fawns.
Since 2002, DNR officials report that South Carolina’s deer population has declined by more than 30 percent. “While our deer population is still healthy, we do not want to see it decline further,” according to information provided by SCDNR.
To help with this problem, deer hunters are asked to trap coyotes.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has a Coyote Harvest Incentive Program. This was created in 2016 and is meant to be a coyote tagging and reward program.
Here’s how…