Don't Feed the Deer
Feeding Deer Does More Harm Than Good
The long-term viability of the state's deer herd is not dependent on supplemental winter feeding anywhere in New Hampshire. Feeding deer often makes them more vulnerable to aggressive interactions, predation, disease, and vehicle collisions among other things. For the long-term health of deer, the best management strategy is to keep deer dependent on their natural food and cover.
- Help Our Herd
- More Harm than Good - Brochure
- Don't Feed the Deer - Wild Ways Cartoon from NH Wildlife Journal Magazine
- Twelve Deer Killed by Winter Feeding In South Hampton (Press Release, March 24, 2015)
- See a video created by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game about why it's important to not feed deer
- Wintering Whitetails: Supplemental feeding discourages deer from using ideal winter habitat.
- Wildlife Fact Sheet: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Hunting in NH: Deer
- Born to Be Wild
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