The phrase "deer problem" refers to a situation where there are too many deer in a specific area, causing negative effects such as damage to plants, increased risk of car accidents, or spread of diseases. Full definition
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner's effort to get the state Department of Environmental Conservation to take over, and pay for solving the urban deer problem in the city and surrounding communities has been rejected. (syracuse.com)
That got City Hall's attention, and the mayor joined Oddo last week to ask the USDA, which reportedly is studying the local deer problem, to speed up the release of its findings. (nypost.com)
Sometime in the 1930s, when Wisconsin's deer problems began, a protective fence was erected around a corner of the yard, and it has been maintained ever since. (discovermagazine.com)