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Deer Vehicle Collisions

Monday, December 3, 2012

Horsham May Consider Deer Control Measures

Excessive grazing and deer-related crashes may lead Horsham to consider a controlled deer hunt on township property.

More deer are eating - and dying - in Horsham than in years past, officials said. After a resident shared with the Horsham Township Council that deer have wreaked havoc on his property's vegetation, the governing body agreed that herds milling about the township have grown as compared to previous years. "The deer that are hit by the cars on the side of the road, it increases every year," Horsham Township Manager Bill Walker told the resident.  According to State Farm Insurance, the likelihood of those deer-related crashes are increasing at a fever pitch. The company estimates that 2.4 million collisions between deer and vehicles occurred in the U.S. during the two-year period between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2009. In Horsham, between 55 …

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william helstrom

10:10 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

hey Chris i am a deer bucther if u need help with cutting the deer up let me know @215-757-9798   more ›

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