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In the last 11
and a half months,
VDOT has picked
up 201 deer in
Rappahannock.
ogist said a number of factors account for the growing deer population, including a reduction in natural predators and an increase in the number of animal sanctuaries, he said.
As development builds up, deer adapt, while their natural predators disappear. Add protected sanctuaries and the problem gets worse.
In addition, Lovelace said, regulations restrict when deer can be hunted and which ones can be hunted.
Now, hunters are encouraged to go after antlerless deer—female and young deer—because that helps control the population, he said.
Staff writer Dusty Smith contributed to this article.
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