Deer

Feral deer are becoming a bigger problem in the ACT. There are growing populations of fallow, red and sambar deer across the ACT. Feral deer populations and the areas they live in have grown in recent years.

Feral deer can take over urban bushland reserves and can cause issues. They can:

• damage water areas
• eat endangered plants
• add grazing pressure
• affect water quality by wallowing
• damage young trees by rubbing them with their antlers
• be road hazards
• damage gardens.