PIERRE, (KCCR) — Disease and fewer deer/human interactions are leading to another year with no need for an urban deer harvest in Pierre…
Pierre City Commissioner Shawn Lewis is says what interactions have taken place have been in less populated areas of the city…
Lewis says an outbreak this year of hemorrhagic disease in white tail deer is another contributing factor leading the Pierre Deer Management Task Force to not recommend a harvest…
The Deer Management Task Force was established in 2007. The last authorized urban deer harvest was in 2011. E-H-D or Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease has been prevalent in 2026 along the Missouri River Valley in central South Dakota.
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