Deer Management News This Week

... [Steve] Chapman, OOC and the long-established Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) all share similar goals — to improve the herds for hunters in Oregon — but Chapman says he is no longer 100 percent certain that targeting predators and pushing bills allowing hound hunting or bear baiting are the answer. The problem lies with lands lost to grazing and roads built for logging, he says, not cougars and wolves.  That’s not a popular stance to take among conservative hunting organizations that have long blamed and targeted predators...

Lack of cooperation is root of hunter complaint May 17, 2013 Pennsylvania, GoErie.com
Hunters have complained harshly that population estimates were propaganda. The Game Commission dreaded releasing estimates of the deer population... Harvest estimates are vital to deer management, especially to antlerless deer license allocations. Without reasonably accurate harvest estimates, determining the number of does that should be removed from the population is just guesswork... 

Deer Season Recommendations to be Presented Next Week May 17, 2013 Wisconsin, Wisconsin Ag Connection
...Department of Natural Resources officials received input from over 700 people at a series of deer hunter forums held around the state in March and through more than 13,000 responses to an online survey on deer management issues ... "We've put a high priority on hearing the public's perspective on deer management issues. ... " said Kevin Wallenfang, DNR big game ecologist...

Rural King recalls deer corn May 17, 2013 Illinois, KFVS
... Deer Corn was distributed to 63 retail stores in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan... it has the potential to be contaminated with aflatoxin...

...The estimated deer density in the park will be 49 deer per square mile (260 deer) after fawns are born this spring. Although still above the plan’s initial target level of 31-35 deer per square mile, this represents a significant reduction from the estimated 241 deer per square mile (1,277 deer) present in 2009...  National Park Service staff has documented native species seedlings that had not been just a few years ago, including maple, ash, oak, black gum, hickory, cherry, and sassafras...

Ashland's wild deer numbers on the rise May 17, 2013 Oregon, Mail Tribune
... The 65 volunteers covered 56 sections of Ashland and counted 192 deer, according to a story in the Ashland Daily Tidings.  This was up from 187 deer seen during a similar exercise in 2011...

... Deer in Oregon have had this problem for years, but it’s relatively new to California. Biologist believe it was either brought here through illegal transportation of deer, or simply deer walking over the boarder... they ask if anyone sees one of these bald deer to call them so they can check it out... 

Public Land Deer Hunting: How to Save America's Whitetail Woods May 16, 2013 New York, Outdoor Life Magazine
... Grant Woods, a renowned deer biologist ... “The unnatural idea that public lands shouldn’t be managed by man is creating deserts for many species of wildlife .. Right now preservationists are stopping logging and prescribed burns to create a static utopia. They imagine forests without man. They think anything we humans do is damaging by definition... ” ... New York’s Adirondack Park ...“There were more deer there in 1960 than there are today, as the forest was at that time growing back and providing a lot of browse for deer.”

Listening session jabs state on elk, mountain lion management May 16, 2013 South Dakota, Rapid City Journal
... Lions got their fair share of attention, with some hunters saying GF&P allowed the lion population to grow to problem levels that damage deer and elk herds. Harry Burk of Hermosa said, however, that management of the lion seemed designed to "wipe out a whole species."  Critics also challenged the agency over elk management, which they said allowed elk to virtually disappear in some parts of the Black Hills while continuing to cause trouble for landowners in other areas... 

Wild hogs cause lots of damage May 16, 2013 Florida, First Coast News
 ... We've actually caught some that we've harvested and found baby deer hooves inside so they are omnivores... Researchers say a conservative estimate of the cost of wild hog damage to agriculture and the environment in the U.S. currently stands at $1.5 billion dollars annually...

...  An estimated 6,000 dee are killed on Utah roads each year ... crews are installing massive culverts and 8-foot fences along 11 miles of Highway 89 just east of Kanab... The new fencing along the roadway will have posts designed to funnel deer into culverts ...

City outlines deer-thinning plan May 16, 2013 Wisconsin, The Sheboygan Press
... Domagalski said the city carried out an aerial survey in February and counted 86 deer on the north side of the city, mostly near the Pigeon River, and found 18 deer on the city’s far south side... North side residents approached the city last year complaining that deer were doing damage to their shrubs, flower beds and gardens and demanding that action be taken to thin the herd...

Legislators' fix for Ohio deer season is rejected May 16, 2013 Ohio, Columbus Dispatch
...A body of state wildlife officials narrowly shot down a proposal yesterday to change deer-hunting regulations for a second time this spring, decrying it as a veiled power grab by Republicans in the legislature. ... the council eliminated two hunting weekends in December, replacing them with two muzzleloader-only dates in October in an attempt to kill more female deer and cull the herd. It also cut the statewide bag limit in half ... 

Crossbow bill in the crosshairs May 15, 2013 Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One of the last top deer hunting states to tightly restrict the use of crossbows, Wisconsin appears on the threshold of change. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature to allow all hunters to use crossbows during the state's archery deer hunting ...Proponents say crossbows, which are easier to use than recurve and compound bows, recruit and retain hunters.  Opponents have expressed fears over increased hunting pressure and the potential for traditional archery seasons to be shortened... 

Public may feel left out of SD big game management May 15, 2013 South Dakota, San Francisco Chronicle
... The half dozen people who attended a meeting on big-game management suggested Wednesday that many South Dakota hunters and landowners feel their views are not taken into consideration in the management of deer, elk, ... George Vandel, a former manager in the department's Wildlife Division, said South Dakota's big-game management has always been driven by how many deer and elk farmers and ranchers would tolerate on their land...

Relocated endangered deer make the transition  May 15, 2013 Washington, The Columbian
...  A few of the animals have already wandered outside the refuge boundary at times. Two even swam to Oregon's Sauvie Island... As fawning season approaches, managers hope growing numbers will eventually establish three herds of 50 white-tailed deer in the region, which would remove them from endangered status... Of the 37 deer plucked from the Julia Butler Hansen refuge and moved to Ridgefield, 10 have died either during or since the relocation... the natural mortality rate for Columbian white-tailed deer is about 15 to 20 percent, Nagel said...

Last minute surprise to Ohio's deer season May 15, 2013 Ohio, The People's Defender
... in the original proposal was the elimination of the "bonus" gun season in December, a reduction in deer harvest for some counties and eliminating the state's deer zones. That raised the hackles of more than a few and one of those was the powerful State Senator Chris Widener (R) from Springfield who happens to be an avid hunter and member of the Senate's Ways and Means Committee... the states deer regulations are from now on will be set by politics, not biologists...

Shenandoah park seeks to stop deer disease spread May 15, 2013 Virginia, San Francisco Chronicle
... Deer in Frederick and Shenandoah counties have been quarantined. But Wildlife Center of Virginia president Ed Clark says the disease likely will spread beyond the quarantine area. Virginia's first case was detected in Frederick County in 2009 ... 

... budget committee has approved spending nearly $2 million in federal money to set up private deer hunts. Researcher James Kroll last year suggested the Department of Natural Resources help landowners run hunts on their property in a joint effort to manage local herds...

Texas Deer Association Welcomes Passage of 'Due Process' Bill May 15, 2013 AmmoLand.com (press release)
... Under the Due Process Bill provisions, any deer breeder charged with a violation is afforded a thorough and fair review by a district judge. The bill also requires Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) to provide written notice in the event the department seeks to depopulate some or all of a breeder’s deer herd ...

... The $400,000 endeavor is intended to replace the biannual erecting and tearing down of 2 miles of temporary fencing used to dissuade deer... The wire-and-wood-post fence was designed by a landscape architect to blend with the natural setting and existing structures ... concerns about the safety of ElectroMats, proposed as part of the design at road crossings ... "These mats are used in five states along highway systems and in airports to keep deer out and are approximately 75 percent effective." ...

Deer Tag Numbers To Drop? May 14, 2013 South Dakota, Yankton Daily Press
... South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GF&P) has proposed further restrictions on deer tags this year in response to massive deer die-offs last year.
The Yankton region saw about 1,100 deer die last summer and fall from epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) ...

Agencies, politicians duke it out, price of deer tags May 14, 2013 Pennsylvania, Sunbury Daily Item
... it's members of the legislature who are pushing the possibility of a PGC/PFBC merger ... The Pennsylvania Game Commission has to cut costs to the bone due to an inability to raise the price of a hunting license... More and more upset hunters began talking to their legislators.  They figured if they didn’t have much power over the agency, their legislators certainly did...

.... Wildlife experts contribute this decline to the influx of coyote and changes in vegetation ... Wildlife experts said coyotes are not indigenous to South Carolina...

... To protect the deer remaining at Julia Butler refuge, Ferrier and her team are working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wahkiakum County Diking District 4 and Wahkiakum County to build the setback dike to supplement the eroding dike... Volunteers and professional wildlife mangers moved 36 deer the 50 miles from the Julia Butler refuge, completing their work in April. Nine deer died of shock or predation during the move, leaving 27 in their new home at Ridgefield...

The Deer pen controversy May 14, 2013  Mississippi, MSNewsNow.com 
...  controversy over the legality of keeping native Mississippi deer behind fences. The PEER committee, an investigative arm of state government, says it is not legal. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks disagrees...

... Chronic wasting disease, a progressive condition that can remain idle for years before killing the infected animal, has been found in deer 25 miles from the Shenandoah National Park’s northern border, said park biologist Rolf Gubler. The park stretches northeast from outside Waynesboro to Front Royal....  a plan to contain the infection. That could include thinning the heaviest populations of whitetail deer in the park. [not found to be effective in other states]

Texas Deer Legislation Lacks Scientific Merit May 14, 2013 AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
... HB 2433 and SB 1412 ... the bills would change the long-standing ‘10-Day Rule’ regulation for releasing breeder deer to an extended 60-day period... These experts explain the release dates proposed in the bills mean moving deer in the hottest month of the year which would result in the needless death ... 

... While Hastings-on-Hudson waits to see if the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) will allow them to sterilize local deer with immunocontraception darts—the Village isn't wasting time preparing for its potential experiment... The Village plans to use a dart gun to inject an immuncontraceptive vaccine called porcine zona pellucida (PZP), which is derived from pig ovaries and creates antibodies that surrounds the female’s egg and prevents sperm from attaching. Dr. Allan Rutberg ... is assisting the Village with its study...

Salt Lake Tribune
... Automobiles strike about 100 mule deer each year on a lovely stretch of U.S. Highway 89 in Kane County, killing up to 10 percent of the Paunsaugunt herd... officials hope a $2.6 million system of fencing and underpasses under construction will slash next fall’s roadside carcass count ... Utah installed the first wildlife crossing in North America in 1971 ...

... In the mountains above Wenatchee the pack is also doing something the state biologists like. They are, so far, preying on deer and elk, not protected cattle...

... All 46 defendants were found guilty by trial or plea in Federal Court for hunting deer with the aid of dogs on U.S. Forest Service property. The defendants paid a total of $67,425 in fines to the federal court for their actions ...

...   A deer hunting group, The Lower Peninsula Deer Management Initiative (LPDMI) is proposing antler point restrictions that would limit the number of yearling bucks in the annual harvest to 50 percent or less of the total harvest. ... Currently, 67 percent of antlered bucks harvested in the Southern Lower Peninsula (SLP) are yearlings, 58 percent in the Northern Lower Peninsula (NLP)...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), the only known prion disease endemic in wildlife, is a persistent problem in both wild and captive North American cervid populations. This disease continues to spread and cases are found in new areas each year. Indirect transmission can occur via the environment and is thought to occur by the oral and/or intranasal route. Oral transmission has been experimentally demonstrated and although intranasal transmission has been postulated, it has not been tested in a natural host until recently. .. Our results demonstrate that CWD can be efficiently transmitted utilizing Mte particles as a prion carrier and intranasal exposure.

SD big game policy group to hold 3 public meetings May 13, 2013 South Dakota, Westport-News
... Gov. Dennis Daugaard called for an independent review of the state's policies amid growing complaints from hunters about declines in the Black Hills elk and deer populations. Some think the state's growing mountain lion population is responsible, while others think the Game, Fish and Parks Department has issued too many licenses for elk and deer...

... Statewide, the agency issued more than a million doe tags in 2006. Hunters tolerated the changes while harvests boomed, from about 375,000 in 1994 to a record 615,293 in 2000.  But then the totals tumbled. The 2008 kill fell to about 450,000. And when the 2009 harvest came in at a comparatively paltry 329,103—the lowest in over 15 years—hunters erupted with complaints. They could live with herd reduction, they said, but not herd destruction. And they no longer trusted the agency’s population estimates ...

Bear, mule deer have different problems, same solution May 12, 2013 Colorado, Denver Post
... Colorado has too many bears and not nearly enough mule deer to meet wildlife management objectives... mule deer herds continue to decline in parts of the state despite drastic license reductions in recent years ... The population estimates declined by 10 percent or more since last year in seven of 55 deer herds statewide. The far western portions of the state saw the greatest declines, with five of the seven declining herds located on the Western Slope. The statewide post-hunt 2012 deer population estimate is 408,000, compared with 418,000 in 2011...

New deer rules to be revised May 12, 2013 Ohio, Columbus Dispatch
... A letter signed by 28 state legislators protesting recent changes in Ohio deer hunting regulations for the 2013-14 season suggest they are insufficient to keep up with the with the deer population or provide adequate hunting opportunities...  Despite the plea, council approval of the original plan was unanimous...  neither the urban deer zones nor the bonus weekend gun season in December were revived ...
...  said state Sen. Rich Alloway, who chairs the Senate Game & Fisheries Committee. "I know that we have to be concerned about the forest and the habitat, but I feel the pendulum has swung so far out of balance in reducing the deer herd." ... House Bill 870 ... would prevent the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from enrolling its 2.1 million acres of state forest and state park lands in the PGC's Deer Management Assistance Program... Ponesti said the loss of hunters over the past decade, and the dollars they spent, was greater than the increase in timber value derived from keeping deer numbers on state forest lands low...

Research on white-tailed deer continues May 11, 2013 Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
... Preliminary results from the study in 2011 and 2012 showed most fawn mortalities occurred by the end of August, mostly from predation.  Over the first two years of the study, fawn survival (up to nine to 10 months old) was 62% in the Shiocton area compared with 35% in the Winter area.  Fawn survival was better in both areas in 2012, which featured an early green-up.  Predation rates on fawns have been lower in the east-central (41%) than in the northern (62%) study area ...

Statewide deer harvest down slightly in 2012  May 11, 2013 South Carolina, The Times and Democrat
 ... the statewide harvest of deer last season totaled 217,854, a decrease of 4 percent from last year... Since 1997, DNR’s Wildlife Section has employed an annual random mail survey to estimate the harvest of deer at the state and county level. This year’s survey was sent to 25,000 hunters. Prior to 1997, deer harvest figures were dependent on Deer Check Station reports ...  it appears that the old system was documenting only about half of the deer being harvested [Charles Ruth, Deer and Wild Turkey Program coordinator]

Record number of letters on deer hunting issue in Weston May 11, 2013 Massachusetts, Wicked Local
[Weston is currently debating the usefulness of their deer management program] ... Wildlife biologists estimate there are 25 deer per square mile in our region, a number consistent with the impacts we have seen in Weston. Optimal numbers to minimize harm to humans, ground-nesting birds, wildflowers, and forest is closer to 10 per square mile. That is our long-term goal [the latest U.S. Forest Service research puts the optimal deer number for forest health at 15 to 28 per square mile, with too much underbrush developing at deer densities of 10 and lower]

Town's deer wardens resign en masse May 10, 2013 Connecticut, The Redding Pilot
... the wardens believe the “goal” of reaching 10 deer per square mile in town is “inappropriately low.” They  “strongly” urge town officials and the commission to be “very careful about reducing deer populations to extremely low levels.” ...  “The deer wardens would therefore like to formally announce our withdrawal/resignation from the Redding Town Property Bow Hunting program, effective immediately,” the email said... “We do not wish to play a role in the over harvest of the resource.”

Deer Management: Are Predators Eating Your Fawns? May 10, 2013 Outdoor Life Magazine (blog)
... researchers in South Carolina captured and monitored 60 newborn fawns. Coyotes killed over 50% before fall. Fawns are particularly vulnerable immediately after birth as 66% of the kills occurred within the first 3 weeks of life.  A study in Georgia amazingly found that it took 78 does to recruit 2 fawns in a predator rich area! ... Most experts agree that good fawning habitat and a short fall breeding period is the best protection against fawn predation...

... Twice a year, nearly 2,000 deer try to cross Highway 89 ...  UDOT contract crews have installed 8 foot-high fences on both sides of the highway along that 11-mile stretch. They've also built three large tunnels to supplement four small culverts that were installed previously. Instead of crossing over the highway, deer will be encouraged to go under it...

... Formed in 2006 as a Political Advocacy organization in response to increasing political threats to hunting and science-based wildlife management in California ... COHA kept the public aware of proposed laws and boldly defended our hunting rights against the efforts of anti-hunting groups ...

Units in SW ND see increase in deer licenses May 9, 2013 North Dakota, Dickinson Press
Though the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has dropped its number of deer licenses to the lowest issued since 1983, not everything is grim... The reason for the increase in buck licenses from last year to this season is the mild winter in southwestern North Dakota...

Disease could threaten Shenandoah National Park deer  May 9, 2013 Virginia, The Daily Progress
Chronic wasting disease just 25 miles from Shenandoah National Park's border poses a looming threat to whitetail deer there, ... The disease first was identified as clinical "wasting" syndrome in 1967, when it struck mule deer in a wildlife research facility in northern Colorado, according to the USDA...

FWC Proposes Rule On Importing Deer From Other States May 9, 2013 Florida, NorthEscambia.com
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wants to hear from deer enthusiasts and those who have deer farms or hunting preserves about a proposed rule change that would prohibit the importation of live captive deer into Florida ...

Hastings Trustees, Expert Meet To Discuss Deer Birth Control May 8, 2013 New York, The Daily Voice
... Deer birth control involves a vaccine called PZP, short for porcine zona pellucida, a pig protein that poses no risk to people, animals or the environment [Dr. Allen Rutberg] ... A deer is shot via dart gun to tranquilize it before the vaccine can be injected. The Environmental Protection Agency requires that the deer be tagged ...

Ohio proposing major deer-hunting changes May 8, 2013 By Jeff Frischkorn
... a media teleconference with the agency's chief to discuss the issue was put on hold five minutes before the voice-only program was to have begun... Thus the sudden stop to the teleconference is raising as many questions as did the issue of the agency's last-minute request to expand deer-hunting opportunities.  These proposals include offering two additional days of gun hunting immediately prior to the state's four-day muzzle-loading-only season, set for Jan. 5 through 7...

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... A Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer was caught poaching a trophy deer in October, but the state agency tried to keep the poaching incident from becoming public, a six-week CALL7 Investigation found...

Two Easy Steps Discourage Deer May 15, 2013 Ohio, Community Common
... the battle to protect ornamental plants from deer and rabbit browsing is winnable... Step One. Installing PlantSaver with new plants or adding it to existing plants will not work until the Bitrix is absorbed ... Step Two, a plant food tablet containing 6-8-8 fertilizer, a wide array of soil mycorrhizae, and one percent Denatonium. Called PlantSaver, this small pill can be easily pressed two inches deep in the root zone of any ornamental plant...

Deer Pictures - May 16, 2013



Deer rescue caught on video May 15, 2013 Colorado,
KKTV 11 News
... The deer was wrapped in wiring from a tomato cage ... Wildlife officials told Jordan the animal may have not survived if Nikole Jordan hadn't stepped in...

Wildlife ranger fined for poaching mule deer May 15, 2013 Colorado, Colorado Springs Gazette
... A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger has been fined and demoted for using artificial light while poaching a trophy mule deer after legal hunting hours last October. Trinidad Lake State Park ranger Travis McKay was cited in October ...

Deer Survives Smashing Through Bus Window - May, 2013


Deer gets on, off city bus May 15, 2013 Pennsylvania, The Tribune-Democrat
... CamTran spokesman Josh Yoder said the bus was carrying one female passenger when the deer crashed through the windshield of it. "The driver immediately stopped the bus," Yoder said. "He opened the door and the deer just walked off the bus." ... [video above]

Deer Captures Bobcat - May, 2013



Watch for the Trailing Deer May 14, 2013 New Jersey, Atlantic Highlands Herald
... When you drive in rural or suburban areas where deer sometimes cross the roads, you learn to watch for the trailing deer. Deer often travel in small packs, so when you see one cross the road, there's likely to be more...

Oh, Deer! Crew Frees Trapped Animal May 14, 2013 Missouri, Electric Co-op Today
  ... “They were checking for cave-ins and they found a deer in the ditch about the time we pulled up,” said Rob Hirst, a Co-Mo line foreman ... “Once we freed the sides he came out and took off on a dead run,” Hirst said. “He lost quite a bit of hair on his hind legs from where he was wedged in,” but otherwise appeared fine from what they could see before the deer vanished...

WADA Drops Deer Antler Velvet from Banned List  May 13, 2013 Florida, Natural Products INSIDER
... The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) dropped deer antler velvet from its list of banned substances after admitting the supplement has been wrongly accused. Deer antler velvet, a substance used in Chinese medicine for more than 2000 years ...

Vijay Singh and Golf's Deer-Antler Mess May 13, 2013 New Yorker (blog)
... Deer-antler spray was big news once already this year: in a long article published just before the Super Bowl, Sports Illustrated reported that the Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis may have used the spray ... , Singh, who’s won some sixty-seven million dollars on the P.G.A. Tour in the course of a long, workmanlike career, admitted to antlering up. He was using the spray “every day,” 

Amanda and the Deer Puppies - May, 2013



White-tailed deer is second-largest ever taken by a hunter May 13, 2013 Indiana, Pete Thomas Outdoor
... An Indiana hunter is now officially in the Boone and Crockett Club record books as having taken the second-largest white-tailed deer known...

Spring sightings reveal glorious magic of antlers May 12, 2013 Montana, Billings Gazette
... Deer antlers can grow more than an inch every day, making them the fastest-growing living tissue we know... Research indicates that antler growth is a function mainly of heredity ... environmental factors also influence antler development. For instance, if a buck’s extremities are damaged, there’s a chance that damage can express itself as an antler mutation...

Deer aren't mean, they're just curious May 12, 2013 Texas, Herald Zeitung
... deer are inclined to pull up anything new that is planted. They are curious animals. They also seem to especially like plants directly from the nursery. These plants have been well watered and are growing rapidly so are full of moisture ...

Marylanders Reminded to Keep Fawns Wild May 11, 2013 Maryland, Southern Maryland News Net
... With late spring being the prime birthing time for white-tailed deer, the ...  While young deer often appear to be orphaned, in most cases the doe is nearby protecting and feeding their offspring as needed...

Friendly Deer - May 12, 2013



... One big change here the past couple of years, is fire remediation efforts in places like Trail Canyon here. A lot of the smaller trees and underbrush has been cleared away to provide less fuel. That also allows some of these grasses to grow in greater abundance, which makes for pretty good grazing, if you're a deer.The deer go where the eating is good. For the moment, that's low in the canyon...

Oh Deer! Woodland Creature DIY Projects May 8, 2013 Arizona, Nevada County Picayune 
... Will the deer trend ever get played out? For years already, hipsters have been screen printing deer onto everything, from living room couch pillows to T-shirts ... Buck and Doe Flower Pots: Paint buck and doe on ceramic or clay flower pots for instant style and fun...

Weird Buck Won't Shed His Antler May 8, 2013 Texas, Quality Deer Management 
 ... This buck isn’t the first to hold onto an old antler while growing new ones. In fact, the condition has a name: Doppelkopf. It’s a German word that means “double set,” and it’s a condition documented in numerous species of deer but rarely in whitetails...

... filed suit Wednesday against the PGA Tour over the doping allegations involving deer antler spray. Singh was initially sanctioned by the Tour after admitting to using the substance, then was cleared of wrongdoing last week ...

Cayuga Heights deer get national exposure on PBS May 7, 2013 New York, Elmira Star-Gazette
... Deer from the Village of Cayuga Heights are a central element of “The Private Life of Deer,” which debuts at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the network’s NATURE documentary series... The film focuses on why deer thrive in suburban areas, and where they go and what they do when typically out of sight.... [The show mentions the large increase in the deer population in the past 100 years, but around 1913 the deer populations in the U.S. had been decimated.  Conservation and deer relocation programs were being initiated in many parts of the U.S. after this period to restore the deer herd.  Western New York, where the show was filmed, is one of the areas that does currently have a high deer population.  See the decline of deer populations in the U.S.]

Man could face criminal charges for hitting deer May 7, 2013 Wisconsin, WISN Milwaukee
... The video, shot from the nearby We Energies building, shows the truck coming to a stop in front of a group of deer, flashing its lights, backing up, then accelerating down the road and hitting one of them ... [see video below]

Man accused of shooting at deer from Walmart lot May 1, 2013



Those darn deer! How to repel the garden gluttons May 7, 2013 Oregon, Bend Bulletin
... Hang bars of soap near trees or shrubs ... Create a homemade repellent spray by mixing one part whole eggs to four parts water. (To avoid clogging your sprayer, remove the chalaza, the membranous white cord attached to the yolk.) ... Rotate repellents, either commercial or homemade... a motion-activated sprinkler ...

Derry Township deer hunter to face trial May 2, 2013 Pennsylvania, Tribune-Review
... A Derry Township man who shot a deer running through a Wal-Mart parking lot on the first day of buck season last fall was ordered to stand trial for endangering the public... Hewitt testified Bianco followed the deer and fired another shot as it crossed Old Route 22 toward a residential area behind the store, and two more shots after it fell in an unidentified woman's yard...

... The year-and-a-half fight for Rick Lentini ended Tuesday when he found out that the World Anti-Doping Agency had dropped deer-antler velvet from its prohibited substances list. Lentini, CEO of a company called Nutronics Labs, which says it produces more deer-antler velvet than anyone in the world, had been fighting the perception that the product was closely connected to steroids... Deer-antler velvet, which is a coating that aids growth on a deer's antlers, has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries....

Deer in the Pool - May 2, 2013



... The spray was found to have contained small extracts of IGF-1, a growth hormone on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) list of prohibited substances... He was later cleared when WADA informed the PGA Tour the use of deer antler spray was not prohibited unless a positive test resulted...

Deer Just Loving a Puddle - May 1, 2013



Maine's unsung heroes, its warden service May 1, 2013 Kennebec Journal
The Maine Warden Service was formed in 1880. Its first arrest was of a deer poacher... The Animal Planet show “North Woods Law” follows wardens in different parts of the state as they not only enforce game laws, but also confront drunken Massachusetts hunters and chase down speeding ATVers... 

... The PGA Tour dropped its doping case against Vijay Singh on Tuesday based on new information from the World Anti-Doping Agency, which said using deer antler spray is no longer prohibited because it contains such small amounts of of a growth hormone factor ...

... It was previously presumed that because IGF-1 is in deer antler spray and that is a banned substance according to the PGA Tour that Singh would be suspended ...

Chasing Tail? April 29, 2013 Mississippi Deer Hunting
...[comments posted about the new show Chasing Tail, on the History Channel about hunting deer in the suburbs of Connecticut]:  Ol Arky did have a good line from the episode I caught. "I cuss like a sailor, smoke 2 packs a day, and kill deer for fun. Do you really want me watching your kids?  - - OK I finally got to watch it last night. What a bunch do'gris.  Thats 30 minutes of my life I never get back...

You're already providing food for deer, why not music? April 23, 2013 Missouri, Springfield News-Leader
... [to keep deer out of the garden] hanging bars of Irish Spring bath soap around the garden, installing a sprinkler system with motion detectors, planting garlic and aromatic herbs, alternating the use of soap, fabric softener sheets, smelly rags and sprays during the growing season, and using different commercial spray repellants.  Add the radio and lights a few nights a week to keep things interesting...

Watching the yard in the night April 22, 2013 Connecticut, Meriden Record-Journal
... Do I blame the demise of the tulips on the deer alone? Yes, I do. But even all these years later, long after the last of the hundreds of tulip bulbs planted over the years have withered from lack of nourishment and chomped before maturity, I run to the window in excitement when the deer arrive in December. It is OK that our yard is part of their winter itinerary. What few bulbs remain are protected by the frozen soil... The grandchildren arrive for the holidays and watch eagerly through binoculars ...

Dear Deer a young deer feeding at sunset - April 24, 2013