{"id":8880,"date":"2023-04-26T07:56:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8880"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:12","slug":"mccall-has-a-deer-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8880","title":{"rendered":"McCall has a deer problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The deer herd that resides within McCall\u2019s city limits is once again up for discussion.<\/p>\n

Idaho Fish and Game gave a presentation to McCall City Council, warning that the deer problem could get worse.<\/p>\n

Through surveys done over the winter, Fish and Game now estimate the in-town deer population to be at least 258. It was noted that there is a high fawn-to-doe ratio, meaning the herd is growing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learned that we have a minimum of 258 deer living in town during winter. We observed that they\u2019re quite habituated to people,\u201d Regan Berkley\u00a0of Fish and Game said. \u201c\u2026We saw a very high fawn to doe a ratio\u2026 But the essence of what that means is this is a growing deer herd. The fawn-doe ratio that we observed here in town is nearly twice what we usually see at that same time in winter range on our natural herds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fish and Game has recently taken 40-plus calls from people reporting dead\/injured deer. Berkley said this number is likely higher as the McCall Police Department is also receiving reports.<\/p>\n

The problem & past measures<\/h2>\n

There was a trapping effort in late January in Cascade led by Fish and Game. It was stopped after 75% of the 20 captured deer had exotic lice. Berkley said there is \u201cno reasonable medication or treatment\u201d for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose had exotic lice and had to be euthanized. We did not go into that as a euthanasia effort. We went into it with the hopes that we would be able to translocate most of the deer that we laid hands on. That turned out not to be the case,\u201d Berkley said. \u201cWe stopped trapping after two days to regroup.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been two cases of exotic lice found in McCall deer \u2013 this prevents relocation to winter range. In addition to spreading lice, there is also concern about the growing mountain lion population from the influx of deer.<\/p>\n

Fish and Game have received over 50 reports of mountain lions since mid-January<\/strong>, most of which have been spotted around Rio Vista Boulevard and Spring Mountain Ranch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not atypical for us to have some reports of mountain lions in town any given winter we get a couple here or there. This winter has been remarkable,\u201d Berkley said.<\/p>\n

More issues that come from feeding include deer getting trapped in things like hammocks and Christmas lights, and aggressive deer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough not exclusively, it is mama deer that likely have a fawn stashed nearby that no one can see because that\u2019s how they deal with their fawn\u2026.then when someone comes walking along unwittingly with their dog, we get reports of dogs being threatened and or actually stomped by deer nearly every year,\u201d Berkley said. \u201c\u2026We do occasionally have deer actually being threatening towards people \u2013 not letting people get in their front door and that sort of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The deer herd that resides within McCall\u2019s city limits is once again up for discussion. Idaho Fish and Game gave a presentation to McCall City Council, warning that the deer problem could get worse. Through surveys done over the winter, Fish and Game now estimate the in-town deer population to be at least 258. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8883,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880\/revisions\/8883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}