{"id":1091,"date":"2011-07-08T03:03:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T03:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2014-08-22T17:35:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T17:35:16","slug":"deer-populations-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/deer-populations-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer Populations in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past 2 weeks, I have had several close encounters with hjort <\/strong>(deer) here in MN. \u00a0Last week, I was on a bike ride on an open rural road with fields on both sides and a massive deer sprung out of the ditch no more than 50 ft. in front of me as I was pedaling along at a fast pace. \u00a0My heart was racing for a few miles after that-I can\u00b4t imagine what the result would have been had I been a little farther ahead…my next recent close encounter with a hjort <\/strong>was this past weekend in the Apostle Islands. \u00a0My boyfriend and I took his car on the ferry to Madeline Island (the largest of the Apostles, but still only 13 miles long) and were driving on the narrow gravel roads to check out properties for fun. \u00a0We were driving perhaps a bit faster than we should have on the road and came extremely close to smoking a huge hjort <\/strong>with the car. \u00a0This morning I was running with my dog in the nearby arboretum and nearly got run over by a mama hjort <\/strong>and her young ones!<\/p>\n

I personally have never seen as many hjort<\/strong> in MN before as I have in the past several weeks (I\u00b4ve seen more than just the 3 that I came in very close range of). \u00a0This got me thinking about hjort<\/strong> in Norway and the various species that exist there. \u00a0Norway is home to r\u00f8d\u00a0hjort<\/strong>(red deer), r\u00e5dyr<\/strong> (roe deer), reinsdyr <\/strong>(reindeer), and elg<\/strong> (moose). \u00a0R\u00f8d hjort<\/strong> are most common in Western Norway and Tr\u00f8ndelag. \u00a0They are known to damage crop fields and fruit orchards. \u00a0Due to the effects of weather conditions and predator existence, the population of r\u00e5dyr <\/strong>is quite variable. Despite shrinking habitations the populations of r\u00f8d hjort, r\u00e5hjort<\/strong>, and elg<\/strong> are increasing in northern and western Norway due to mild winters, increased food supply, and increased hunting of younger animals and males, resulting in an increased ratio of fertile females.<\/p>\n

Norway manages the last viable population of European wild reinsdyr <\/strong>and it is a current challenge to protect this species. \u00a0Railway, road, and hydropower infrastructure, as well as human disturbances have all led to an increasingly fragmented habitat for reinsdyr<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I\u00b4ve eaten both hjort<\/strong> and reinsdyr <\/strong>in Norway and both are delicous…just thought I\u00b4d mention that even though I support protecting especially reinsdyr <\/strong>as a potential endangered species in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

In the past 2 weeks, I have had several close encounters with hjort (deer) here in MN. \u00a0Last week, I was on a bike ride on an open rural road with fields on both sides and a massive deer sprung out of the ditch no more than 50 ft. in front of me as I…<\/p>\n

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