Quite a few people feed deer throughout the winter months in our County. And they do it because they enjoy watching the deer and because they think they are in fact helping the deer survive.
But the reality is that feeding doesn’t help the deer at all ! In fact, it creates problems for them.
Follow this link to my article about Winter Deer Feeding that contains results of my own research combined with technical information generously provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/77082299/Winter-Deer-Feeding-Consider
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