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Essex County Executive Joe DiVicenzo Releases 2013 Deer Management Results
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 • 6:23pm
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo announced at a Press Conference today at Turtleback Zoo the results of the Deer Management Program:
South Mountain Reservation
Tuesday, January 22:
Deer: 16
Unborn Deer: 6
Total: 22
Thursday, January 24
Deer: 9
Unborn Deer: 4
Total: 13
Tuesday, January 29
Deer: 18
Unborn Deer: 9
Total: 27
South Mountain Total
Deer: 43
Unborn Deer: 19
Total: 62
Hilltop Reservation
Thursday, January 31
Deer: 26
Unborn Deer: 10
Total: 36
Tuesday, February 5
Deer: 21
Unborn Deer: 8
Total: 29
Thursday, February 7
Deer: 14
Unborn Deer: 11
Total: 25
Hilltop Total
Deer: 61
Unborn Deer: 29
Total: 90
Grand Total
Deer: 104
Unborn Deer: 48
Total: 152
No deer were hunted in Eagle Rock Reservation this year. These numbers represent a drop from 274 deer (175 deer and 99 unborn deer) removed in 2012. South Mountain Reservation is located in Maplewood, Millburn and West Orange, and Hilltop Reservation is in Cedar Grove, North Caldwell and Verona.
The Deer Management Program is conducted to keep the deer population under control, sustain the ecology of the reservations, and protect drivers.
For more information on the Deer Management Program, go to:
