I've heard that they tried this in Long Island, I asked a friend there -- she called it a farce, spent a lot of money for nothing.

Deer birth control has been successful in many other places:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13311-2004Aug18.html
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/deer.htm

Don't we live in Cornwall-on-Hudson because of it's historic charm and natural beauty? Deer, geese and other wildlife are all a part of our special community.

agreed they are wonderful, but part of that history is hunting. If we are not going to hunt them then another method of control is needed.

Jennifer, thanks for adding the two links.

But let me quote several paragraphs from your link from the Washington Post.

"Anthony J. DeNicola, a biologist who runs a nonprofit wildlife management firm, White Buffalo Inc., said the best solution might be a combination of lethal culling and contraception. He advises communities to tag, mark and vaccinate the most approachable deer in a target population "and kill all the others."

Contraception is expensive, largely because of the cost of capturing deer. SpayVac's Fraker estimates that a contraception program can cost from $300 to $500 per deer; inviting hunters in to use lethal means, can, in many cases, be free."

The article also says "As part of the process, the deer are tagged with a warning that they are not to be consumed by humans."