Total Number of Farmers Who Responded to Survey by County Data Source: Center for Wildlife Damage Control Rutgers-Snyder Research and Extension Farm Results pictured here only reflect the answers of survey respondents Number of Respondents Total = 1837 *There are no farms in Hudson County Sussex Passaic Bergen Essex Warren Hunterdon Somerset Union Monmouth BurlingtonOcean Camden Cape May Salem Cumberland Atlantic Middlesex Hudson Gloucester Morris Mercer

Number of Acres Where Producers Have Changed Crops due to Excessive Deer Damage No acreage reported Data Source: Center for Wildlife Damage Control Rutgers-Snyder Research and Extension Farm Based on 616 responses Results pictured here only reflect the answers of survey respondents Sussex Passaic Bergen Essex Warren Hunterdon Somerset Union Monmouth BurlingtonOcean Camden Cape May Salem Cumberland Atlantic Middlesex Hudson Gloucester Morris Mercer Total Acreage Changed

Number of Acres Where Producers Have Stopped Farming due to Excessive Deer Damage Data Source: Center for Wildlife Damage Control Rutgers-Snyder Research and Extension Farm Based on 441 responses Results pictured here only reflect the answers of survey respondents Sussex Passaic Bergen Essex Warren Hunterdon Somerset Union Monmouth BurlingtonOcean Camden Cape May Salem Cumberland Atlantic Middlesex Hudson Gloucester Morris Mercer No acreage reported Total Acreage Abandoned

Producer Tolerance to 1997’s Total Crop Losses to Deer Not a Problem Tolerable Problem Intolerable Problem Sample size too small to report Mean Tolerance Data Source: Center for Wildlife Damage Control Rutgers-Snyder Research and Extension Farm Based on 1274 responses Results pictured here only reflect the answers of survey respondents *NOTE: Polygon labels represent the Deer Management Zone Number.

Producers Whose Most Severe Crop Losses Were Near a Refuge Where Hunting is Prohibited Data Source: Center for Wildlife Damage Control Rutgers-Snyder Research and Extension Farm Based on 1292 responses Results pictured here only reflect the answers of survey respondents Respondents near refuge (%) Sample size too small to report 1 to to to to to 80 *NOTE: Polygon labels represent the number of respondents per DMU. (Total=551)