Deer Management

Do not feed the deer!

Deer feeding and attractant restrictions remain in place in Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott and Washington counties. These counties were added on July 1, 2020, to the bans already in place in the following counties affected by chronic wasting disease: Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Hubbard, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Olmsted, Steele, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena and Winona. Keeping food and attractants away from deer helps limit interaction and close contact among deer that can spread chronic wasting disease, especially this time of year when artificial sources of food may draw deer.

Deer Management Program

In 2010, the Shorewood City Council adopted a revised deer management program. This program included an annual aerial survey of the local deer population, and then a decision about how to manage the population. It could be decided to do nothing on years that the population seems under control, to an arranged bowhunt of deer during years of high numbers.

Results

The City of Shorewood works with Metro Bowhunters Resource Base to provide a deer management program during the fall of each year.

If you are a property owner and interested in participating in the program, please contact the city. The hunters will inspect your property to determine if it is a suitable location for the next event. Property owners adjacent to the property where the hunt will be occurring will receive notification of the hunt.

For more information on the program, contact the city at 952-960-7900.