DNR Sterilizing and Tagging Deer in Baltimore County

itsslow98 · Dec 24, 2014

I had gotten a picture of this deer on my trail camera last month and sent an email to DNR inquiring. They responded as such.

Hi Allen, That deer is part of a sterilization study being conducted privately in Phoenix. The deer was captured and sterilized last year. Ear-tagging enables the researcher to identify the animal as one that was already treated. It is fair game for harvest and there is no problem with consuming the venison. We would appreciate notification if it is harvested. Feel free to call me if you would like to discuss further. Thank you.

Brian Eyler
Deer Project Leader

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

301-842-0332

brian.eyler@maryland.gov

As I have told everyone who I talk to about hunting, these past two years have been absolutely horrible compared to the prior years. 3 years ago I would have a bad day if I saw less then 10 deer within 150 yards of me everytime I went. I didn't make it a single day without seeing a deer. These past two years have been a consistent decline and this year ive been twice in a row without seeing deer and I have not seen more then 5 deer in a day. Admittedly its much better then most peoples deer sighting but it is a little disturbing to me. I'm not sure where to stand on this subject, but I hope to put #69 down this year since she serves me no purpose other then food.

rico903 · Dec 24, 2014

I've seen a lot less deer on my nightly walks in Timonium but had written it off the the park they destroyed to put in a new school. If there are less deer in Phoenix, by the reservoir, something is definitely amiss as that area is usually over run with them.

FrankOceanXray · Dec 24, 2014

Just the deer?

danb · Dec 24, 2014

I'd like to know what we are spending on this. Thousands of dollars per deer, most likely.

I do not think there are fewer deer. I think that they are all hiding out in places that cannot be hunted. I think they should reduce the distance to 50-75 yds for archery, and open up more little plots to hunting. CA in HoCo for example has acres of open space where the deer lurk.

mark71211 · Dec 24, 2014

Good thing this state has more then plenty of money to do stuff like this.

Trbo6gn · Dec 24, 2014

We can only pray this is just a trial run before they enact this plan on the inner city families that have 8 children who we subsequently pay for.

Alea Jacta Est · Dec 24, 2014

This is your hard earned tax dollars under liberal control. Period. No more. No less.

plinkerton · Dec 24, 2014

mark71211 said:
Good thing this state has more then plenty of money to do stuff like this.

Trbo6gn said:
We can only pray this is just a trial run before they enact this plan on the inner city families that have 8 children who we subsequently pay for.

Nnztg8r said:
This is your hard earned tax dollars under liberal control. Period. No more. No less.

Guys - read the first line of the letter:

"That deer is part of a sterilization study being conducted privately in Phoenix"

Alea Jacta Est · Dec 24, 2014

Trbo6gn said:
We can only pray this is just a trial run before they enact this plan on the inner city families that have 8 children who we subsequently pay for.

You sir are an evil genius.

Unfortunately, you are a political fail. :sad20:

We've incentivized (and are busy socially perfecting) both non productivity AND FERTILITY (but only among the oppressed class). This is historically thesignal of a society in decline. The end cannot be too far away.

Merry Christmas.

Alea Jacta Est · Dec 24, 2014

plinkerton said:
Guys - read the first line of the letter:

"That deer is part of a sterilization study being conducted privately in Phoenix"

No chance at all that there are tax credits associated with this, are there?

Probably no chance that public employees are spending any time administering or answering questions about this either...

Sorry man, the hand in my pocket...on my wallet, is all too frequently not mine but big brother's... (they're indiscriminate btw, they like any wallet with money in it)

iH8DemLibz · Dec 24, 2014

This is just crazy talk.

No one or no thing ever got pregnant from 69.

plinkerton · Dec 24, 2014

Nnztg8r said:
No chance at all that there are tax credits associated with this, are there?

Probably no chance that public employees are spending any time administering or answering questions about this either...

Sorry man, the hand in my pocket...on my wallet, is all too frequently not mine but big brother's... (they're indiscriminate btw, they like any wallet with money in it)

Actually I may have misread it. There is private as in non-public funds, and the is private as in using public funds and we are not telling you.

OP can you do a followup and get them to clarify "privately"?

plinkerton · Dec 24, 2014

iH8DemLibz said:
This is just crazy talk.

No one or no thing ever got pregnant from 69.

foxtrapper · Dec 24, 2014

Are all the deer in this "study" tagged #69?

Joking aside, why are they not doing this to deer in areas where there is no way hunting could be done due to intense suburbia density w/wooded pockets? Why Phoenix which still has farms?

Straightshooter · Dec 24, 2014

Why Phoenix? Because two of the biggest anti hunting dingbats imaginable live there. They've been interviewed on the TV several times and have had more of their fair share of venom spewed in the local rags over the years.

itsslow98 · Dec 24, 2014

plinkerton said:
Actually I may have misread it. There is private as in non-public funds, and the is private as in using public funds and we are not telling you.

OP can you do a followup and get them to clarify "privately"?

I actually plan on calling him after the holidays to go over a few things. I wonder if by PRIVATELY he actually meant exclusively.

Oldcarjunkie · Dec 24, 2014

Now only if they would do that with some of the residents of Baltimore city.

rico903 · Dec 25, 2014

Straightshooter said:
Why Phoenix? Because two of the biggest anti hunting dingbats imaginable live there. They've been interviewed on the TV several times and have had more of their fair share of venom spewed in the local rags over the years.

Right you are. And they never interview the other 50% of residents who would pay someone to hunt their land. The people on Dulaney Valley Rd seem to be equally split as Bambi lovers and haters. They eat everything people plant and are hell on cars out there.

rrrrrrkevin · Dec 25, 2014

Oldcarjunkie said:
Now only is they would do that with some of the residents of Baltimore city.

Trbo6gn said:
We can only pray this is just a trial run before they enact this plan on the inner city families that have 8 children who we subsequently pay for.

Agreed.

iH8DemLibz said:
This is just crazy talk.

No one or no thing ever got pregnant from 69.

traveller · Dec 25, 2014

Oldcarjunkie said:
Now only is they would do that with some of the residents of Baltimore city.

Norplant in a air-rifle.

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