SMT X HAD AIRBORNE CONFLICT WITH SMA Y IN TVC TFC PATTERN. SEE AND AVOID CONCEPT. DEER ON RWY FOR 1 MONTH. SEE CALLBACK.

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WHILE WORKING LCL CTL DURING THE NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL AT TVC ATCT; ZMP CALLED WITH POS RPTS ON NUMEROUS IFR INBOUNDS. TVC IS A NON RADAR VFR TWR. FLT DIRECTOR APPROVED VISUAL SEPARATION FOR LCL CTL WITH CTLR APPROVAL; I.E.; TWR WAS NOW PROVIDING VISUAL SEPARATION FOR IFR INBOUNDS. LCL CTL BUSY WITH 8-10 ACFT. A HEARD OF 6 DEER WAS SEEN IN THE INFIELD APPROX 500 FT E OF RWY 36 AND 3000 FT FROM THE TWR. THESE DEER WERE ENCROACHING ON THE RWY 36 BEFORE WE COULD GET ARPT PERSONNEL TO CHASE THEM AWAY. AN SMT X ON FINAL ADVISED OF DEER AND GIVEN GAR. OTHER ACFT HAD TO BE SPUN AND RESEQUENCED TO OTHER RWYS. THE SMT X WAS GIVEN RWY 28. SMA Y; IFR; WAS RESEQUENCED FROM RWY 36 TO RWY 28 AND WAS 3 MI S OF FIELD. TWR WAS STILL PROVIDING SEPARATION AND CTR WAS ADVISED OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE SMA Y STATED HE HAD ALMOST RUN INTO SMT X ON FINAL FOR RWY 28. SMT X TOLD GND CTL HE HAD SEEN THE SMA Y. TWR HAD LOST SIGHT OF MOST ACFT THAT HAD TO BE SPUN OR TURNED BECAUSE OF THE DEER. THESE 6 BRAVE BUCKS IN THE PAST 3-4 WKS HAVE HAD TO BE CHASED OFF THE RWY AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ANALYST SPOKE TO TVC TWR SUPVR ABOUT DEER ON RWY SITUATION AND IF ARPT MGMNT WAS WORKING ON PROBLEM. SUPVR STATED THAT THE ARPT HAS BEEN FENCED AND ANY DEER THAT GET BY THE FENCE ARE ROUNDED UP AND TAKEN BACK TO THE WOODS. DEER THAT KEEP COMING BACK ARE SHOT.