News! November 02, 2017 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates that since 1999 the deer population has dropped by more than 300,000, according to its annual estimates.Click here to go to https://www.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/deer-ly-departed-five-years-of-drought-and-decades-of-habitat-loss-could-be-impacting-deer-and-their-predators/Content?oid=3690300