'Not anticipated': New survey shows deer population boom in Tasmania

'The next rabbit': state's exploding deer population becoming a pest crisis

Read about the deer surge in Tasmania and farmer concerns. Fallow deer population has exceeded 71,000.

Wild deer 'failure': unexpected jump in feral numbers

Urgent action is needed to combat feral deer numbers after a survey reveals their numbers have increased and...

'Not anticipated': New survey shows deer population boom in Tasmania

The first survey for feral deer in Tasmania in five years reveals an unanticipated increase of nearly 20,000 to the population.

Farmers and hunters clash as wild deer population booms

The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (SFF) Party has lashed out at TasFarmers CEO Nathan Calman over comments he made regarding wild fallow deer, as a new government survey has revealed that the species' population numbers have increased by more than a third in five years.

Tasmania’s feral deer population surges by 18,000 in five years

A new survey has estimated the population at 71,655