The deer management zone map allows identification of the deer management zone associated with cadastral parcels. The aim of managing deer in Zone 1 is to provide a sustainable hunting resource whilst ensuring their impact on primary production and natural values is maintained within a tolerable window. The aim of managing deer in Zone 3 is to eliminate them or substantially reduce their population. Zone 2 is a buffer between zones 1 and 3 where land managers can manage deer to achieve either of the above aims.

Cadastral boundaries were originally derived from the Tasmanian 1:5 000 orthophoto/cadastral map series and 1:25 000 topographic/cadastral map series. Significant updating and replotting has subsequently been undertaken including some major spatial upgrade project areas. The traditional deer range describing the geographic area supporting the wild deer herd used for recreational hunting has historically been defined on small scale maps making it impossible to relate it to individual properties. This lack of clarity was of little consequence for deer management because the species was managed on a statewide basis with take conditions being consistent throughout the state. The first Tasmanian wild fallow deer management plan was developed to manage the species for multiple outcomes including to maintain a recreational hunting herd in the traditional range (zone 1) and to actively reduce or eliminate populations of the species in other areas. Three management zones (essentially two with a buffer between them) were therefore created to deliver these outcomes hence it is now important to clearly define the geographic boundaries of zone one. The process to define the traditional range or zone one boundary was to take the small scale map defining the traditional range and match it to cadastral parcels so as far as possible its boundary followed cadastral boundaries. The boundary was developed such that an area of one zone was not completely surrounded by another of a different zone thereby eliminating the "island effect". The boundary was also modified to remove areas from zone one which are known to support recently established small deer populations hence they were not part of the traditional range. Similarly, some areas with long term recreational hunting and deer populations were added to zone one. Zones two and three where the management aim is to reduce or eliminate wild fallow deer populations are defined as a consequence of defining zone 1. Given the deer management objectives of zones 2 and 3 are similar it is unnecessary for a high-definition boundary between them.