How do deer die?

Answer 1

Deer are literally born to die. Anything can kill a deer, including the following:

• Vehicles
• Hunters/poachers
• Starvation
• Dehydration
• Disease such as Chronic Wasting Disease, Lyme disease, bluetongue, Foot and Mouth Disease, and Hemorrhagic disease
• Parasites such as tapeworms, nasal bot flies and brainworms (a form of roundworm that affects the brain)
• Natural predators such as coyotes, bears, wolves, cougars, tigers, wild dogs, etc. (what predators a deer has depends on its species)
• Stress or panic attacks, especially when trapped

Answer 2

Any damage to the deer's bones, skin, or other organs constitutes an injury. A deer may be injured by any means which damages the deer, including sudden strong force, hard pressure, or piercing. These can be caused by bullets, arrows, teeth, rocks, falling long distance, or a variety of other means.

Answer 3

Deer can die from a number of causes, both natural and caused from humans.

In nature, deer can be overpowered by a predator; injured in a fight; from scarcity of food; or from old age.

Humans can interfere with nature in many ways, and can cause the death of a deer. Some of these ways include:

• feeding and overfeeding deer
• keeping deer in petting zoos; spread of illness through a herd
• not watching for deer on roadways; fatalities from automobiles (injury IS a fatality because game wardens will kill the animal)
• hunting by bow or rifle
• a hunter's gluttony or over-zealous need for a trophy so a hunter kills more deer than the law allows
• over-killing of bucks
• killing a doe who has a fawn-- the fawn will also die

Answer 4

they are either hunted or they live till old age.

Answer 5

They are hunted either by guns or by bow and arrow. Many deer are also hit by cars.

Answer 6

Roadkill happens a lot. Or hunting.

Answer 7

no and yes