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Deer Management Facts & Goals
The two main purposes of our POA Deer Management project:
Safety of our residents
Health of our whitetail deer herd
Resident safety: In 2002 vehicles averaged hitting more than a deer a day. More than 400 were picked up off our highways that year. Nineteen were picked up in one day in November 2002. Police Chief Bill Lane estimates that the average damage to vehicles for deer strikes is $2500. By 2005, this number was down to 260, mostly due to population control.
Health of our deer herd: At the start of our population control program, Texas Parks and Wildlife estimated our deer herd was about five times the acceptable number. TP&W organized a deer count in 2001 that showed approximately 2700 deer, or a deer per two acres. This highly-concentrated deer population has resulted in smaller deer that must compete for nourishment. One documented case of Lyme disease has occurred. In a seven-year period of 2003 to 2009, the POA trapped and removed thousands of deer, reducing the population from 2700 deer to our goal of 900 deer.
On April 21, 2009, the City of Horseshoe Bay assumed responsibility for this program. The POA, by contract, will pay to the City an annual payment equivalent to the cost of providing this service in the past.
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