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Deer grazing

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Deer grazing

Although pasture is not their natural environment, deer can grow well on it, especially if they have scope to select clovers and herbs, as on this south Westland farm.

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Deric Charlton, Pastures – Pastures for different livestock, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16456/deer-grazing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Deric Charlton, published 1 March 2009.