Hello everyone, I was walking when I noticed four white-tailed deer were standing in somebody’s front yard. I thought it was cool so I took pictures of them. But then, the guy who lives in the house came outside and started tossing them English muffins. He kept tossing them bread and the deer ate i…

This sounds like a job for the New York State Environmental Conservation Officers. You did the right thing, I think, in not confronting the man directly. People can get weird about being called out for rule-breaking (especially when they know they’re doing it). I’ve heard of several instances in wh…

Yes, agree with above. Take a pic (preferably with timestamp and location) if you can do so without attracting attention, and send the info and it to NY DEC: https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/report-a-problem

I didn’t get a picture of the guy feeding them but I got several live photos of the deer eating them. Here’s my observation of two of them: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340678067#activity_identification_d2d0fd3e-beaa-4bcb-ac08-59409b120d08 The deer on the right is eating the bread and …

An older relative of mine in New York State used to feed outdoor cats in her backyard. The number of cats kept increasing, and she put out more and more cat food. Turkey Vultures eventually figured out that there was a ton of food available in her yard all the time, and pretty soon she had vultures …

In Cleveland, deer are now considered a nuisance species. It’s still illegal to feed them in most circumstances, but people do it all the time, which causes them to become nearly domesticated. They barely run away from humans, and one even walked up to me yesterday! They’re a big problem since they…

[image] bromine_17: Feeding deer bread is not only illegal in my state (NY) To stay on topic, here is the relevant legislation: [Screenshot 2026-03-01 at 8.40.34 AM] https://dec.ny.gov/nature/animals-fish-plants/white-tailed-deer/deer-management-conflict-avoidance/deer-moose-feeding-prohib…

[image] joeylikesbirds: encourage the spread of ticks and Lyme disease iirc, deer blood actually eliminates Lyme disease from ticks. If an infected tick feeds on a deer, the tick becomes an uninfected tick. there’s probably other stuff like Alpha-Gal you can get from ticks that feed on deer, …

Another point against feeding deer, specifically in winter. It can actually cause them to starve because the extra activity will bring their metabolism up, when it would typically be very low during the winter. Since the don’t have access to enough natural food sources to maintain this higher metabo…

I saw somebody feeding four deer bread. Where to go from here?

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phma February 28, 2026, 11:37pm 3

Did you get a picture of the guy tossing muffins at the deer? That’s evidence.

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I saw somebody feeding four deer bread. Where to go from here?

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