Black Tail Deer

ID: 238 ~ Source: Photograph courtesy of Flickr user Sea Turtle.

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This juvenile deer is adorable--but are there too many deer on the islands?

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Too Many Deer – Environmental history and Odocoileus hemionus

Humans have inhabited the San Juan Islands for at least 13,000 years. The first peoples didn’t appear to rely on fishing, rather they hunted land animals like deer. The Columbian black-tail deer are San Juan’s largest native land mammal, making them…