NEW YORK — Officials with the Department of Conservation are reminding people not to feed deer during the winter or other times of the year because it is unnecessary and prohibited in New York and can ...

It may be tempting to feed deer to “help” them through the winter. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation warns that feeding deer during the winter or other times of the year is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feeding deer in the winter can cause corn toxicity, which is fatal to deer within hours. Artificial feeding increases the risk of ...

When deer start showing up in backyards, it’s easy to feel like you should help them, particularly in winter. Even just a bit of food can’t hurt, right? Well, wildlife agencies discourage this ...

If you’re feeding white-tailed deer this winter, you could be killing them with kindness. When the winter wind blows and the snow piles up, many Granite Staters worry about the state’s wild creatures.

Feeding from stalks of standing corn in winter and scavenging kernels from a harvested field isn’t usually enough to harm deer. Photo courtesy of Charles Alsheimer Winter is winding down. Spring is ...

While deer might be a novelty in some parts of the country, in Texas, it feels like we have as many white-tailed deer as we do pets. With their big, doe eyes, long eyelashes, and large, upright ears, ...

Seeing a lot of deer around lately? Be careful what foods you might be leaving around the yard. State experts believe people should be mindful about the risks of feeding deer because they can attract ...

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Cold weather doesn’t make deer reckless—it makes them efficient. Once temperatures drop, every movement burns calories, and whitetails shift into a survival-first mindset that looks subtle unless you ...

Providing food for deer makes them significantly less likely to survive the winter, given diseases and their delicate digestive systems. When deer start showing up in backyards, it’s easy to feel like ...