White-tailed Deer Population Study, 1962-2008, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York, USA

From 1962-2008, White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were
studied at the SUNY ESF Huntington Wildlife Forest (HWF) and adjacent
private and public lands in Essex and Hamilton Counties, New York,
USA.  Social group membership, migration and dispersal, reproductive
biology, and many other objectives were studied over the course of the
study period.  Deer were captured, individually marked with ear tags
or streamers, fitted with radio collars (later, GPS collars), and
released to be tracked for a variety of research objectives.  Deer
were located by visual observation, recapture, and/or their location
was estimated with ground, air or tower-based radio telemetry. 
Physical condition of deer was recorded at capture and at subsequent
recapture or visual observation select variables were documented
(e.g., deer group size; presence of fawns with does).  Physiological,
demographic, social organization, home range and behavior data were
collected.  HWF is a no-hunting area but deer could be harvested if
they moved to huntable parts of the study area; there was a managed
hunt on HWF in 1966-1970 and in 1984 to meet deer density and forest
management objectives at that time.  Unmarked deer were incorporated
into the dataset if they were roadkilled, harvested or otherwise
encountered during field activity; these deer did not receive
individual identifications but may have been incorporated into select
projects.