Deer Management

Deer Management

Full Spectrum Deer Management Services

Wildlife Specialists, LLC, offers full spectrum custom deer management services designed to meet the specific project goals of our clients from individual landowners to entire communities. We help select and conduct the appropriate surveys, generate GIS maps, hold public meetings, design habitat enhancements, assess management options, and develop site-specific plans.  All of our recommendations are based on the principles of Quality Deer Management.

Our experts have coordinated some of the largest-scale surveys in the history of deer and habitat management. Specifically, we have designed and implemented aerial FLIR surveys and habitat browsing surveys. To date, our experts have developed the protocols considered state-of-the-art in deer density estimation by the pellet group technique and in habitat browsing and regeneration surveys.  In addition, we have co-authored numerous reports and publications on deer management.

Deer Management Services Include:

Facilitated Private and Public Meetings to discuss deer management options and develop consensus within the community

Develop and use educational and informational products

Deer Density Surveys to obtain baseline local deer population information

• Distance Sampling (Spotlight or Daylight)
• Pellet Group Surveys
• Browsing and Habitat Surveys – Impact Analysis
• Baited Camera Surveys
• Aerial Surveys for deer using daytime or infrared technologies
• Deer Condition Assessments from Check Stations
• Deer Aging
• Combinations of the above techniques designed to specifically suit the client’s needs and goals

Deer Browsing/Forest Regeneration Vegetation Monitoring Survey

Deer Damage Assessment

• Public Opinion Surveys
• Tracking of Statistics on deer-vehicle collisions, incidence of Lyme disease, agricultural and landscape damage, and others variables

Generate GIS maps of properties to aid in planning and display results

Develop Localized Deer Management Plans incorporating deer population parameters, goals and objectives, ecosystem characteristics, damage management, and  other  issues

Design Habitat Enhancements to meet management objectives

Deer Deterrent Fencing

Deer Tick Reduction Programs

Training of Local Groups of “Qualified Hunters”

Obtaining Special Deer Management Permits

• Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP)
• Nuisance Deer Control Permits

Deer Population Control

• Expert Sharpshooting (conducted February 1-September 30 in Pennsylvania)
• Controlled Hunting
• Trap and Euthanasia
• (meat from deer is processed and donated to food banks or needy families)

Radio-telemetry studies to assess deer movements and habitat use

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