Deer, Land & Food Systems Fallow Deer
Community-Based Management on Mayne Island, BC
This presentation explores fallow deer on Mayne Island through several years and thousands of hours of direct field observation, hunting and processing experience, alongside published research and examples from other Canadian deer-management programs.
We look at fallow deer behaviour and reproduction, population dynamics, browsing pressure and ecosystem impacts, animal health, hunting and firearms, food security, whole-animal use, and the practical possibilities for coordinated, community-based deer management.
An in-person version of this presentation was held September 10, 2026, at the Agricultural Hall on Mayne Island. This recording is from our subsequent live online presentation and Q&A.
For ease of navigation: It is lengthy - 2 hours 20 minutes - if you open it to full screen or in YouTube, you'll see all the chapters, as well as the chapters listed in the description on YouTube.
A small production note: this was live and considerably less polished than a studio recording. We were both a little hoarse, there is the occasional cough and giggle, and—despite being visible to everyone attending live—the recording unfortunately decided not to show us until the very end. Thankfully, the slides, photographs, videos and presentation itself are all there.
Presented by Susheela Kundargi & David Fierro
We look at fallow deer behaviour and reproduction, population dynamics, browsing pressure and ecosystem impacts, animal health, hunting and firearms, food security, whole-animal use, and the practical possibilities for coordinated, community-based deer management.
An in-person version of this presentation was held September 10, 2026, at the Agricultural Hall on Mayne Island. This recording is from our subsequent live online presentation and Q&A.
For ease of navigation: It is lengthy - 2 hours 20 minutes - if you open it to full screen or in YouTube, you'll see all the chapters, as well as the chapters listed in the description on YouTube.
A small production note: this was live and considerably less polished than a studio recording. We were both a little hoarse, there is the occasional cough and giggle, and—despite being visible to everyone attending live—the recording unfortunately decided not to show us until the very end. Thankfully, the slides, photographs, videos and presentation itself are all there.
Presented by Susheela Kundargi & David Fierro
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This presentation draws primarily on several years and thousands of hours of direct field observation, hunting and processing experience on Mayne Island, alongside published research and examples from other Canadian deer-management programs. If you'd like to ask a question, become involved, or learn more about our work, please contact us at: [email protected] Copyright & Use© 2026 Susheela Kundargi & David Fierro of Tsi-Tesakotitsén:tha — The Healing Place Foundation. All rights reserved. This presentation and its original content—including photographs, video, field observations and data, graphics, diagrams, and presentation materials—may not be copied, reproduced, downloaded, recorded, republished, distributed, modified, or incorporated into another presentation, publication, website, social media post, or other medium without prior written permission. Academic, research, and educational reference to this work is welcome with appropriate citation and attribution. For permissions or inquiries: [email protected] |