The City of Stevens Point spends $3,000.00 per year to control the city's urban white-tailed deer herd.  In past years, each deer removed cost the city $50.00 (total of 60 deer).  During the 2006/2007 deer culling season however, the cost of deer culling rose to $74.00 per deer (total of 40 deer could be removed). 

But how much do Stevens Point residents pay for damage caused by urban deer?  In the fall of 2006, five-hundred Stevens Point residents were surveyed to discover their opinions about deer, as well as the costs of living with urban deer.  Residents reported spending between $1.00 and $1,500.00 to repair deer damage to their properties.  The amount of money most often spent was $100.00.  The average amount of money spent on deer damage to properties in one year was $59.08.

The survey asked several other questions to get an idea of how much urban deer were costing Stevens Point residents.  To see more extensive results of the deer damage survey, please click the link below:

Extensive Deer Damage Cost Results