Urban Deer Control

Deer in urban areas can cause several problems, including motorist injuries, damage to crops and gardens, and the increase of tick-borne disease. Several methods of urban deer control exist.

Urban Hunting

• Urban hunting allows local hunters to hunt deer in the city. Bows and arrows are used because of the short range and to omit the danger of ricocheting bullets. This solution has a low cost for the city, as the hunters provide their own supplies.

Sharpshooting

• Sharpshooting uses hunters supplied by a private service or employed by the city itself to kill off the deer population. Some disadvantages include concerns about firing guns inside the city, but like urban hunting, this method saves money for the city.

Relocation

• Relocation involves trapping the deer and moving them to another place. While the advantage is that the deer live, disadvantages include its high expense, the scarcity of places to release the deer and the low survival rate of the deer once released.

Sterilization

• Sterilization is the surgical removal of the female deer's ovaries. While this completely prevents the female deer from producing fawns and raising the local deer population, it is very expensive.