Where have the deer gone in 4J?!

[Curmudgeon]

4J looks pretty urban/suburban. Could that matter?

[GreeneHunter]

I live in 4B just south of 4J and this year I had ZERO apples on my few trees and have not seen any deer in my backyard due to that fact .  I do see that the acorn production is about the same though !  I know the deer are here just not seeing the movement as much as I'm used to !

[thphm]

Same by me hardly any apples , very few acorns the last 3 years.even the wild blackberries were very few this year., have a few small plots, There are a few deer that hit the plots and bed down in the area but they are less then 2 years old and have 2 fawns . The deer heard by me is 75% less then 5 years ago.

[Curmudgeon]

I spoke to my sister in Vooreesville today - 4J. She reports no fewer deer than in the past - as many as 5 in the yard much of the time. She also had to stop last night for a big buck in the road.

[ghug92]

The coyote population has skyrocketed in this area. I live in the suburbs of 4J off of font grove rd and have coyotes running through the backyards of houses almost every night this time of year. Two years ago is about when we started seeing them and it seems like there are more and more each year. There are still plenty of bruisers around though. Keep to it

[bkln]

Don't forget about kinda "cold winter" we had last year....just saying...

[Mjkid23]

I am new to this blog but I can tell you that 20 years ago 4J was like a game farm for dear I would see 10-20 deer everyday at least 5 were bucks chasing does. This was over off Kings road in the pine bush....now I'm lucky to see a deer! I have a suspicion Encon has been either killing them off or doing something to cut the population down because the insurance companies were crying about having to pay out every time there was a deer/ car accident. I say this because there are less and less hunters every year yet the deer pop has dwindled to nothing in that area. So someone is killing the deer and it's not the hunters.

[Mjkid23]

I am new to this blog but I can tell you that 20 years ago 4J was like a game farm for dear I would see 10-20 deer everyday at least 5 were bucks chasing does. This was over off Kings road in the pine bush....now I'm lucky to see a deer! I have a suspicion Encon has been either killing them off or doing something to cut the population down because the insurance companies were crying about having to pay out every time there was a deer/ car accident. I say this because there are less and less hunters every year yet the deer pop has dwindled to nothing in that area. So someone is killing the deer and it's not the hunters.