When a deer in Vermillion County, Indiana, found itself in a weird — and harmful — conundrum, its saviors came in the form of law enforcement. On Feb. 10, state Trooper Ted Robertson was alerted about a deer with a plastic jar stuck on its head, but when he attempted to rescue the animal, the […]
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Tega Cay releases update on efforts to control deer population
Tega Cay releases update on efforts to control deer population Leaders in Tega Cay have released more information about how their efforts to control the deer population in Tega Cay are going. The city said it culled more than 30 deer over a two-week period. In January, South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources approved a […]
Deer dashes through yard and gets tangled in dog run cable, photos show. See it freed
A deer running through someone’s yard isn’t anything new. However, this time, one big buck hit some really bad luck. On what was likely a normal run through a person’s yard in Durango, Colorado, the giant animal suddenly couldn’t run any further. He got caught on something — his antlers ensnared in dog run cable, […]
British Columbia bids to stop spread of fatal ‘zombie deer disease’
The Canadian province of British Columbia has released a strategy to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) as the virus continues to move across North America. Officials in the westernmost province this week ordered the testing of any road-killed deer, moose, elk and caribou after two cases were confirmed at the end of […]
Mississippi deer hunter harvests incredible double-tined buck
It was a buck like he’d never seen. A 15-point with double rows of tines, and the symmetry is remarkable. So much so, Johnathan Fortenberry of Magnolia thought someone was playing a joke on him. However, it wasn’t a joke and Mississippi’s worst weather of the year so far combined with determination put Fortenberry in […]
Deer runs onto road and a driver is killed, South Carolina Highway Patrol says
A person was killed when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a deer on a South Carolina road, officials said. The crash happened Tuesday at about 4 a.m. in Spartanburg County, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office identified 49-year-old Pacolet resident Alberry Fleming […]
Deer begs for food in Colorado neighborhood where people fed it, close-up photos show
A deer seems to have learned it can count on a southwestern Colorado neighborhood for food — and that’s a bad thing, wildlife officials say. Why? It can be dangerous not only for the deer, but for people too, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southwest Region said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Close-up photos show […]
Man killed in deer blind after police chase
Jan. 30—KALKASKA — A 35-year-old Kalkaska man was killed in a deer blind after an alleged domestic assault and a chase by Michigan State Police, state police said. In a statement released Monday, police did not identify the man, but said he was killed after “a confrontation occurred and troopers fired at the suspect inside […]
2 men given hunting suspensions and fines after DNA links them to wasted deer
Two Manitoba men were handed 2-year hunting suspensions and fines totalling $13,980 in Swift Current provincial court after DNA testing connected them to a headless deer corpse. Shaunavon conservation officers received a tip, including a vehicle description, about Manitoba residents unlawfully hunting south of Cadillac, about 65 kilometres south of Swift Current, according to a news […]
These deer whistles for your car (which ring in at under $3 a pop) help prevent run-ins on the road
Can you guess what is the most dangerous animal in America? It’s not a bear or a wolf. Nope, that award goes to the benevolent white-tailed deer. That’s right, Bambi. Deer are responsible for a massive number of car accidents each year (roughly 1.5 million by some estimates), but there are steps you can take […]
Rare Trail Camera Footage Shows a Cougar Mauling a Whitetail Deer in Michigan
Twenty-four-year-old Eli Schaefer has been hunting in the Keweenaw Peninsula Forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for the better part of five years. During that time, he’s encountered numerous signs of wild cats preying on deer, and he even got a trail camera photo of what appears to be a large male mountain lion prowling around […]