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— Live traps designed to capture deer for relocation include corral traps and wire box traps. Corral traps are circles of 3-m high fencing wire mesh with a 30-m to 75-m circumference and are supported by nailing to trees (Hawkins et al. 1967). A single door is hinged at the top and opens inward; it is triggered to close behind entering deer. The cost of the materials in a corral trap is modest. Wire box traps are baited to attract deer. Stephenson box traps are wire boxes (1.2 m wide, 1.2 m high and 3.7 m long) that trigger shut when a deer has entered the trap (Hawkins et al. 1967). Cohick-type (Peery 1968) and Clover (Clover 1956) box traps are similar to Stephenson traps, but with differing trigger mechanisms. Addition of radio transmitters to the door trigger (Hayes 1982) provides an automatic notification of capture and reduces the time that the trap confines deer. Both corral and box traps are baited to attract deer. The trapped deer are tranquilized and relocated by trained wildlife managers.
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