Population Status, Movements, Habitat Use, and Impact of White-Tailed Deer at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

摘要

A study of white-tailed deer was conducted within a 7,069-acre area which included National Park Unit lands and adjacent private land. The average daily movement and annual home range of radio-collared deer was 0.5 miles and 0.7 square miles, respectively, in 1987. Deer readily traveled between public and private lands, and between the study area and surrounding townships. Deer used every available habitat type. The study concluded that the deer population of the study area has exceeded the level compatible with woodlot regeneration and farm crop production and that deer density levels should be reduced to 20 per square mile of forest land as recommended for Adams County by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.