PIERRE, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) There’s no need for a deer harvest within the boundaries of South Dakota’s capitol city this year. Pierre City Commissioner Blake Barringer says the Pierre Deer Management Task Force made the decision after hearing a report from the town’s Animal Control Officer.
So far this year (2024), Barringer says there have been fewer deer-vehicles accidents in town than there were in 2023. But the decreasing trend could change because Barringer says observers are seeing a bit of an anomaly in the female deer with fawns they’ve seen around Pierre this year.
The Pierre’s Deer Management Task Force is comprised of a city commissioner and nine citizens appointed by the mayor and informed by the Pierre Police Department. The Task Force was established in 2007 by the city commission to establish and administer an urban deer management program.