Oh Deer!

[malaise]

The white tailed deer was introduced to Jamaica in 1980's.
A known introduction of the white tailed deer to Jamaica was when deer escaped from local tourist attraction Somerset Falls during Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. During the hurricane, 6 deer escaped from Somerset Falls in Portland and went into the wild.

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Now their offspring are terrorizing farmers in Portland.

[Goonch]

1. 🦌👇👇👇

[Disaffected]

2. White Tail deer are common where I live

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and I have never observed anything like that. I wonder if she had a fawn nearby and he was messing with it?

[malaise]

3. Some idiot brought them here for tourism

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Now they’re producing up to three fawn - the absence of seasons doesn’t help.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

4. Without predators, the population will increase wildly

Their natural predators would be wolves, cougars, and coyotes. Their natural defense against predators is to reproduce, if there are none, they will severely damage the ecosystem by overgrazing. There is a well documented case of this in an area of northern Arizona.

Without natural predators or hunters, things get very bad. Massive starvation and disease are common. I’ve seen what happens when a herd of deer are trapped in a stand of trees by a blizzard,they eat all the grass,then the tree branches, then the bark, then they starve to death, after having killed the trees. It is a terrible thing to come across.

Invasive species cause problems.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Either bring in mountain lions or learn to eat venison.

[Mr.Bill]

6. Make it illegal for people to feed them. n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Deer are pervasive in New Jersey. Farms erect 12' fences, towns hire contract culls to DEP standards

[doc03]

8. The deer herds are managed by the DNR for maximum $ from hunting. They are destructive

pests around here. They try to keep a balance between the insurance industry and hunters.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. White . Tail . Rats

They are PESTS and need to be controlled.