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City of Horseshoe Bay #1 Community Drive PO Box 7765, Horseshoe Bay, Texas 78657 830-598-8741
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Official Website of the City of Horseshoe Bay, Texas
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Deer Management Facts and Goals
The City of Horseshoe Bay now oversees the Deer Management Project and would like to thank the Horseshoe Bay POA for initiating the Deer Management program.
The two main purposes of our Deer Management project:
Safety of our residents
Health of our whitetail deer herd
Resident safety: In 2002 vehicles averaged hitting more than a deer a day. More than 400 were picked up off our highways that year. Nineteen were picked up in one day in November 2002. Police Chief Bill Lane estimates that the average damage to vehicles for deer strikes is $2500. By 2005, this number was down to 260, mostly due to population control.
Health of our deer herd: At the start of our population control program, Texas Parks and Wildlife estimated our deer herd was about five times the acceptable number. TP&W organized a deer count in 2001 that showed approximately 2700 deer, or a deer per two acres. This highly-concentrated deer population has resulted in smaller deer that must compete for nourishment. One documented case of Lyme disease has occurred.
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