Kent Gustafson

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  Published on: 6/3/2008    Last Visited: 10/6/2008  

  Kent Gustafson is the deer project leader at Fish & Game.
  
  Gustafson: "Obviously the more deer there are the more opportunity there are for ticks to feed and you can wind up with more ticks."

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  Published on: 12/17/2004    Last Visited: 10/7/2008  

  Kent Gustafson: (603) 271-2461
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  CONCORD, N.H. -- Good Samaritans who think they're helping deer by putting out feed in the winter may actually be endangering the health of the herd, says New Hampshire Fish and Game Department wildlife biologist Kent Gustafson.
  
  "People mean well, but don't realize the damage they're doing.Feeding wild white-tailed deer may actually reduce the animals' ability to survive a New England winter, making them more vulnerable to starvation, predation, disease and vehicle collisions," says Gustafson, who is the Deer Project Leader for Fish and Game."Despite people's good intentions, supplemental feeding creates an artificial situation in which the deer, the habitat and the public may suffer."
  
  The commercial availability of so-called "deer feed" does NOT make it OK to feed the deer, according to Gustafson.The Fish and Game Department urges landowners to NOT provide supplemental feed to deer, because the practice actually can cause far more harm than good.
  
  "Many people think of feeding deer like feeding the birds," remarks Gustafson, "But there are some critical differences that make feeding deer unhealthy for the deer population, for plants near the feed site and for passing motorists."
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  "Quality natural habitat provides the best insurance for deer survival in winter," says Gustafson.

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  Published on: 12/29/2005    Last Visited: 7/11/2007  

  I usually wait until near the end of winter as it is the accumulation of winter deer yard use that is of most value when we submit reports to our deer biologist Kent Gustafson.

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  Published on: 5/27/2008    Last Visited: 5/27/2008  

  Kent Gustafson, the deer project leader, says the winter hit the deer herds hardest north and east of Concord.He says cutting the season for anterless deer in those areas will mean fewer females will be killed, allowing the herd to rebound.
  
  Gustafson says hunters should be able to get information on the restrictions this summer.

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  Published on: 7/1/2005    Last Visited: 10/7/2008  

  Kent Gustafson: (603) 271-2461
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  New Hampshire Fish and Game Deer Biologist Kent Gustafson recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory which indicate that all the deer brain samples taken during last fall's hunting season tested negative for CWD.

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  Published on: 11/27/2004    Last Visited: 1/23/2007  

  New Hampshire's deer population is doing well, according to Kent Gustafson, a biologist and Deer Project leader with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.During the past couple of hunting seasons, archers have done pretty well, harvesting 1,841 deer in 2003 and 2,158 deer in 2004, an increase of 17 percent.

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  Published on: 3/12/2008    Last Visited: 3/12/2008  

  "They don't have to shovel and snowblow, but at the same time, it's been a long winter for them, too," said Kent Gustafson, deer project manager for the state Fish and Game Department.
  
  Gustafson said it hasn't been a horrible winter for deer, but it has been more severe than the last several years, and they expect to find that a higher number of deer died during the winter.
  
  Just how much higher might prompt the state to adjust next fall's season.That decision won't come until after Fish and Game has time to analyze the condition of the herd as spring approaches.
  
  One concern is that lingering cover will prevent female deer from moving to greener areas to eat better to build energy they will need in the spring.
  
  "We got snow early in the winter in most of the state," Gustafson said, "and obviously, there still is a lot of snow on the ground.
  
  "Probably the next month or so will be the telling time," he said, because it will take
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  Gustafson said higher winter deaths probably would not prompt the state to shorten the deer hunting season, but it could prompt limits on doe hunting.
  
  "We can't stop deer from dying in the winter, but we can reduce the harvest of does this fall," which would help boost the number of fawns born the following year, he said.

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  Published on: 11/6/2006    Last Visited: 10/7/2008  

  Kent Gustafson: (603) 271-2461
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  Early indications suggest that deer are abundant in New Hampshire this year, according to Kent Gustafson, the Deer Project Leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.As of November 5, 2006, archery and muzzleloader hunters had taken an estimated total of 5,197 deer, which is a 30% increase from the 2003-2005 average harvest at this point in the season."This increase occurred in spite of heavy rains and high winds on the opening weekend of muzzleloader season, some of the worst weather in many years.All indications are that deer numbers are up from recent years and decent hunting conditions will provide good opportunities for the rest of the fall," Gustafson said.
  
  Results from New Hampshire's 2006 youth deer hunt also look good.Preliminary figures from the special youth weekend, which took place October 21-22, are that youth had taken 610 deer."This was clearly the best year ever for youth hunters on their weekend," said Gustafson.
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  "For many New Englanders, the firearm deer season represents a traditional opportunity to get together with family and friends, enjoy our bountiful resources and put natural, healthy meat in the freezer before the onset of our long winter," said Gustafson.

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  Published on: 5/16/2007    Last Visited: 10/7/2008  

  Kent Gustafson: (603) 271-2461
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  New Hampshire Fish and Game Deer Biologist Kent Gustafson recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer tissue samples taken during last fall's hunting season tested negative for CWD.A total of 460 tissue samples were tested.

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  Published on: 3/13/2007    Last Visited: 3/5/2008  

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