Shenandoah's deer illustrate the "recycled" nature of Shenandoah national park, a park still recovering from yeas of human exploitation.
You can help the deer.
Drive slowly. Each year cars kill 60-100 deer on Skyline Drive. You can help reduce these numbers by obeying the 35 mph speed limit.
Don't feed or approach them. Unnatural foods sicken deer. Hand-fed deer are easy targets for illegal hunters who lure deer close then kill them. Deer drawn to roadsides by feeding are often struck by vehicles. Do not feed any animals in the park.Pull you car well off the road to view deer along Skyline Drive. Enjoy them from a safe distance.Rangers strictly enforce these and other rules to protect you and the park.
(caption) Spring Fawns are born Spots remain 3-4 months and provide protective camouflage.
Summer "Velvet" covering a buck's growing antlers protects bone-nourishing blood vessels.
HM Number | HMUY9 |
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Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 1:51pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 704638 N 4237492 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.26218333, -78.66100000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 15.731', W 78° 39.66' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 15' 43.86" N, 78° 39' 39.60" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 434, 540 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 107 Skyline Dr, Crozet VA 22932, US |
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