Deer Management News This Week

2016 Washington Deer Prospects A Mixed Bag September 30, 2016 
nwsportsmanmag.com
...  See 2016 deer outlook  ... last year’s seasons, the state was a mess, what with massive wildfires, extreme drought and large-scale land closures, as well as bluetongue ravaging whitetails... some good things going in our favor in 2015: fantastic buck ratios in Okanogan and Chelan Counties; a late-starting and -ending 11-day rifle muley season; the end of the four-point minimum for whitetails in two super-popular units north of Spokane ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife relocates mule deer to rebalance the populations after a drought. - September 30, 2016


Urban deer hunting flies 'under the radar' in the Q-C October 1, 2016 Iowa, Quad City Times
...  in Bettendorf and Davenport. The controlled archery-only programs were implemented at separate times more than a decade ago to thin herds in the respective cities... "If nothing’s done at all, it’s safe to say your herd will grow by a third every year,” said Ross Ellingson, wildlife depredation biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. [If that were true, deer would cover the planet, see research on deer habitat and population] 

Deer Harvest Report Shows 5.8 percent Increase Over Previous Season October 1, 2016 North Carolina, montgomeryherald.com
... “Although trends vary by county and region, the deer harvest appears to be pretty stable on a statewide scale,” said Jonathan Shaw, the Commission’s deer biologist. “Things have certainly rebounded a bit since 2014-2015, where we saw a decline in the statewide harvest.” ...

CWD-positive deer found in Oconto County September 30, 2016 Wisconsin, Green Bay Press Gazette
... A white-tailed deer on an Oconto County hunting preserve has tested positive for the fatal disease [chronic wasting] ...

EHD, Deadly disease causing high white-tailed deer casualties September 30, 2016 South Dakota, West Fargo Pioneer
... South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks has received reports of 511 dead deer since the summer, all of which are presumed to be caused by epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) or bluetongue ... the number still has not risen to 2012 levels, when 3,700 dead deer were reported ...

... While the winter of 2015 was relatively mild, the three previous severe winters are still having an impact on deer numbers across the UP. Deer numbers are still quite low, and at least one more mild winter is needed in order to begin seeing deer numbers truly rebound... Apple production appears to be high this year, while acorn and beechnut production is spotty ...

Single Deer in Berrien County Tests Positive for EHD September 29, 2016 Michigan, MDNR News
... Deer deaths from EHD in Michigan have occurred sporadically since 2006. Prior to 2006, EHD outbreaks in Michigan occurred in 1955 and 1974... No cases of EHD were confirmed in the state in either 2014 or 2015...  ... “Due to the prolonged, dry, hot weather this year, we are not surprised to see EHD emerge,” ...

Wolf hunting in the West September 29, 2016 Montana, Tri-State Livestock News
... Darby, Montana ... Deer and elk numbers are still down but we’re seeing a slight increase again in the elk... The Fish and Game Department sells an unlimited number of [wolf] tags but there are quotas in some areas; once those target numbers are reached, the hunt is closed...

Nevada game officials schedule emergency mule deer hunts September 29, 2016 Las Vegas Review-Journal
...  “Since a large portion of this winter range burned, it will no longer support as many deer as it has in years past. If we have a severe winter this upcoming year, we may see a large scale die-off of mule deer ...We typically target adult females when trying to reduce the density ...

Southern rebound? September 29, 2016 New York, Outdoor News
... the Southern Zone accounts for the bulk – about 85 percent – of the statewide harvest ... The same mild weather during last year’s deer season continued after, allowing whitetails to cruise through the winter with virtually no mortality and excellent fawn survival...

Winter ticks plague Vermont's moose herd September 29, 2016 Vermont, Addison County Independent
... This year the Department of Fish and Wildlife issued 40 percent fewer moose permits (160 in total) and again restricted hunting in all but two management areas to adult males, in an effort to bolster a herd hit hard by ... ticks...

Monroe Co. deer trace roots only to 1940's September 28, 2016 Georgia, Monroe County Reporter
... When Europeans first set foot in North America, white-tailed deer were found throughout what is now Georgia. However, as settlers ventured into the interior of the state, whitetails were quickly extirpated... Georgia sought and was granted permission to trap deer in the Kentucky Woodland Refuge. Between 1939 and 1944 some 344 deer were trapped there and released ...

A Staten Island deer vasectomy up close September 28, 2016 New York, SILive.com
... About 200 bait sites are scattered around Staten Island, though only 50 to 60 are active on a given day... The vet then made a one-and-a-half inch incision to access the deer's vas deferens ... "Some people think we're doing a castration," DiSalvo said. "But the bucks are keeping their testicles." ...

City contractor White Buffalo performs a vasectomy on a male deer at Blue Heron Park Nature Center on Sept. 27, 2016.


Texas bowhunters can expect tougher conditions this deer season September 28, 2016 Chron.com
... A mild, wet winter was followed by one of wettest spring and summer Texas has seen in decades, with some stretches seeing more rain than any similar time in a century or more. That abundance of rain triggered an explosion of vegetation that provided deer with a bumper crop of forbes and browse ... "There's just an incredible amount of cover out there, " ...

DNR pushes back CWD response plan updates to spring September 28, 2016 Wisconsin, Fox11online.com
... a 15-year plan that expires in 2025. It calls for reducing local deer herds in isolated areas of infection but centers mostly on monitoring the disease's spread. The agency's board in December 2015 ordered a review of the plan by this December amid concerns that the disease has been spreading unchecked....

Minnesota drivers expected to hit more than 42,000 deer September 28, 2016 Farmington Independent
... Minnesota drivers have a 1-in-80 chance of hitting a deer this year, with Wisconsin drivers at 1-in-77, South Dakota drivers at 1-in-70 and North Dakota at 1-in-91.  Minnesota drivers will hit deer about 42,207 times over the next 12 months, with Wisconsin drivers forecast to hit about 54,597...

Rifle deer season starts Saturday September 28, 2016 Oregon, Bend Bulletin
...  throughout the Ochoco District ... deer populations continue to be lower than management objectives because of habitat loss and disturbance, poaching, predation, disease and road kills... in the Deschutes District ... a ratio of 24 bucks per 100 does [near management objectives]. Late-spring rains gave a boost to the population ...

Deer harvest dips on opening weekend of archery season September 28, 2016 Tennessee, The Tennessean
... The harvest Saturday and Sunday was 1,794, which was 730 fewer deer than were killed on the opening weekend in 2015 ... opening weekend harvest in 2014 was 2,764 and in 2013 was 3,076...

... State Route 18 from Diamond Valley to Veyo is one of these hot spots ... “That’s an area that’s a migration corridor,” ... The Division has spent a lot of money over the past several years to minimize impacts, particularly on I-15 and I-70. And we’ve, for the most part, taken care of the problem ...

Rose Valley deer bow hunt to start on Saturday September 28, 2016 Pennsylvania, The Delaware County Daily Times
... Approved bow hunting, primarily by local law enforcement personnel, will be permitted Oct. 1-Dec. 10 in the municipal-owned Long Point Wildlife Sanctuary and Todmorden Woods... Initiated in 2010, the original deer management plan estimated 27 white tails should be removed ... a paid cull have resulted in the taking of 26 animals. As the totals do not account for births, this year’s public hunt is considered maintenance...

Ann Arbor council candidates disagree on big issues facing city September 28, 2016 MIchigan, Michigan Live
... Silkworth made it clear he opposes the City Council's move to hire sharpshooters to kill deer in city parks and nature areas ... "The city did not conduct any meaningful studies of the deer population within our borders before moving forward with the initial cull.   .... Warpehoski is a proponent of lethal culls... 

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer throughout North America. The disease is caused by an abnormally shaped class of proteins which cause holes in the brain, degraded neurological functions and ultimately death. September 27, 2016 Iowa State University


Commission Endorses Emergency Doe Hunt September 27, 2016 Nevada, Nevada Department of Wildlife
... Hot Pot and Izzenhood fires burned roughly 128,800 acres ... the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners have endorsed an emergency antlerless deer (doe) hunt proposed by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) designed to reduce the size of the Izzenhood portion of the Area 6 deer herd and minimize deer malnutrition and starvation on the winter range ...

New owner steps up plans to save white deer at former Seneca Army Depot September 27, 2016 New York, NewYorkUpstate.com
... The new owner of the former Seneca Army Depot has made preserving the depot's celebrated white deer herd a priority ... the planting of more vegetation to make sure the deer have enough to eat, repairs to the fence ...  hiring of an ecologist to survey the land and to come up with an overall plan ...

Comparison of three different indirect methods to evaluate ungulate population densities S Pfeffer - 2016
... For moose, camera traps yielded a population estimate similar to dung counts. However, estimated densities from the dung count approach were much lower for all other three ungulate species than densities from the camera trapping. Even though the use of camera traps is more time consuming and costly, this method is evaluated as a trustworthy estimator of population sizes. In addition, further information about habitat associations, activity patterns, behaviour, or community structure can be successfully accomplished...

House committee advances license fee legislation September 26, 2016 Pennsylvania, Scranton Times-Tribune
... Pennsylvania Game Commission would set future fee levels if the companion bills are enacted ... The last hunting license increase came in 1999 ... 

... banning spear-hunting for big game...  limit deer hunting with air guns to the modern firearm season ...

Chronic wasting disease requires new deer testing September 25, 2016 Texas, Amarillo.com
... A single mule deer in Hartley County that tested positive for chronic wasting disease in 2015 ... first detection of the disease in the Panhandle ... all deer harvested this season west of Hwy. 287 and north of US 60 will need brain tissue testing ...

Wildlife managers prepare to fight cheatgrass in wake of fire September 25, 2016 Idaho, Post Register
... cheatgrass. It’s native to Europe, northern Africa and southern Asia. It invaded America the same year the Civil War started ...    ...  53,000 acres of burned ground ... In addition to the threat posed by cheatgrass, managers expect a substantial number of mule deer will die this winter ... Unlike blue bunchgrass, cheatgrass isn’t good food for deer ...

Great Lakes and Wyoming wolves at risk ... Septembert 25, 2016 Wisconsin, Madison.com
... The provision that would de-list gray wolves in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Wyoming is designed to keep wolves barred forever from protection by the Endangered Species Act (effectually gutting the law and not allowing science to protect endangered species)... Promote the controversial practice of hunting and chasing after deer with hounds (also known as “deer-dogging”) in certain national forests...

Upper Dublin, Deer of Upper Dublin again under siege September 25, 2016 Pennsylvania, Montgomery Newspapers
... The average deer killed annually for most of the last seven years is 27. Last year, hunters sat for 1,300 hours to kill 27 deer. In the meantime, our public lands cannot be used from Monday through Saturday ... The City of Philadelphia’s payments to the USDA for deer kills in Fairmount Park beginning in 2001 through 2016 total $408,566.90 with around 3,100 deer killed...

Deer, habitat bill debated September 24, 2015 Pennsylvania, Tribune-Review
...  a hearing on House Bill 2083 last week. It would create a forest and wildlife advisory council with authority to give the Pennsylvania Game Commission whatever marching orders it chose. Its goal would be to improve hunting by turning back the clock on deer management almost 20 years...

Michigan 2016 Deer Season Updates September 24, 2016 MDNR
  LInk to Youtube videos from the Michigan DNR providing audio updates for regions in the state from local wildlife biologists,..

Shaker Heights, Residents protest Shaker Heights deer culling September 24, 2016 Ohio, fox8.com
... The demonstrators said Shaker Heights, which has about 10 deer per square mile, is not overpopulated... They also argue mass killing of deer causes overpopulation because of higher birth rates and more food...

Hunters start tracking September 24, 2016 Ohio, Marietta Times
...  they are expecting more than 150,000 deer to be checked this year.  Last season, hunters in Ohio checked 152,444 deer and they harvested 148,821 in 2014... 

Deer numbers lowest at check station in over 60 years September 23, 2016 California, Union Democrat
... The total number of deer checked in was 19 compared to 29 last year, the lowest number since the check station began in 1953.,, set up at Highway 108 and Lyons Dam Rd ... Four years of drought and hot, dry hunting conditions are likely the cause for this year’s poor results...

De Blasio gets snippy over deer-vasectomy proposal September 23, 2016 New York, New York Daily News
... “We carefully worked through this policy with a host of wildlife experts. This is something we worked on with State and federal officials as well to figure out what was the most effective and most humane way to go about this.” ...

Moline, No deer kill in Moline, DNR says September 23, 2016 Illinois, Quad City Times
... "The problem is, Mr. Harris was quoted as saying there are too many deer," Tom Micetich, deer project manager for the DNR said in May. "There never was a formal population assessment done." Despite having his firearm-use waiver, Harris' request for a permit to kill our deer has been denied...

Deer populations unsustainable with CWD, study shows September 23, 2016 Louisiana, The Times-Picayune
... A team of researchers, led by Ph.D. graduate student David Edmunds, studied deer populations in a region of Wyoming that has been impacted by chronic wasting disease ... discovered, however, is that CWD caused a 10.4 percent annual decline in the region's deer herd...

Two Coyotes Kill Deer In Briarcliff Manor September 23, 2016 Connecticut, Daily Voice
... An attack on a deer by two coyotes this week in Westchester is further evidence that coyotes are here to stay  ... Briarcliff, where two coyotes killed a deer Wednesday morning on Long Hill Road East ...

Deer Tracker App’s 2016 Update Is Now Available September 23, 2016 grandviewoutdoors.com
... The 2016 update to “Deer Tracker” has been released. Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) and Powderhook’s popular free app allows hunters to monitor deer activity and harvests in their neck of the woods and across the country. The update comes with new interactive features that allow users to estimate the age and score of bucks in posted photos as well as locate nearby public hunting land...

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... The worst year for the disease in Illinois was 2012 when more than 2,000 cases were reported across 76 counties... 

A Disease You Need to Learn About Septemer 22, 2016 Missouri, Wayne County Journal Banner 
... In many ways, the public is being misled about chronic wasting disease in deer. ... It is likely that it exists to some degree in the Ozarks right now... in the Ozarks of north Arkansas it has been found in whitetail deer and elk in large numbers... What needs to be talked about is what the disease might do to those of us who eat deer meat...
Did You Know the Rut has Little to do With Bucks? September 22, 2016 Texas, fishgame.com
... a doe may be attractive to bucks for about five days, but may be willing to breed for a period of only 24 hours. If the doe is not bred during her first cycle, she will generally come into heat again about 28 days later.”  ...

Game and fish monitoring fatal disease ahead of deer season September 22, 2016 Arkansas, 8 ABC kait8.com
... They’ve [AGFC] taken a total of 1,749 samples. Of those, 104 tested positive.  There have not been any positive results in Northeast Arkansas... “They can come to us if they want to have the deer sampled,” ...

... chronic wasting disease continues to spread in the region’s deer population ...  one deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease near Beaverdale last year, the boundary of that disease management area was expanded ... 

Aging deer? There's an app for that September 21, 2016 MIssissippi, Jackson Clarion-Ledger
...  the app is designed to help hunters have an idea of how old a deer is when it's alive and after it has been harvested... The MSU Extension Service Deer Aging app is available for free from the App Store ... only for Apple," ...

Why Don't Deer Crash Into Each Other When Startled? September 21, 2016 Scientific American
... It is reasonable to assume that the deer would run directly away from an approaching threat or toward the nearest cover. Instead the researchers discovered that the animals preferred heading toward magnetic north or south...

Deer season is on tap next weekend (10/1/2016) September 21, 2016 Oregon, OregonLive.com
... Hunting conditions for the Oct. 1 deer opener are much improved over 2015, when most of Oregon was in dire distress from drought. A few pockets of dryness linger in northeast and parts of southeast Oregon ...

Hoosiers to vote on hunting rights this fall September 20, 2016 Indiana, Terre Haute Tribune Star
... Public Question 1, which asks if they want to “forever preserve” the right to harvest the state’s wildlife... In addition to declaring a right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife, the amendment says “hunting and fishing shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.” ...

Wildlife goes nuts over abundant acorn crop September 20, 2016 Virginia, GoDanRiver.com
... anecdotal reports from across the state indicate that Mother Nature’s cupboard is pretty well loaded with acorns in most areas this fall... “A heavy mast crop usually results in a decline in our total deer kill,” ... The last five years’ average has been 219,000 ...

... Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has not been found in free-ranging deer or elk in Kentucky ...   the disease has been found in five of seven states that border Kentucky — Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia. ...   Researchers believe that CWD has been spread in North America by the transportation of infected deer or elk between captive herds, the escape of infected deer or elk from captive herd facilities ...

Anthrax confirmed in Kinney County deer September 20, 2016 Texas, outbreaknewstoday.com
... Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed Anthrax in white-tailed deer in Kinney County on September 16, 2016. The affected premises is located approximately 12 miles east of Brackettville...

Let's end deer reduction zones September 20, 2016 Indiana, Evansville Courier & Press
... euphemism ... is “Deer Reduction Zones.” A more accurate description would be Deer Extermination Zones. In order to accomplish this goal, the state Department of Natural Resources has not only extended the hunting season for these animals, but also allows for each hunter to kill a total of 10 deer ... the goal of essentially eliminating a whole species of animals in an area surrounding a city seems to me unnecessarily extreme ...

Help create Minnesota's first-ever deer plan September 20, 2016 MDNR News
     Applications are open for citizens interested in serving on a statewide deer management plan advisory committee that will provide guidance, input and feedback beginning this December and continuing throughout the planning process.  The committee's recommendations, along with broader public input, will help DNR develop its first-ever deer management plan, which will provide strategic guidance on deer management into the future...

Charlottesville, City council contemplates urban archery, management techniques September 20, 2016 Virginia, The Daily Progress
... Assistant City Manager Mike Murphy told the council that passing an ordinance to permit residents to bow hunt within city limits is not particularly feasible.  Of the city’s more than 7,000 acres, “we have a total of five acres that might qualify [for urban archery] if you stay 100 yards away from every commercial building, dwelling, roadway or park or trail,” Murphy said. “In the way we use our land, and with our particular density, it’d be extremely difficult.”...

Chronic wasting disease found in McGregor Range deer  September 19, 2016 New Mexico,  New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
     Five deer harvested in the McGregor Range area of southern New Mexico during the 2015-16 hunting season have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Department of Game and Fish announced. Hunters who harvested those deer have been notified of the test results. Forty hunters who drew licenses for 2016-17 hunts on the range will be notified and advised of procedures to present their harvested deer for testing.  First discovered in New Mexico in 2002 ... 

Judge overturns MDC regulations of privately owned deer September 19, 2016 Missouri, The Missouri Times
... proposed regulations would have prevented breeders from importing deer from other states and using them for breeding and on private hunting reserves... in ruling against the Department of Conservation, also seemed to suggest that the Missouri Department of Agriculture should be the agency responsible for regulation of privately owned and bred deer ...

Natural Resources department to launch deer predator study September 19, 2016 Minnesota, Minneapolis Star Tribune
... will begin start the $3 million effort by capturing and placing radio collars on deer predators, such as bobcats and coyotes, in Dane, Iowa and Grant counties in October. The agency will start capturing and collaring deer in January...

Paid urban deer hunts; coming soon to Fairfax County neighborhoods September 19, 2016 Virginia, Fairfaxtimes.com
... Outdoor Access, a Richmond startup that launched this month to coincide with the opening of deer season, is matching deer hunters with Fairfax County landowners for privately paid “urban hunts.” ... “We’re giving landowners the chance to make money off their land while hunters are afforded the opportunity to extend their hunting season and hunt in areas that typically aren’t hunted as much,” ...

Wildlife vs. Vehicle Costs Top $200 Million Annually in California September 19, 2016 California, UC Davis
... An interactive map shows locations of incidents involving wildlife throughout the state, for the fall, when collisions are more likely to occur.  Hot spots illustrated by the report were identified ...

Why did deer collisions go up in Ohio last year? September 19, 2016 Ohio, WCPO
... The increase might be simply a result of people driving more: The Ohio Department of Public Safety found a 7-percent increase in overall crashes last year compared with 2014. And the Federal Highway Administration found Ohio drivers logged more miles ...

State Farm Survey, Deer Damage Can Be Costly September 19, 2016
... State Farm has released its annual deer claim study, which ranks states by the potential drivers had of hitting a large animal, including deer, elk and moose ... The likelihood of colliding with a large animal more than doubles during the months of October, November and December, during deer mating season ...
...  building wildlife overpasses like in Eastern Nevada on Highway 93 and I-80; those have actually saved a lot of mule deer," Healy said. "In two different migrations, 7,000 deer used it going back and forth  ...
Livestock producers need to be watchful of disease most common in deer September 18, 2016 South Dakota, Tri-State Neighbor
... epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) appears to be causing deer deaths in Nebraska and southern South Dakota ... EHD is caused by a virus that is spread by Culicoides biting midges. The disease generally peaks in late summer or early fall and ends with freezing temperatures ...

Ohio's deer-season harvest could reach 200,000 September 18, 2016 Columbus Dispatch
... The use of antlerless permits continues to be limited. A single antlerless permit may be used in four-deer counties ... Because of the recent regulatory tightening, moreover, deer populations in some counties have rebounded somewhat, Tonkovich said. As a result, the 2016-17 deer kill might increase as much as 5-10 percent from a year ago...  

CWD no longer high priority for DNR September 17, 2016 Wisconsin, Madison.com
...  why doesn’t Wisconsin require mandatory deer registration to ensure scientific assessments of CWD’s prevalence and distribution? Tami Ryan, the DNR’s wildlife health section chief, said the agency discussed that possibility, but decided it wasn’t feasible with the state’s new electronic-registration system. The agency also wants to see if voluntary compliance with sampling improves before reinstating mandatory registration...

Native plants are deer deterrents September 17, 2016 Oregon, OregonLive
... In the wild, deer and native plants evolved together, so plants developed defenses like waxy leaves or prickles that make them more adapted to surviving grazing. Even when they do get nibbled, natives are more likely to survive than the succulent plants in our gardens... Get ideas from an Extension publication of deer-resistant plants.

Mt. Lebanon,  Controversial deer cull starts again in Mt. Lebanon September 17, 2016 Pennsylvania, WPXI Pittsburgh
... goal of the deer cull is to reduce the deer population by about 50 percent in the next five years...




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Meet 'Whitey,' a 10-year-old albino deer living in a Buffalo suburb (photos) September 30, 2016 New York, NewYorkUpstate.com
... Meegan said all the neighbors know Whitey... She's had all brown fawns over the years...She always seems to end up with more tagging along after her because she's a very maternal deer and she seems to babysit and take in orphans ... see Meegan's Facebook page, Theresa.Meegan.Photograpy. To buy a calender, go to squareup.com/store/Theresa-meegan...

Deer tries to settle the score with driver who hit it September 29, 2016 New Jersey, NBC Montana
...  she hit a deer that had crossed her path. The deer took off -- or so she thought.  As the driver, Ellen Snyder, opened the door to check out the damage to her SUV, the deer suddenly charged back across the road towards her vehicle ...

Crews use hydraulic device to rescue deer from metal fence September 28, 2016 Pennsylvania, United Press International
...  Public Works employees attempted to cut through the fence with cable cutters, but the bars proved too strong for that method... a hydraulic "SWAT jack," a jaws-of-life-style device ... used it to separate the bars...

Emergency officials worked together to free a deer that had become trapped in a fence Tuesday morning in Fineview; KDKA's Heather Abraham reports.


Deer vs. dog incidents repeated September 27, 2016 Oregon, Sisters Nugget
... "Hearing screams from humans and that of the deer first alerted us to two dogs that had instantly become a hunting pack when they came upon resting deer back there ... The dog owners chased the dogs with giant sticks, while the dogs tore up the deer's legs, mouth and tongue all left hanging off its face ...


GPD, ACSO reunite baby deer with mother September 26, 2016 Florida, The Independent Florida Alligator
... When officers arrived, the fawn was treading water ... It took the deputy about five minutes to get the deer out of the water using a catch stick ... Waiting for her baby, the mother jumped when she saw ...

Town rescues deer from raging flood waters September 25, 2016 Iowa, WTVD-TV
... A man strapped on his life jacket and jumped in the water to save the deer in distress. Everyone else helped pull the deer to safety...
     Man risks life to save deer September 24, 2016 Iowa, WKOW
... Sallis held the man who was tethered to a nearby railing. As Evansdale jumped in with his life jacket, strapped the deer, and they were able to pull it to safety...

Stray deer rescued in Riverside will live at animal sanctuary  September 20, 2016 California, FOX 11 Los Angeles
... The deputy was able to tie the very domesticated deer to his cruiser ... transported her (they think it's female) to the Western Riverside County/City Animal Shelter in Jurupa Valley...

A Riverside County Animal Services officer retrieved a stray deer in Jurupa Valley Sept. 20, 2016. The deer appeared to be very domesticated. Officer Will Luna brought the deer to the Western Riverside County/City Animal Shelter and contacted a state Fish & Wildlife warden to make arrangements for the animal's transfer to a sanctuary. - September 20, 2016 California



Deer killed with arrows in Solvang prompts reward September 20, 2016 California, Lompoc Record
... By all rights, he should have been dead three years ago when he somehow came up with a broken knee... But he was still moving well and feeding himself ... the deer was like an icon to Mission Oaks residents, who often awoke in the morning to see him in their backyards... the verdict was that he had been shot – not with bullets, but with arrows ... The arrows were removed ... a gated community ... $2,000 reward ...


What Animals Live In Hawaii? September 10, 2016 Hawaii, World Atlas
... axis deer or chital, native to the Indian subcontinen ... was first introduced in Hawaii when Hong Kong gifted King Kamehameha V, the ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1863 to 1872). Today, the Hawaiian island of Lanai houses a large population of the axis deer .., the mule deer was introduced to the Kauai Island of Hawaii by humans...


Palisades Park neighborhood tries to help orphaned baby deer September 8, 2016 New Jersey, News 12 New Jersey
... For the past few weeks, the baby deer has not strayed far from Bergen Boulevard where its mother was killed...the fawn keeps venturing closer and closer to traffic... A spokesperson for Bergen County Humane tells News 12 New Jersey that the agency cannot move wildlife. It is up to the state Fish and Wildlife Department ... there is a natural preserve close to where the fawn is located...

We first met Eva when she was a week old fawn. We were “friends” with her intelligent mother who visited every day, and so Eva grew up very interested in these humans who lived in her neighborhood. Eva formed a special bond with Marlis, and over time it seemed obvious that Eva understood a lot of the German and English that she heard. - September 9, 2016


Piebald deer was striking in its blaze of white September 8, 2016 Minnesota, Minneapolis Star Tribune
... Experts say piebalds are the result of a genetic defect that influences less than 1 percent of the herd. Piebald deer vary widely in color. Some have distinct white patches — think pinto horse — while others have a varying amount of white hair mixed with normal brown hair. Some are nearly pure white. Piebald deer are not partial albinos. True albino deer are totally white ...

... An elk with a tire and rope wrapped around its antlers wondered into the right place in its time in need. The beast stumbled its way into a veterinarian's yard in Arizona ...

Hunter saves deer – from a massive python in Florida September 4, 2016 New York Daily News
... Wilson saw a huge python — a nonnative invasive species overrunning the Everglades — had wrapped itself around a white-tailed deer ... video ... utters an expletive and starts firing his gun ...

Elk Cam Goes Live September 2, 2016 Pennsylvania, PGC News 
     Hear a bull’s ear-splitting bugle without leaving home.  Each September, thousands of visitors make their way to Pennsylvania's elk country to experience for themselves the wonder of the bugling season.  And while there's nothing quite like seeing a giant bull up close, or feeling your rib cage resonate as it lets loose an ear-splitting bugle, the opportunity again has come to get a glimpse of Pennsylvania's prime time for elk - without ever having to leave home.  The Pennsylvania Game Commission has installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that typically is a hub of elk activity as the bugling season heats up. Link to camera

...  The deer was hopping over the rocks and then took off out to sea... range County Sheriff Harbor Patrol used a water hose splashing near it to usher it back to shore... as quickly as it appeared, it was gone, running up toward the Ritz Carlton-Laguna Niguel. He was later spotted at Strands Beach...

Ryan K. Lindsay Grabs 'Deer Editor' by the Horns September 1, 2016 ComicsAlliance
... the third part of Ryan K. Lindsay and Sami Kivelä‘s digital comic noir, Deer Editor is now live on Kickstarter. Featuring, yes, a deer who acts as an investigative journalist for a local paper ...

Injured GR deer helped August 31, 2016 Wyoming, Green River Star
... The buck was laying down and I could see its antler was broken ... tranquilized the deer... set to work cutting the antler off just above the burr... an antiseptic spray was put on the wound to prevent infection ... [later]:   saw the deer, who he now calls “stubby” ... “He was just bouncing around with his buddies,” ...

Where the Deer and Giraffoids Play August 30, 2016 Utah Scientific American
... Pronghorn evolved independently of antelope and deer, and whatever remembrances their ornamentation has to bovid horns or cervid antlers is a result of convergent evolution stemming from a more ancient common ancestor ... Based on genetic evidence from living ruminants ... America's pronghorn aren't antelope, but close relatives of giraffes...