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Community Perspectives on Deer Management in Watchung, New Jersey

Learn about Watchung's community-based approach to managing the white-tailed deer population, the controversy over sharp shooting and bow hunting, and the need for more effective methods. Discover how residents are advocating for changes in deer control strategies to protect both wildlife and the ecosystem.

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Community Perspectives on Deer Management in Watchung, New Jersey

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  1. Watchung Deer Management Program A Community Based Approach

  2. Watchung, New Jersey • The Reservation spans 2000 acres • Six communities have lands within the reservation. Watchung is one of those communities.

  3. White Tailed Deer • Like many other towns in New Jersey, White tailed Deer have reached problematic numbers. This has caused an increase in…. • Deer-vehicle collisions • Damage to ornamental plantings and gardens • Destruction of the natural forest ecosystem

  4. Community Based Approach • Watchung had the community voice opinions on how to control the deer management population. • Several alternatives such as immuno-fertility drugs, sharp shooting/ bow hunting, and capture and euthanization, were considered. • The town council voted and decided onsharp shooting and bow hunting.

  5. Town Controversyover Sharp Shooting and Bow Hunting • The town became divided when the town heard of the selected method for controlling the deer population • Half of the town felt that the selected method was unnecessarily cruel to the deer. • The other half of the town felt that because the selected method was comparably inexpensive that it was the correct alternative.

  6. Sharp Shooting and Bow Hunting • The NJ Division of Fish and Game found: • That archery deer hunters were estimated to have retrieved only 43% of the deer hit by arrows. • These are pictures of the trail of blood of one deer after the first deer hunt.

  7. Scientific Info • The Union County Parks Department concluded that before the hunt female deer living in the reservation only gave birth to one fawn. • After the hunt female deer on the reservation had multiple births of twins or triplets • This shows how the selected method does not work.

  8. Serious changes need to be made to the selected method to control the deer population. Within the next few months a review of the past years management techniques will take place. Many of the town’s people are excited to change the inhumane method that is currently in place.

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