The Ministry of Natural Resources is asking area residents to avoid feeding deer this winter.
Melissa Mosley, a biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources, says the type of winter being experienced can actually help keep deer numbers in check.
"Supplemental feeding that people do can encourage larger population growth than what the habitat can carry," says Mosley. "The cold winters try to keep the population numbers in check and that's what really controls our deer numbers up here."
Mosley says the heavy snow also limits deer movement which could lead to fewer animals been seen in Fort Frances' residential areas later on.
