Wildlife are believed to cause significant losses to yields for grain farmers within the state of Kentucky. Currently, no research has attempted to quantify yield losses directly attributed to white-tailed deer within Kentucky. Previous research on deer damage to grain crops in other regions of the United States have found contradicting results, with some research showing significantly decreased yields while others showing little to no effect on yields. Within Kentucky overall the last several decades deer populations have drastically increased in many areas. Increasing deer densities have been shown to alter impacts on several ecosystems however no previous agricultural damage studies have...
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