deer

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Monday’s item on the booming deer population in Massachusetts and the movement to allow hunting on Sundays has inspired poetry from a longtime reader:

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Deeper analysis showed ravens were in fact revisiting spots where wolves commonly took down prey -- animals like deer, elk or bison -- suggesting the birds were creating and memorizing a "resource landscape."

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

As elk numbers declined in Yellowstone, cougars shifted their focus toward deer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

He said that the mountain lion’s prey of choice, mule deer, have been less readily available lately, potentially making them look for other sources of food.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

It felt as heavy and unwieldy as a haunch of deer meat.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver