--- title: "THE HUNGER: Whitetails of Nantucket Island" description: "Nantucket's resident deer population increases by nearly 5 times in the summer, but Josh and Scott \"didn't come to sip umbrella drinks in [their] flip flops.\"" image: https://resources.mossberg.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%2022.37.11.png --- [Law Enforcement](https://lawenforcement.mossberg.com/) [Sign In](https://www.mossberg.com/customer/account/login) / [Sign Up](https://www.mossberg.com/customer/account/create/) [Firearms](https://www.mossberg.com/firearms.html) [Store](https://www.mossberg.com/store.html) [![Mossberg](https://resources.mossberg.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mossberg-theme/images/logo.svg)](https://www.mossberg.com) [Support](https://www.mossberg.com/help/) [Journal](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal) [Dealers](https://www.mossberg.com/dealers/) [Cart](https://www.mossberg.com/checkout/cart/) [Sign In](https://www.mossberg.com/customer/account/login) / [Sign Up](https://www.mossberg.com/customer/account/create/) [Dealers](https://www.mossberg.com/dealers/) - [Firearms](https://www.mossberg.com/firearms.html) - [Store](https://www.mossberg.com/store.html) - [Support](https://www.mossberg.com/help/) - [Journal](https://resources.mossberg.com/) [Military/Law Enforcement](https://lawenforcement.mossberg.com/) - [Home](https://www.mossberg.com) - [Journal](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal) - THE HUNGER: Whitetails of Nantucket Island [Videos](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal/tag/videos) # THE HUNGER: Whitetails of Nantucket Island 1 Min Read By [Mossberg](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal/author/admin) ![THE HUNGER: Whitetails of Nantucket Island](https://resources.mossberg.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-24%20at%2022.37.11.png) Watch Josh Dahlke, hunter, writer, and creator of the [ScoutLook](https://www.facebook.com/scoutlook/) series, “THE HUNGER,” and Scott Buchmayr head to Nantucket in December for some whitetail hunting. Nantucket reportedly has a very high density of deer-per-square-mile, resulting in large deer-reduction efforts across the island to combat tick-borne diseases. People travel from all over New England to thin out the deer population during season. Nantucket's resident population increases by nearly 5 times in the summer, but Josh and Scott "didn't come to sip umbrella drinks in \[their\] flip flops. \[They\] came to find deer and make meat." 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