Northbrook, Illinois conducted a culling program from 1995 to 2008. The village conducted an assessment around this time, determined it had reached its management goals, and suspended the culling for the time being.
More than 120 students from Bemidji State University have participated in roadside deer monitoring over the past four years.
This community uses a few simple indicators to evaluate whether deer management is succeeding.
Learn how this community is using both managed hunting and surgical sterilization to achieve its deer management goals.
Learn from the experiences of other communities engaged in deer management
Northbrook, Illinois conducted a culling program from 1995 to 2008. The village conducted an assessment around this time, determined it had reached its management goals, and suspended the culling for the time being.
Altoona, Wisconsin initiated its deer management program in 2004 with paid sharpshooters. Over time, the community adapted its program, which today is managed as an all-volunteer community hunt.
Cedar Rapids' deer management program features regulated hunting by licensed hunters during Iowa's regular hunting season, community education and annual monitoring.