A quick and dirty guide to white-tailed deer hunting this year November 6, 2025 Idaho State Journal

... Fall 2022 was a low spot for white-tailed deer harvest. The reason for that 10-year low was not bitter cold, but hot, dry weather and biting midges. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease wreaked havoc on the Clearwater Region’s whitetails that summer, killing thousands of deer... The return of EHD in 2025 ... As of Oct. 27, biologists have received reports of roughly 1,080 white-tailed deer mortalities in the Clearwater Region and 386 in the Panhandle Region suspected to be caused by EHD..,

Cuyahoga County committee advances $450,00 ARPA request to fund Beachwood deer sterilization program November 6, 2025 New York, Citizen Portal AI

... the total cost of the 2025'26 deer-management program is $185,925 and that the city is requesting $45,000 from county ARPA funds specifically for sterilization work. Lombardi said the city would cover the full cost of culling and that the requested county funds would go "entirely towards sterilization." He said Beachwood had surveyed residents, reporting 79% support for continuing deer management and 59% support for a combined culling-and-sterilization approach...

Hunting down in Southeast Ohio amid ongoing deer disease outbreak November 6, 20225 Athens County Independent

... The decline in harvest aligns with the decline in deer populations in Southeast Ohio, Rex said.

As of Oct. 28, Ohio had 9,222 reports of dead or sick deer – substantially more than the state has previously recorded...  can be largely attributed to EHD ..,

Strong Deer Season Underway November 7, 2025 Texas Parks and Wildlife

... Texas' whitetail population is estimated at 5 million, making it the largest in the country. In areas with high deer populations, like the Edwards Plateau and Cross Timbers Region, you are encouraged to utilize your antlerless tags to help manage the population... Find out more about whitetails in Texas with our new resource White-tailed Deer Management ..,

Police: Scammers pretending to test deer for disease targeting Texas landowners November 6, 2025 Texas, KHOU on MSN

...  chronic wasting disease ... some scammers are using that to try to trick people into letting them onto their land to shoot deer in Kerrville ... people claiming to be with Texas A&M University are asking residents to shoot deer in their yard...

Neighbors concerned with wildlife management in Georgetown November 6, 2025 Texas, FOX 7 Austin on MSN

... Residents say that it has been five years since deer trapping has been used as a wildlife management tool in Sun City... "The HOA and the wilderness committee is working on an archaic, very, very cruel program," said Sun City resident Barbara Meisner.  "I didn't come here to see, to see inhumane animal treatment, and it's going to start up again for no reason," said Sun City resident Linda Barde Zimmerling...

What Minnesota deer hunters can expect this season November 6, 2025 Alexandria Echo Press

... More than 400,000 deer hunters are preparing for the firearms deer season, which opens Saturday, Nov. 8 ... Deer populations continue to increase in southern Minnesota, and deer fared well over last year’s mild winter... populations remain robust and highly productive in central Minnesota ... populations in most of the northeast region of Minnesota remain low..,

Arkansas’s modern gun deer hunting season begins Saturday November 5, 2025 KAIT

... An estimated 290,000 people ... will be headed to the woods this year in search of a deer ... 

On eve of Minnesota deer season, logging takes a toll on northern whitetails November 5, 2025 The News-Gazette

... A primary problem with Minnesota forest management, Quincer said, is that loggers are allowed to cut aspen in 40-year rotations, whereas significant wildlife benefits don’t begin for 60 years or longer.  That’s when understories of spruce, fir and white cedar take hold in aspen stands, which benefit deer and other forest wildlife...[Tim Quincer, DNR forest wildlife manager - retired]

First case of Chronic Wasting Disease found in Edgecombe County deer November 5, 2025 North Carolina, Public Radio East

... the positive result was confirmed in a 3 1/2-year-old male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter in the eastern corner of the county. The nearest confirmed CWD case from this site is 92 miles away in Cumberland County.  The deer was harvested near the Pitt-Martin County line. If confirmed, this would be the 35th CWD-positive deer found in North Carolina since the disease was first detected in 2022...

DEER (CERVIDAE) AND PRONGHORN (ANTILOCAPRIDAE) FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE (RANCHOLABREAN) TÉRAPA LOCAL FAUNA, SONORA, MEXICO 2025 New Mexico Museum of Natural History

... remains from Térapa de San Clemente

(Térapa Local Fauna) in east-central, Sonora located along the Río Moctezuma drainage, are described.

The deer remains are fragmentary, but are from a small form of the white-tailed deer, Odocoileus

virginianus. They match in size the Coues deer, O. v. couesi, and are either the latest Pleistocene form

of that subspecies, or a closely related ecomorph...

Fish & Wildlife Asks Deer Hunters to Report Wildlife Sightings November 5, 2025 Vermont, Outdoor Wire

... The survey asks hunters to record how many hours they hunted and how many deer, moose, bears, or other wildlife they saw each day they hunted. This information helps the department evaluate how hunting pressure and the number of these animals varies around the state...

Two-year investigation leads to 19 charges, 17 convictions in Twin Falls County for poaching November 4, 2025 Idaho, KMVT

... Idaho Fish and Game discovered 32 mule deer, one bull moose, one swan and one bobcat were illegally taken since 2016. Charges were filed against 19 people in Twin Falls County. Seventeen have been convicted, sentenced and ordered to pay $48,631 in restitution, while two remain at large...

Mega wildfires can actually be a good thing November 4, 2025 Utah, BYU News

... To test forest regeneration and whether elk, deer and livestock would suppress regrowth in the burned areas, researchers measured tree density, height, and seedling browsing by wildlife and livestock across 34 burned and unburned sites. Initially, herbivore browsing inhibited new growth in some tree species but, by the third year, all tree species showed positive recovery... “We found that when a fire is large enough and burns with mixed severity, the resulting surge of tree regeneration across forest types exceeds what the animals can consume.” ...

New Rules for Indiana Deer Hunting Season 2025 November 4, 2025 NewsBreak

... One of the biggest updates is the switch to a county bag limit system. That means instead of using bonus tags, the number listed for your county is now the total number of antlerless deer you can take there. Across the state, the limit is six antlerless deer and one antlered deer, except in Deer Reduction Zones and during youth season...

No mystery why there's fewer deer and fewer hunting licenses in ND. The habitat is gone. November 4, 2025 North Dakota, InForum

... The modern boom of North Dakota wildlife happened in the early 2000s when the federal Conservation Reserve Program — which paid farmers to keep marginally productive land out of production.  That’s 3.4 million acres of grass and temporary wetlands and scrubby stuff in which deer and pheasants thrive... Now the state’s CRP land is down 75% or more, to less than a million acres ...

Miracle Recovery for World’s Rarest and Strangest Deer – Just 39 Became 8,200 November 4, 2025 China, Good News Network

...  with the antlers of a deer, hooves of an ox, face of a horse, and tail of a donkey, Père David’s deer was at one time the rarest of its kind on Earth.  Hunted to extinction in the wild 125 years ago, captive animals clung to life ...36 Père David’s deer were chosen from five UK zoological gardens. From less than 100, these original animals have multiplied into 8,200 ...

Michigan DNR speeds up aspen harvest schedule to benefit elk November 3, 2025 Petoskey News-Review

... The change in the DNR’s forest management harvest planning will benefit both elk and deer ... Aspen is a resilient tree that regenerates naturally from underground shoots, or root suckers, without the need for replanting. Elk and deer browse on young aspen throughout the year, but primarily during the fall and winter when other food sources become scarce...

Michigan deer hunting season is near. Is it legal to bait deer? November 3, 2025 Detroit Free Press on MSN

... Baiting deer is banned in the Lower Peninsula — unless you have certain disabilities that qualify you for a special hunt. People who are deaf or blind or veterans ...If you're hunting in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, you're free to bait deer during firearms season ― as long as you don't exceed two gallons of bait at a site and as long as the bait is dispersed over an area that is at least 10-by-10 feet ...

Crop damage program violation leads to suspension | Price County Review November 3, 2025 Wisconsin, apg-wi.com

... DNR Conservation Warden Lt. Tim Ebert, of the Park Falls office, said that an investigation into the agricultural damage permits being issued there resulted in issues with reporting and tracking paperwork not being completed properly for several years. Essentially, hunters are supposed to be issued a harvest authorization from the land owner in the program before they hunt on the private property, but instead were harvesting a deer and then the owner registered the deer under her own name on the tags ...

Looking For Wounded Deer With Drones Blurs Ethical Lines, Hunters Say November 2, 2025 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily

... Using drones for hunting has for years been illegal in Wyoming and other states, but some states are loosening those rules to allow hunters to use them to find wounded animals after they’ve been legally shot... “There are going to be people claiming to look for a wounded animal when they’re really out there using heat sensors to look for live animals,” said Newberg ...

Big Game Hunting: Abundant Food, Warm Weather, and Ice Storm Damage Affecting Elk and Bear Harvests November 1, 2025 Michigan, Northern Express

... The most recent estimates suggest Michigan is home to 10,218 bears in the Upper Peninsula and 2,008 below the Mackinac Bridge, with indicators showing both populations increasing over the last decade.  The last survey for elk, conducted during the 2024-25 winter, estimated the population at between 884 and 1,408 ...Wolves, which remain under federal protections that prevent lethal take, were last estimated at a minimum of 768 in the winter of 2023-24 ...  the latest moose population estimates to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in October, pegging the population at about 600, marking a significant decline ...

Michigan deer hunting expenses exceed license fees October 31, 2025 Farm Progress

... I decided to crunch the numbers on what Chris spends for archery season alone ... with his 160-pound field-dressed buck this year, we'll get about 65 pounds of meat for our freezer. That works out to roughly $70.50 per pound — if that's the only tag he fills this season...

Decline in deer gun tags remains a hot topic among North Dakota hunters October 31, 2025 North Dakota, InForum

... North Dakota Game and Fish Department offered 42,300 licenses for the 2025 deer gun season ... more than 70,000 people applied for a deer gun lottery license this year, in addition to more than 12,000 gratis applicants ... Habitat drives deer numbers – and ultimately, deer licenses – in North Dakota... 

FWP releases deer, elk and black bear regulations proposals October 31, 2025 Montana, FWP News

... Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released proposals for 2026/2027 deer, elk and black bear regulations for public comment...  released for public review and comment Oct. 29... 

Video Below:  The Willard Springs wildlife overpass south of Flagstaff on 1-17 is expected to be completed in spring 2026. Jeff Gagnon from the Arizona Game and Fish Department says this stretch of 1-17 has around 100 car-related incidents with deer and elk every year. - October 30, 2025

Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe October 29, 2025 California, Los Angeles Times

... The program has awarded more than $107 million to support the return of tens of thousands of acres of land to California tribes ... The return will enable a host of conservation projects, including reintroduction of Tule elk ...

Eastern WA man sentenced for illegally selling up to 42 elk carcasses October 29, 2025 Washington, The Olympian

... Wildlife officials were told he was illegal hunting in the orchards and fields near his house on the Yakama Indian Reservation, reported the Ellensburg Daily Record. Black market prices can range from $800 to $1,000 for one elk, with large bull elk with trophy antlers selling for far more ...

Colorado Ordered to Cease and Desist Wolf Reintroduction October 29, 2025 Sportsmen's Alliance

...On October 10, 2025, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Brian Nesvik sent a cease and desist letter to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) telling the agency to immediately end “all efforts related to the capture, transport and/or release of gray wolves not obtained from…the [Northern Rocky Mountains] area.” ... CPW introduced 15 wolves from British Columbia in early 2025...

Deer released on Southern Kenai Peninsula October 29, 2025 Alaska, The Delta Discovery

... Extensive planning to capture and transplant Sitka black-tailed deer from the Kodiak Archipelago to the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula ... The goal of the translocation project is to evaluate the success of an introduced deer population ... and potentially add another big game species to the Kenai Peninsula for future harvest...

Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Pulaski County October 29, 2025 Kentucky DNR News

...  This is the second wild deer in Kentucky confirmed with CWD ... Chronic Wasting Disease has previously been confirmed in a wild deer in Ballard County in December 2023 and nine deer from a captive cervid facility in Breckinridge County, with one in October 2024 and eight in August 2025...

Oak Bay contraception program for deer drives down population October 29, 2025 British Columbia, CHEK News

... From 2019 to 2022, an experimental trial program took place in Oak Bay where deer were being vaccinated with an immuno-contraceptive... The reduction for the fawns was 65 per cent just in the following spring after immediate immuno-contraception... According to the district, vehicles struck and killed a high of 85 deer in 2021, and that’s dropped to 62 last year. The mayor says he would like to see the program continue ...

Autonomous drones combat deer damage in crops October 29, 2025 Georgia, Farm Progress

... “Deer become very accustomed to whatever method of deterring them farmers are trying, but we know the biggest deterrent is the sound of the human voice,” Garrison said. “While flying a mission, if deer are detected, the drone can emit a beep or horn or different recordings of the human voice in order to deter the deer.” ...

Kentucky bans drones from being used to take fish or wildlife October 28, 2025 Kentucky Lantern

... The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said the new regulation, which went into effect earlier this month, bans people from using aircraft or unmanned aircraft systems “to fish, hunt or take wildlife or to drive or herd any wildlife for the purpose of fishing, hunting or taking” or “to harass any wildlife.” ...

Suspects sought after deer found shot in front yard of Pennsylvania home October 28, 2025 CBS News

... the illegal taking of an 8-point white-tailed deer... The deer was illegally killed in several safety zones of occupied homes, and it was shot from the roadway, the Game Commission said...

Deer season opens Saturday October 28, 2025 Texas, Victoria Advocate

... Good fawn crops for 11 years have survived to increase Texas deer population to five million whitetails. The downside to that is that buck harvest has exceeded the doe harvest, allowing the females to increase to a ratio of 3.7 does/buck – the highest in two decades... Hunter success in 2024 was 67 percent..,

Gray wolf numbers fall to their lowest level in a decade in far northern Minnesota October 28, 2025 Phys.org

... Researchers estimated there were 45 wolves per 1,000 square-kilometers in the woods around Voyageurs, down from 55 in 2024 and 65 in 2023... the deer population in the Voyageurs area was cut in half by the spring of 2023, following the two severe winters... Mild winters, on the other hand, are extremely difficult for wolves. Without snow on the ground to slow them down, deer stay fast ..,

Developers of Maryland powerline project want to stop hunting during property surveys October 28, 2025 CBS News

... In a court motion to clarify, the developers alleged that an individual commented on Facebook, "It's hunting season. I've got plenty of deer. Survey at your own risk." ... PSEG says it cannot direct its survey teams to enter a property while facing the threat of firearms being discharged for hunting ... 

Game officials in Virginia want deer population reduced to maintain balance in nature October 27, 2025 96.9 WXBQ

... A new census taken by the Department of Wildlife Resources shows 10 counties below the Roanoke area, including Tazewell, Washington and Smyth, are being designated for double doe days through December for harvesting on private property.  The report says thinning out the population of mother deer can prevent a population growth ..,

2025 New Hampshire Moose Hunt Highlights October 27, 2025 NH Fish and Game Department

... 32 permits were issued through the annual lottery process and one permit each was donated to the Dream Hunt Program and the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire for a total of 34 either-sex permits. Hunters harvested 25 moose: 20 bulls and 5 cows. The success rate for lottery hunters was 72%, which is slightly higher than the 10-year-average of 69%...

CWD detected in a new Wyoming hunt area October 27, 2025  Wyoming Game and Fish Department

... the presence of chronic wasting disease for the first time in Mule Deer Hunt Area 153 in the Pinedale Region.  Game and Fish confirmed the presence of CWD in a hunter-harvested, adult male mule deer. Mule Deer Hunt Area 153 is bordered by CWD-positive Mule Deer Hunt Areas 142 (detected in 2023), 144 (detected in 2021), 152 (detected in 2019) and 154 (detected in 2023)..;

The buck stops here: Extension, Auburn finding solutions to deer damage in crops October 27, 2025 Alabama, The Cullman Tribune

... “In nature, we have about 30 to 45 deer per square mile,” Francisco said. “In the Piedmont Research Unit, there are 150 per square mile, so the pressure is highly increased...sunn hemp — a summer legume — seems to be the more affordable and successful option of the perimeter crops evaluated ... 

Why state experts caution Tennesseans against feeding deer October 27, 2025 Yahoo on MSN

... "Corn is not a good supplemental feed because it is low in nutrition and lacks protein, which is essential for growth and lactation," [Adam Edge, deer program coordinator for Tennessee]  ... could cause acidosis and be fatal...  we do not experience the consistently harsh winters that severely restrict food availability in northern regions," ...

Another problem with daylight saving time: The time change raises your risk of hitting deer on the road October 27, 2025 New York, Times Union

...  analyzed over 86,000 deer-vehicle collisions involving white-tailed deer in New York state ... Deer-vehicle accidents are eight times more frequent per hour of dusk than daylight ... in fall, when deer-vehicle accidents are at an annual high because of deer rut, the earlier sunrise and sunset cause a significant increase in deer-vehicle accidents...there is a 19% increase in accidents during commuter hours the week after the fall time change in New York...

Chile inaugurates the first huemul hospital to save the southernmost deer on the planet from extinction October 26, 2025 Noticias Ambientales

... Chile inaugurated the first rescue and rehabilitation center for huemules in the country. This facility, located next to the Cerro Castillo National Park, aims to provide medical care and shelter to injured or sick specimens of this deer in danger of extinction...

ND Outdoors: Deer season preview October 25, 2025 North Dakota, KFYR-TV

... Whitetail deer numbers are still down across the state.  “We’re still coming back from a severe EHD outbreak that we had a few years ago. The population is rebounding slowly. And then the eastern part of the state, we’re still down, but we had that severe winter a few years ago ... it’s really an issue with lack of habitat in the eastern portion of the state,” [  Bill Haase, North Dakota Game and Fish wildlife division chief] “The mule deer in the badlands are fairly stable to slightly lower than they’ve been in the past, I would say. But outside those traditional areas of the badlands, mule deer are doing pretty well." ...

California euthanizes 4 gray wolves as ranchers bemoan surge in cattle kills October 25, 2025 Los Angeles Times

... the Golden State’s regrowing wolf packs are not merely content to feed on their traditional prey of elk and deer. Some also have a voracious appetite for cattle... California wildlife officials euthanized four gray wolves that were responsible for 70 livestock deaths in less than six months..,

'Energy dominance' meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases October 24, 2025 WyoFile

...  what’s been proposed is to auction more than five dozen parcels totalling 88,000 acres that overlap the state’s first three deer migration corridors ... The Bureau of Land Management is accepting feedback on its 2026 second-quarter oil and gas lease sale for Wyoming through Nov. 17. Public comments can be submitted through an online portal available at ePlanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2040967/570...

CWD spreads across Wisconsin October 24, 2025 apg-wi.com

... The Apple Creek Deer Farm, located in Oconto County, claims they’ve the largest whitetail deer breeding farm and hunting ranch in America. They also claim they’ve made inroads into eliminating CWD by breeding deer that are resistant to CWD by testing over 2,000 deer from their farm... “The deer they are calling resistant are not immune. They still get infected with the disease; they just take longer to die and shed prions into the environment for a longer period of time ..."  [Retired veterinarian and former Chairman of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Dave Clausen] ...

Ohio’s 2025 Acorn Mast Survey Results October 24, 2025 ODNR News

     Red and white oaks produced more acorns than last year and the average from 2005.  More acorns means deer will have to move less to fiind food, making it harder for hunters to find deer.  See link above for the report.

Isolation, identification, and computational analysis of antioxidant peptides from deer blood and its therapeutic effects on alcoholic liver injury in mice 2025 Journal of Functional Foods

... Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a prevalent liver disorder ...  in this study, we investigated the protective effects of deer blood peptides (DBP) ... These findings indicate that DBP may serve as a promising therapeutic agent for ALD, assisting in its prevention while promoting the utilization of deer blood resources...

Hunters claim the deer are disappearing in Wildwood as city prepares for 2026 deer management program October 24, 2025 Missouri, West News Magazine

... According to the city, the deer density in Wildwood is currently at an “unsustainable 72 deer per square mile”  ... avid deer hunters claimed the program has gone too far.  Adam Epstein said he used to see deer every day but recently saw just two does on 120 acres... he said the city needs a study done this year before winter, when the animals tend to herd together...

Wildlife corridors: News from Washington October 23, 2025  Environment America

...The Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan  ...  brings together “decades of research to identify priorities for connectivity projects to protect and reconnect Washington’s landscapes for wildlife”  ... Over a five year period between 2019 and 2023 there were more than 39,000 carcasses collected on Washington roads. Of those, 21,000 were deer...

Mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease in Ogden hunting unit October 23, 2025 Utah, KTVX Salt Lake City on MSN

... Starting in 2026, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) will be implementing mandatory testing ... “The Ogden unit was selected because it has the most recent detection of CWD in the state, with the closest positive on the East Canyon unit,” ...

Moose relocated from Chubbuck neighborhood October 23, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game

... Fish and Game staff were able to successfully tranquilize a large adult female moose and remove it from the backyard of a residence located off of Whitaker Road, south of Vern Road and west of Hiline Road. The moose was successfully released to a remote location with suitable moose habitat away from people and motorists....

Fawn Rehabilitation, Video Below: ... a change in policy when it comes to rehabilitating fawns.  "They have to be released by October 1st according to the wildlife conservation order   ” LaBonty said.  She argues that the October 1 deadline is arbitrary and does not account for the varying developmental needs of fawns... - October 23, 2025 Michigan

Cougar sightings are surging in Michigan October 23, 2025 FOX 2 Detroit

...Cougar sightings are surging in Michigan with 2025 set to own some of the highest numbers in years... The majority of the reports have been confirmed from photographs taken and sent to the DNR, though videos have also been helpful this year. The most high profile sighting arrived in March when two cougar cubs were spotted — the first time in a century...

PFAS 'Do Not Eat' advisory expands for hunting harvests in central Maine October 23, 2025 News Center Maine

... The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has expanded its PFAS "Do Not Eat" advisory for deer and wild turkey in parts of Knox, Thorndike, and Unity ...

Mississippi Deer Damage in Row Crops Survey October 23, 2025 Mississippi State University Extension Service

... Of the surveys that had all the economic damage information filled out, 13 respondents reported damages in corn, 21 reported damages in cotton, and 90 reported damages in soybeans. Respondents reported damage occurring in 45 Mississippi counties... Soybeans were by far the most impacted, with 90 respondents reporting damages on 14,204 acres, of which 4,013 acres had to be replanted. Total economic loss for soybeans was $3.68 million, or $258.91 per acre...

Michigan Senate passes bills to raise DNR license fees: Here's how much they would rise October 22, 2025 Midland Daily News

[Resident deer license rises from $20 to $25, non-resident from $20 to $150] ...The fee changes in the bill would generate approximately $29.4 million in additional annual revenue for the Game and Fish Protection Fund. The bills will now go to the Michigan House of Representatives ...

Deer were never extinct in Nova Scotia October 21, 2025 Nova Scotia, SaltWire

... In their 1977 book on whitetails, Donald Dodds and Dennis A. Benson concluded that, according to evidence, deer were always present in Nova Scotia.  Dodds and Frederick F. Gilbert, the co-authors of a study of wildlife management, mention Daley only as the man who pumped up a low deer population with stock... Despite Erskine’s findings and the research by Dodds, Benson and Gilbert, you can still find claims online that deer are not native but were introduced in the 1890s...

Ron DeSantis reveals plan to kill monster pythons wiping out deer population in Florida October 21, 2025 Florida, Irish Star on MSN

... Florida is ahead of schedule in its efforts to eradicate the invasive Burmese python snake from the Everglades ... public-private collaboration has tripled the amount of python removals. Inversa is a business that kills pythons and uses their skins to manufacture wallets, boots, belts, and other items...

‘It is an abusive system of animal control’: Community members concerned over possible return of deer trapping program October 21, 2025 Texas, Yahoo on MSN

... A petition is currently circulating to stop the program, reigniting a debate that has surfaced before ... With that permit, trappers may set up nets a few feet off the ground and use corn to lure deer underneath. When a deer steps beneath the net, it drops and traps the animal. Trappers then load the deer onto trailers and transport them to a processing facility ... Video Below

Deer in the News

Carpenter Refuses To Leave Deer Trapped In Ravine, So She Builds A Stairway Out November 7, 2025 New Jersey, The Dodo

... Injured and alone, the deer had no way to escape. The cement walls were between 7 and 10 feet tall and went on for miles...  They contacted Nancy Warner, president and founder of The Last Resort Wildlife Refuge ... storms in the next two days. If they didn’t get the deer out within 48 hours, the river would rise ... Sandy Platt Mantione, a volunteer and carpenter, to build custom stairs for the deer ...

Deer roaming Baltimore County with pumpkin bucket on its face has been freed  November 4, 42025 Maryland, WMAR

... there would be searches for it to help remove the bucket from its head... was able to be freed ...

    The Search Continues for a Maryland Deer Whose Head Is Stuck in a Trick-or-Treat Bucket November 3, 2025 Washingtonian

...  the bucket itself is blocking his snout, making it impossible for him to eat or drink water. Depending on the position of his head, it sometimes covers his eyes... Swensen has enlisted the help of somebody who can hit the buck with a tranquilizer dart, but the team has to find him first; he hasn’t shown up on drone footage since Sunday...

'Incredibly rare': How did a moose end up in Kansas? November 3, 2025 KSNT

... A man in Courtland, Republic County, captured photos and video of a moose in a cornfield last week... The last confirmed moose sighting in Kansas came in December 2019 near Scandia, also in Republic County, while the one before that was spotted in 1989...

‘Emo’ deer spotted in Lago Vista, wildlife experts say he’s fine October 28, 2025 Texas, Yahoo on MSN

... The deer has been spotted “proudly wearing a hammock tangled in his antlers,” ... The post went on to explain that male deer naturally shed their antlers before the end of winter, so the “emo-chic accessory” is expected to fall off on its own soon. Video Below

Video Below:  Explore all 60 deer species, found natively across 5 continents; their distribution, physical characteristics, conservation status, and more! October 24, 2025

Deer gets snared by plastic pumpkin in Colorado, be mindful of your decorations October 24, 2025 Colorado, KOAA News

... The plastic jack-o-lantern bucket was covering the deer's face... concerned the animal wouldn't be able to eat or drink ... “We see it every year, and it always gets worse this time of year,” said CPW Assistant Area Wildlife Manager Steve McClung of Durango. “Right now is a great opportunity to clean up your yard of items a curious animal might stick its nose in or get wrapped up in...

Why Do Deer Raise Their Tails When They Run? October 22, 2025 National Deer Association

... The white “flag” serves as a warning of imminent danger... Deer have limited vision when it comes to seeing the finer details, but they’re great at catching movement and they see incredibly well in the shorter wavelengths ... A deer’s white tail, rump and white hairs in other body locations do a phenomenal job absorbing the ambient “blue hour” tones at dawn and dusk ...

Video Below:  In Littleton, a deer was freed from a metal tomato tower after getting caught in the cage. Colorado, October 22, 2025

Former Lancaster County solid waste exec offers reward in piebald deer's death October 22, 2025 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online

... Warner said seeing the deer was almost spiritual to him and his wife, Kerry Sacco, and would lift their spirits every time they saw him.  “We just watched him, from a little guy, develop into this beautiful 3-year-old. He would come here with the other bucks...

A Look Back At North Dakota's Favorite Pet Deer Jonnie/Ruth October 20, 2025 North Dakota, US 103.3

... her name was Jonnie to some and Ruth to others.  She was a fixture for numerous farms south of Sterling and over to Braddock for about 5 years... The Fallgatters raised Jonnie as a very young fawn as her mother and sibling were hit and killed by a car.  Jonnie was also injured in that accident and suffered a broken leg... [as a fawn] a cast on her leg....

Blind Michigan deer won't be euthanized by DNR after uproar from lawmakers, animal rights group October 17, 2025 FOX 2 Detroit

... The DNR announced in a news release on Thursday this was one of the rare occurrences where a wild animal would be kept at a facility rather than humanely killed due to its impairment...

     DNR calls for rescued fawn's euthanization - and a rehabber says its over paperwork October 16, 2025 Michigan, Yahoo on MSN

... The fawn "came in very critical, unable to stand or even lift her head ... It was months and months of effort ... with vision "that wasn't 100%," wasn't returnable to the woods... were told by a DNR permit specialist that requests had to be in to the agency by Sept. 15 if they wanted to add a fawn...

Photographer captures stunning, rare creature in the Bay Area October 16, 2025 California, KTVU FOX 2

... a rare albino deer... The animal’s white coat was especially pronounced amid the fall-colored brush it stood in alongside its mother and siblings... It's estimated that one in some 30,000 deer is born with albinism...

5-million-year-old deer fossils reveal secrets of north american evolution October 16, 2025 Le Ravi

...The findings, published in Palaeo-Electronica, challenge earlier assumptions about when and where deer first roamed...  Eocoileus gentryorum fossils in the northeast Tennessee site, marking some of the oldest known traces of this deer family in North America. Dating back around five million years ...

'A tragedy': PA Game Commission investigates death of rare deer found in East Hempfield Twp. October 16, 2025 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online

... the apparent shooting of a deer in East Hempfield Township that had a rare genetic condition that made its coat almost all white...  the deer “appeared to be shot, and it was recovered in an area where hunting is not allowed.” ... 

Drone Video Shows Mountain Lion Hunting in Missouri October 15, 2025  No deer injured in this video.

Mysterious deer fossil unearthed near TTC station identified after almost 50 years October 15, 2025 Ontario, CBC.ca on MSN

...  it was most closely related to whitetail and mule deer, but likely a distinct species that diverged around 3,000,000 years ago ...  dubbed by scientists as Torontoceros hypogaeus or “horned Toronto deer from underground,” is believed to be one of a kind and almost 12,000 years old...

Police, deputies rescue deer that was trapped in concrete barriers on I-75 October 14, 2025 Michigan, CBS News on MSN.com

... The deputies used the rescue truck and straps to slowly lift the deer, while untangling the animal's hoofs in the process.  The animal rescue effort took nearly an hour, and lanes in both directions of I-75 were closed ...

Lions, dogs and deer October 9, 2025 Wisconsin, Waupaca County Post

...  The Iola Lions will be collecting deer antlers this fall to donate to a service dog training organization... puppies infamously like to chew on things ...

Deer have built-in detection systems that make hunting a challenge October 8, 2025, Bangor Daily News

...  an excerpt from Rue’s book on the deer’s auditory system:  “A deer can be in a deep sleep, but its ears never stop moving, winnowing its surroundings for the slightest sound of danger. What is more remarkable is that even while a deer sleeps, its brain is analyzing and filtering out sounds that don’t represent danger.” ...

Check insurance: Deer collisions spike in VA fall October 6, 2025 Virginia, WSLS 10

...  state data showing over 7,400 deer-related crashes last year alone ... As fall begins, we’re approaching deer mating season, which means more deer on the road...

Douglas County man faces charges for allegedly filming deer attack October 6, 2025 Oregon, KEZI

... a 21-year-old from Douglas County, is facing serious charges after a video surfaced of his dog attacking an injured deer in Sutherlin. The video, uploaded to social media, has sparked outrage in the community...

Video Below:  Video from the Macomb County Sheriff's Office shows two members of the department rescuing a deer from a tangled hammock.  October 3, 2025

CPW euthanizes deer with red material tangled in antlers after community concern September 24, 2025 Colorado, Yahoo

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife are confirming they have located and euthanized an injured buck in the Colorado Springs/Monument area Wednesday afternoon [see below]  CPW posted an update on Wednesday and said the injury was “a source of needless suffering with certainty to worsen.”