Coyotes and a recovering Black Bear population are not enough to drop deer numbers to sustainable levels in Maryland...............Farmers accrued crop losses of $7.5 million based on deer damage..............Human hunters are also not going to stem this agricultural $$ loss................Pumas and Wolves--it is time that we say: "come on back to Maryland!"

Maryland farmers: $10M in crop losses last year attributed to wildlife; deer blamed for most

By Associated Press, Monday

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland farmers say wildlife caused an estimated $10 million in crop losses last year.The estimate was released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Maryland field office in Annapolis.

Eastern Coyotes take fawns and some deer during the winter months--but not enough!

Deer were blamed for more than three-quarters of the damage, and groundhogs and geese were blamed for most of the rest. Losses were greatest in north central Maryland, where about $4.3 million in damage was reported, followed by southern Maryland, where farmers reported $3.4 million in losses.

The results were obtained from an annual acreage and production survey. The figures show Maryland farmers spent an estimated $410,000 last year on preventative measures such as fences, repellents and devices to scare away wildlife.

the Eastern Wolf needs to take up residence in Maryland

Pumas need to come back to Western Maryland

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