The Role of Predator Control as a Tool in Game Management
Extension Publication SP-113
Predator control is a controversial topic. The proceedings of this symposium explores current knowledge about the effects of predator control on game animals, and reveals that more research is needed. These papers should facilitate discussion and be useful to persons identifying with all sides of the issue.
April 18-19, 2001
YO Ranch Hotel & Conference Center
Kerrville, TX
Sponsored by:
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Sheep & Goat Predator Management Board
Texas Wildlife Damage Management Services
USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
Co-sponsors:
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society
Welder Wildlife Foundation
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Trappers and Fur Hunters Association
Texas Wildlife Association
Texas Agricultural Research & Extension Center
7887 US Highway 87 N., San Angelo, TX 76901
Symposium Proceedings – PDF Format
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- Front Cover, Table of Contents and Foreward
- Keynote Address: Making Predator Management Decisions
- The Role of Predation in Wildlife Population Dynamics
- Predation Management for Livestock and Wildlife Enterprises
- Making Sense of the Data: Whose Science is Sound?
- Ecosystem Impacts of Predators: To Control or not to Control, That is the Question
- Public Attitudes and Predator Control: the Biologist’s Puppeteer?
- Deer-Predator Relationships
- Mountain Lions, Deer and Predator Control
- Impacts of Small Predators on Deer
- Predator Management: Part of a Comprehensive Plan for the Wild
- Impacts of Predation on Quail
- Supplemental Feeding and Nest Predation
- Predator Control in Deer Management: South Texas
- The Role of Predator Management as a Tool in Game Management, Case Study: Rolling Plains
- Predator Control and Deer Management: an East Texas Perspective
- Predator Control and Upland Gamebirds in South Texas
- Predator Control and Game Bird Management in the Edwards Plateau of Texas
- Turkey, Quail and Predators in the Rolling Plains, Texas
- Management Alternatives Relative to Predators
- Regulations Related to Predator Control in Game Management
- Trap and Snare Use for Predator Control
- Calling and Aerial Hunting as Tools for Predator Control
- Nonlethal Control Options for Predation Management on Wildlife
- Predators are a Liability: Holding Back the Tide
- Predators are an Asset: the Case Against Predator Control
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