Sharpshooters Target 100 Deer At Fort Meade
He says the reduction is part of a multi-year plan to lower the deer population to 12 to 18 per square mile. Rickard says the current deer density is 32 per square mile.
The sharpshooters are with the U.S. Agriculture Department's Wildlife Services unit.
Rickard says the venison will be donated to the Maryland Food Bank.