Relatively mild winters over the past decade have pushed deer populations in the Sitka area to record highs — and maybe even over the biological carrying capacity of the land in some places.

A male deer licks a tree branch at the Alaska ... and they’re known as the friendliest animals at the facility. Howard said the Sitka-deer have been on alert since the windstorm and have been ...

Currently, the southern peninsula does not hold a population of black-tailed deer; ADF&G has been developing a strategy to ...

31—An overdue deeer hunter from Sitka was found dead Wednesday ... DeSpain said Fujioka had killed a deer and that there was evidence bears had been feeding on it. A Coast Guard helicopter ...

A Central New York man’s successful hunt for a Sitka blacktail deer on an Alaskan island will air in an upcoming show of Brotherhood Outdoors, which appears on the Sportsman’s Channel.

The Kodiak Archipelago’s Sitka blacktail deer population originated in Southeast Alaska, and grew steadily over the past century.

SITKA — Officials have seen a spike in the number of dead deer washing up on the runway of Sitka’s airport during this year’s hunting season. U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife ...

Their official name is the Sitka deer, originating from Sitka, Alaska. Mature males (bucks) weigh between 150 and 200 pounds while the females (does) weigh between 80 and 100 pounds. They are ...

SITKA — Officials have seen a spike in the number of dead deer washing up on the runway of Sitka's airport during this year's hunting season. U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist ...

SITKA, Alaska (AP) - Officials have seen a spike in the number of dead deer washing up on the runway of Sitka’s airport during this year’s hunting season. U.S. Department of Agriculture ...