Crazy deer in my back yard.

It will be dead soon.

You will be in jail long.

Leave it to its own devices.

perhaps it got into some fermented mulberries......

still there?

If it becomes a safety hazard then put it down. Video tape it if you can.

SmokeySam81 said:

There is a mulie doe in my back yard right now, it is running in circles, running into things, and generally acting out of it. It is smallish and my be a yearling.

I live in city limits, so I called the North Park Police department, but they said that so long as the deer is still alive they can't do anything about it?

So what do I do? wait for it to die in my yard?

What I think I should do, though I won't because of silly rules, is go out with any of various guns and put it down.

Also, does anyone know anything about Chronic wasting disease? Other than it is believed to be a prion disease and deer act crazy? Does this sound like CWD?

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I'd call your Fish and Game/Wildlife folks. Many city PD's haven't a clue as to what to do with sick/wounded animals. At the large one I worked for, it took an act of congress to get permission to shoot one that had been hit by a car. Some guys started carrying an old .22 rifle in their trunks when working neighborhoods that had lots of deer. Just shot them and didn't say a word on the air about it.

8014762740 is the number for the northern region office maybe they got an answering service

Get on the phone and call your state's wildlife dept. They'll surely tell you one way or the other.

Sorry. Posted at same time you were with new info.

This is why I kept the wardens private cell number that he gave me when some one was baiting. Is there a 1800 number in your area?

Ask the police department if they have any car deer collision tags and if they can put it down. Otherwise ask the sargent on duty if you can put it down yourself.

I'd try the police again and see if you can talk to either the chief or his number two guy. Tell them you can't get anybody at DNR. Explain in a non-threatening manner the potential liability the city faces by stating that there's nothing thay can or will do, should someone get seriously injured as a result of an infected or CWD/rabid deer running amok. Ask them for permission to put it down if they're too busy to deal with it. Record the call.

You say called Logan PD. The message says try the sheriff. I'd try calling the Cache Sheriff dispatch and see what they say. You could also try the Cache County animal control, although they probably will refer you to DWR. If they do, ask them to give you a number to reach a game warden today.

Let us know what they say. It'll be interesting.

Animals with chronic wasting don't necessarly behave as the deer you observed, often(most often)they look like they are starving to death, ribs showing, fur thin and or matted, and listless. I am living in northwest Wisconsin, I have observed deer with CWD, none of them behaved as the animal you witnessed did....I'm betting that the mulie had a hitchiker(fluke)in his brain, or became intoxicated from some fermented fruit...

sounds like bovine Hoof and Mouth!

More than likely Chronic Wasting disease! The poor doe's brain is shot, too bad to have to watch an animal die like that!

Although not all common, deer have been known to contract rabies.

I would think of brain injury from an accident or a shooting, blood loss from hemoragghic infection, parasitic infection, or just plain confusion and fear before I would consider CWD.

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is so named because it causes chronic weight loss that eventually results in death. Clearly the most obvious and consistent clinical sign of CWD is weight loss over time, not 'crazy behavior'. The behavioral changes that occur in the majority of cases are more likely to include decreased interactions with other animals, listlessness, lowering of the head, blank facial expression, repetitive walking in set patterns, and a smell like meat starting to rot.

If your doe also showed those signs, it is possible that she had a CWD condition (it has been found in central Utah, although rarely) but the other causes above are a thousand times more prevalent than CWD. Nevertheless, CWD is a real possibility, so you did the right thing, my friend.

Let us know if they do a biopsy and lab test. But they usually just incinerate the carcass.

Our deer in Utah can be prone to chronic wasting. Without a doubt, that's what it is. DWR should put it down. If it dies before that, be sure they take it for proper disposal or a necropsy.

DO NOT EAT IT.