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Danger: Don't feed the deer
Have you over won a deer
While you might have thought L9WS the deer needed something to eat. what you probably didn't know is that feeding thut deer could get you in trouble with the low.
According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, it is illegal in the commonwealth to feed deer from Sept. 1 through the first Saturday in January.
The regulation went into effect in 200b to try und prevent unnaturally increasing population numbers of the unimuls, which can carry diseuse and be a menace to drivers.
Virginia residents need to ulways remember that deer ure wild unimuls; not pets, so they should nut attempt to domesticate them.
“Fed deer are often emboldened to seek humtui foods, leading them into conflict with people.’' according to tile Department of Game und tnlund Fisheries Web site. “Despite their gentle uppearunce. they can become lethally dangerous during mating season, capuble of goring und slushing with their sharp hooves und untlers.
This law does not restrict the plunting of crops.
If vou see someone feeding u deer, call the Wildlife Crime Line at l-bOO-237-5712. wandering near your house und thought it looked thin?
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