Examples of the Perpetual, Annual Cull
Rapid City, South Dakota, was killing deer in the city since 1996 with unclear effect and at a cost of over $350,000. In Lewis Morris Park, New Jersey, an annual deer cull since 1996 produced the following effect: 63.2 deer per square mile in 1996, 65 deer per square mile in 2009. After 17 years of deer culling, the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, concluded the deer population was about the same and began looking for a more cost effective solution. After 10 years of an annual urban cull, the environmental manager for Wilton, Connecticut, concludes "If we harvest 300 a year it could take us maybe seven [more] years... But of course that does not include baby deer." Ellisville, Missouri, suspended its urban archery hunt after a child found an arrow in his yard and the Mayor concluded that the program wasn't working anyway.
News Articles Related to the Perpetual, Annual Cull
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Deer Cull at Norristown Farm Park: Balancing Wildlife and Community Safety March 18, 2024 Pennsylvania, MyChesCo
... The annual cull, in place since 2005 ...Residents with questions or concerns about the upcoming deer cull are encouraged to contact the Norristown Farm Park office at (610) 270-0215 ...
Blacksburg PD resumes targeted hunting to reduce deer-related crashes January 8, 2024 Virginia, WFXR
... Over the last 20 years, the Town of Blacksburg has conducted deer culling operations in an attempt to help reduce deer-related crashes ...
The Latest Secret Government Mission in Washington, D.C.: Taking Out Deer January 3, 2024 Wall Street Journal
... For more than a decade ... deploying a team of highly-trained specialists with license to kill... The target: white-tailed deer... “We don’t know yet” if it’s working, said Nick Bartolomeo, the park’s resources, lands and planning manager. “There is a response, but not enough to make a statistical difference...
North Olmsted marksmen prepare for deer culling in wooded areas January 3, 2024 Ohio, Yahoo News
... The city has been culling deer in the same manner since at least 2016 ... Some residents are concerned about the proximity of the shooting to homes ... I want deer in our back yard. We used to see one a day...
Hilltop Deer Hunt Starts Next Week January 2, 2024 New Jersey, MyVeronaNJ
... Since the hunts were first held in 2008, a total of 3,057 deer (1,926 deer and 1,131 unborn deer) have been removed ...
Big Rapids contracts with USDA Wildlife Services for deer culls in 2023-24 December 16, 2023 Michigan, Midland Daily News
... Since 2001, there have been 16 deer culls... Wildlife Services will coordinate with the city to locate bait sites ... annual survey on the city of Big Rapids website ... three respondents said they enjoy having the deer around or have no issues, and 31 respondents said they find them to be a nuisance and have caused damage...
Rapid City deer harvest set for after the holidays December 1, 2023 South Dakota, Rapid City KOTA-TV
... For the sixth consecutive year, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department recommends the harvesting of 250 deer in the city limits... The reason for this is to minimize the number of deer-vehicular incidents ...
Helena culling operation aims to reduce urban deer population November 28, 2023 Montana, ktvq
... Since Thanksgiving week, Helena Animal Control has set 12 traps and has killed five or six deer... The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks target number of deer for this year is the same as last year at 250...
Indiana state parks close for deer hunts November 27, 2023 WISH-TV
... The first was a single hunt in 1993 at Brown County State Park... hunters killed 392 ... After a one-year pause, a wider effort started in 1995, with five parks and a total of 1,422 deer... Last year’s hunt at a program-high 22 parks and areas ended with 1,322 animals taken...
Devil's Den In Weston To Close Weekdays During Limited Deer Hunt October 26, 2023 Connecticut, Patch
... The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has announced that it will hold its annual controlled deer hunt at Devil’s Den Preserve ... has been held each fall since 2001 ...
Commissioners Approve Deer Hunts in Union County Parks, Municipal Spaces July 16, 2023 New Jersey, TAPinto
...for a cost not to exceed $17,500 ...The hunt is conducted each year to reduce the deer population in certain parts of Union County...
Essex County Hunters Kill 240 Deer In First Cull Since COVID Pandemic March 31, 2023 New Jersey, Patch
... Hunters killed 240 deer in Essex County ...Since 2008, a total of 3,057 deer (1,926 deer and 1,131 unborn deer) have been killed as part of the program...
Mankato deer hunt remains stuck at about 30 deer February 2, 2023 Minnesota, YAHOO!News
... The record number was 44 in 2018, but that was an outlier for the 20-year-old hunt ... There are doubts about whether the hunt has a meaningful impact on controlling the deer population ...
Helena, FWP approves removal of 250 Helena deer, the biggest quota to date December 8, 2022 Montana, Independent Record
... a culling program that began in 2008 ... “Since the inception of this program, there have only been two years (2008 and 2009) where we have removed 200 deer in one season,” ...
Big Rapids contracts with USDA for deer cull December 1, 2022 Michigan, Houston Chronicle
... since 2001 there have been 15 prior deer culls in the city ... In 2014, the city commission received a petition signed by residents requesting that the city develop, establish and implement an ongoing plan to eliminate deer herds within the city...
Pokagon State Park closed for deer reduction hunt November 14, 2022 Indiana, WANE 15
... This is the 29th year the Indiana Department of Natural Resources has held controlled hunts at parks across the state. The first management hunt was held in 1993 as an effort to reduce damage to vegetation ...
12 parks, campgrounds around Lake Lanier to close for annual deer hunt to help with overpopulation November 14, 2022 Georgia, WSB-TV
... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is gearing up for 2022 Buford Dam Deer Hunt near Lake Lanier this week. Several parks and campgrounds in the area will be closed starting Monday. The hunt has been an annual event since 2010 ...
Annual Blue Hills Reservation deer hunt starts on Monday November 4, 2022 Massachusetts, The Patriot Ledger
... There were 19 deer killed during last year's hunt, and a total of 324 since 2015, state officials said...
Devil's Den Closures Set for Deer Hunt November 1, 2022 Connecticut, Weston Today
... The Conservancy said controlled hunts have been held each fall since 2001, meant to “improve and maintain forest health by reducing the deer population...
Deer Task Force To Start Reduction Efforts Sept. 15 - September 7, 2022, Indiana, Warsaw Times-Union
... Since the Deer Task Force (DTF) in Warsaw started in 2006, archers have taken 627 deer... Quance said another important thing about the reduction efforts was that it’s not just about deer eating the gardens or getting hit by vehicles. “But when you have an overpopulation, then you have disease [?] ...
Sharpshooters killed 92 deer in Syracuse last winter, but they're still a problem in the city June 10, 2022 New York, WRVO
... the deer culling program, undertaken in with the cooperation of the USDA has removed 316 deer from the city since 2019 ...
Lower Merion reports over 150 deer taken out in latest round of deer culling April 22, 2022 Pennsylvania, Main Line
... Since the program began in 2009, 1,565 deer have been removed from the township after a total of 82 days of culling...
Meridian Township, About 330 deer taken during annual cull near Lansing March 29, 2022 Michigan, MLive
... Officials in Meridian Township, which is located just east of Lansing, concluded the 11th year of its deer management program earlier this year...
Rapid City deer harvest concludes, 6,401 pounds of meat helps the hungry March 11, 2022 South Dakotda, KOTA
... In the mid 90s Rapid City began the Deer Harvest ... The City fell 10 dear short of 250, attributing that to cold weather ...
Sharpshooters take 80 deer in Kensington Metropark cull after 1-year hiatus March 11, 2022 Michigan, HometownLife
... The parks' deer management program has been in place since 1999, but not without controversy. Residents protested in early years of the cull, and the community voiced its ire after a rare albino buck was killed in a Kensington cull almost 10 years ago...
Federal officials to cull up to 180 deer on NY’s Long Island February 23, 2022 New York, Associated Press
... Culling has been practiced for about 20 years on Long Island. Forty-nine deer were culled there in 2021...
Deer continue to thrive in Mankato February 6, 2022 Minnesota, Yahoo News
... Hunters have turned 514 deer within Mankato's city limits into venison since a special archery hunt was instituted in 2003... An aerial survey of deer by the Department of Natural Resources two years ago counted 166 making their home in Mankato. That's substantially more than the 137 counted by the DNR in 2004 ...
Ordinance could repeal Fargo's Wildlife Management Program June 22, 2021 North Dakota, KVRR
... Created in 2006, The wildlife management program was set up back to help control the deer population throughout the city... Killing deer does not control their populations. Their high reproductive rates will quickly compensate for any deer removed... 15 years later, the program’s data reveals the numbers are doing more harm than good for safety ...
Peters Township, Approvals granted for deer sharpshooting program in Peters Township December 29, 2021 Pennsylvania, Observer-Reporter
... “The township has engaged in an archery program to cull deer since 2008, and that program, alone, has not effectively controlled the deer population. To me, the logical next step is the sharpshooter program,” ... Archery kills generally have numbered between 50 and 60 annually ...
Helena deer cull underway; FWP approves removal of 200 December 10, 2021 Montana, Independent Record
... a two-year hiatus due to budget cuts... a population density of 39.5 deer per square mile [deer density recommendations] The program has been in place since 2008...
Rapid City, Public Works Committee reviewing GF&P Annual Deer Harvest recommendations November 30, 2021 South Dakota, Black Hills Fox
... The proposed number of deer recommended for harvesting within the City limits is 250 ... The Deer Management Program began more than 25 years ago, and the number of deer harvested in a particular year has been mas high as 300, depending on the recommendations...
Devil's Den In Weston To Close For Controlled Deer Hunt November 15, 2021 Connecticut, Patch
... The hunt, held annually since the fall of 2001, is meant to improve the health of the woodlands by culling the deer population...
Deer management program reaches 15-year mark September 30, 2021 Iowa, Clinton Herald
... The main goal of the management program was to ensure a healthy herd by reducing its size by harvesting does, the City said...
Mankato in-city archery deer hunting season aims to control deer population September 23, 2021 Minnesota, KEYC
... The city deer hunt has been in place since 2003...
Deer Management Program Starts Saturday In Fairfax County September 7, 2021 Virginia, Patch
... The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors first approved the annual program in 2000. The first archery hunt began in Fiscal Year 2010 ...
Bernards Township LEGAL NOTICE The Township of Bernards hereby notifies September 2, 2021 New Jersey,, New Jersey Hills
... notifies all Township residents and non-resident Township property owners that year fifteen of a Bernards Township Committee approved deer management program ... The remainder of this season's program does not require a CBDM permit, according to a 2006 policy decision by the New Jersey DFW, since it conforms to the State sports hunting regulations ...
Manitowoc looks at results of 15 years of city deer hunting August 19, 2021 Wisconsin, WBAY
... “We average 45 to 50 a year in the city. That’s pretty consistent from year to year, and that was pre-bow hunt and after the bow hunt.” Lt. Schroeder, who oversees the city hunt, says ... accidents involving deer have remained stable ...
Mt. Lebanon ready to renew deer hunting program June 25, 2021 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
... Mt. Lebanon’s deer management program has been in existence since 2015-16 and since then, a total of 598 deer have been removed ... has spent $279,000 on the deer management program ...
National Park Service to Kill Deer in Rock Creek Park in ‘Humane Way’ June 15, 2921 Washington, D.C., DC Post
... Biologists, who are also trained firearms experts from the US Department of Agriculture, will be hunting white-tailed deer ... The NPS has been reducing the deer population in Rock Creek Park since 2013 ...
A preview of the 2022 Ann Arbor City Budget May 16, 2021 Michigan, The Michigan Daily
... includes $120,000 for the city’s deer culling program.... “(The Humane Society’s) first aerial count showed just 168 deer, and after five years of culling the number has barely changed,” Hilgendorf said. “Culls are costly short-term fixes … that don’t reduce Lyme disease, and there are better ways to make our roads safer.” ...
Sun City homeowners calling on community to stop trapping deer with nets March 25, 2021 Texas, KXAN.com
... homeowners in Sun City are raising concerns over a deer trapping program that’s been in place in their exclusive retirement community for 17 years. “The primary reason why we relocated here was because of the wildlife and the natural beauty,” ...
Fayetteville, Sharpshooters in midst of culling deer in Fayetteville area February 10, 2021 New York, Syracuse.com
... Last year, USDA sharpshooters killed 88 deer this year, compared with 34 the prior year... Fayetteville has been working to reduce the deer population in the area this way since 2015...
Meridian Twp. to kill 150 deer because of overpopulation: What to know about the cull February 2, 2021 Michigan, Lansing State Journal
... As part of its decade-long deer management program, the township has allowed hunters to kill nearly 930 deer since 2011 ...
Kensington park sharpshooters aim to thin deer herd by nearly 50, spare albino January 29, 2021 Michigan, Detroit Free Press
... The carrying capacity of the land is high ... Huron-Clinton Metroparks has continued the deer management program in place since 1999 and while there is not a cull every year and never at all 13 parks, Kensington has had a cull for at least the last few years ...
Philadelphia will close large city parks at night for annual deer kill November 27, 2020 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer
... U.S. Department of Agriculture sharpshooters who kill hundreds of deer each winter... they have every year since 1999 ... The city’s goal is to limit deer there to about 8 to 10 per square mile. Across Pennsylvania, there are about 30 deer per square mile, which state and federal wildlife managers consider sustainable ...
Annual State Park Deer Hunt Begins Monday November 9, 2020 Indiana, 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
... The Department of Natural Resources holds deer hunts each year in parks ... The hunts began in 1993 ... About 5,300 hunters were chosen by random draw in September, about half the number who applied...
Jewell Park to be closed for deer hunt October 21, 2020 Nebraska, Omaha.com
... This is the 10th consecutive year for this hunt at Jewell Park...
Iowa City Council agrees to rules for winter deer bow hunt September 2, 2020 Iowa, Iowa City Press
... For two decades, Iowa City has managed its urban deer population using a sharpshoot. The sharpshoot that culled over 500 deer this spring might be last. To manage deer in the future, the governor-appointed Natural Resource Commission required the city to use a system of 100-day bow hunts...
Montgomery Co.’s annual deer population control efforts will start in September August 12, 2020 Maryland, WTOP News
... The 24th year of Montgomery County, Maryland’s deer population control plan ... More than 20,000 deer have been killed over the years ...
Fayetteville, Sharpshooters kill double the number of deer in Fayetteville, Manlius culling program June 3, 2020 New York, syracuse.com
... The program started in Fayettevlle in 2015... The town of Manlius joined Fayetteville in its deer management effort in 2018...
Mt. Lebanon, Sharpshooting for deer underway in Mt. Lebanon February 6, 2020 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
... A special permit approved by the Pennsylvania Game Commission permits the firearm phase of the deer reduction program ... management firm White Buffalo was contracted to cull up to 55 whitletails... from 2015-19, 195 deer were removed by archers and 271 were taken through sharpshooting ...
National parks to curb deer populations in Western Maryland January 29, 2020, Cumberland Times-News
... firearms experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will work under the direction of National Park Service ... Catoctin Mountain Park has worked to reduce deer populations in the park since 2010...
Manistee, Cull expected to harvest about 23 deer in Manistee January 21, 2020, Michigan, Manistee News Advocate
... Last year, USDA culled 23 deer ... estimates put the cost around $10,000 for the USDA to cull a minimum of 20 deer [about $500 per deer] ... this is not a one or two year operation. This needs to be perpetual...
Essex County, Deer Cull Will Return To Essex County For 2020: Dates, Locations January 8, 2020 New Jersey, Patch
... Hunters will be stationed at South Mountain and Hilltop reservations. Over the past 12 years, more than 2,600 deer have been killed...
Helena suspends deer culling due to budget cuts January 7, 2020 Montana, Independent Record
... The city began culling deer in 2008 by trapping them in pens ... This is the first fall and winter the city has not culled since then... the city plans to survey the deer population this fall, which is required by FWP in order to cull ...
Sioux Falls authorities to kill 70 deer within city limits before winter's end January 2, 2020 South Dakota, Argus Leader
... The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has issued a special permit to the Sioux Falls Police Department to remove 70 deer from the population in 2020, the highest number permitted since the city began its annual herd culling program in 2015...
Eden Prairie deer management program begins Dec. 1 November 30, 2019 Minnesota, SW News Media
... Since 2016, the city has done annual deer management with a target of 50-60 deer killed. However, in the winter of 2019-2020, the program aims to kill around 120 deer, Bourne said... The city has had a deer management program since 1994...
Rapid City, City proposes harvesting 250 deer this year November 25, 2019 South Dakota, Rapid City Journal
... The city harvested 226 deer last season. The number is up from the 150 deer harvested during the 2017-18 season and 100 harvested in the 2016-17 and 2015-16 seasons...
State Park Sites Scheduled To Close For Deer Hunts November 11, 2019 Indiana, Northeast Indiana Public Radio
... “You can never really stop the deer hunts permanently," Sipes says. "You can’t bring the population down and then call it fixed and stop because at that point, in just a year or two, the population will climb pretty quickly.”...
Why 17 Indiana State Parks will close for controlled deer hunts November 7, 2019 Indianapolis Star on MSN.com
... The organized hunts began in 1993. Last year, selected hunters killed 1,302 deer during controlled hunts. Since the deer reductions began in 1993, over 37,000 deer have been killed,..
Lansing, Crossbows Allowed in Village Deer Control Program October 11, 2019 New York, The Lansing Star Online
... Village of Lansing trustees voted 4-0 Monday to permit the use of crossbows ... The program was launched in 2007 ... "I like to watch deer, but I don't like to watch cars kill them. That's the equation we have to deal with." ...
Rapid City prepares for annual deer harvest October 2, 2019 South Dakota, Rapid City Journal
... the Rapid City Deer Management Program, in effect since 1995 ... In the 2018-2019 season, 226 deer were harvested through the program. Biegler said the amount of deer within the city limits continue to rise ...
Annual Montgomery County Deer Population Management Underway September 19, 2019 Virginia, Virginia Connection Newspapers
... The program to address the problems caused by overabundant deer populations began 23 years ago... Over 19,500 deer have been removed from select parks since the beginning of the program ..
Bemidji city limits archery hunt begins Saturday September 10, 2019 Minnesota, Bemidji Pioneer
... To manage the city and airport deer populations at a lower level, Bemidji initiated two archery deer hunts in 2006 -- one on the Bemidji Airport grounds and one in Ward 5 on the east side of Lake Bemidji. A third hunt in Ward 4 on the west side of Lake Bemidji was added in 2018...
Aiken City Council considering deer culling amendment, DNR says it won't supervise September 10, 2019
WRDW-TV
... DNR says in 20 years there's been 7,000 deer culled in South Carolina... "I would hope that at some point they go back and number one do another count ...
Lakeway extends deer trapping suspension; approves new program August 21, 2019 Texas, KVUE
... A year after a video of deer trapping in Lakeway went viral and sparked public outrage ... leaders also voted to extend that trapping suspension until Jan. 31, 2020...
Lakeway adopts deer program to 'manage impact of the herd' August 20, 2019 Texas, Austin American-Statesman
... “Despite 15 years of trapping and killing the deer to control the deer population, that number (of deer carcasses picked up) has not changed,” Windecker said. “So, trapping and killing the deer or trapping and taking them somewhere else isn’t solving that problem at all.” ...
New Brunswick turns to bow hunt to control deer in populated areas August 13, 2019, Alaska Highway News
... hunts have killed 476 deer so far, but Kennedy said more deer are migrating into the communities and reproducing at a rapid rate... "The latest number provided by the department is that we have over 20 deer per square kilometre,"...
Montgomery Parks, 2020 Annual Deer Population Management Operations and Seasonal Park Closures - August 2019, Maryland
...will begin its annual deer population management program in September 2019 into March 2020. Eight park units have been added this year, for a total of 54 parks where archery and/or shotgun managed deer hunting or Park Police-based sharpshooting operations will take place... Initiated 23 years ago ... Over 19,500 deer have been removed from select parks since the inception ...
Ames, Urban deer hunting returns this fall July 24, 2019 Iowa, Ames Tribune
... For the 13th consecutive year, the Ames’ City Council has approved an urban deer management program that allows licensed residents to bow hunt in approved areas ... the city and the DNR added an incentive that anyone who harvests five doe are eligible to hunt buck the following season...
Iowa City, Support non-lethal control of local deer April 22, 2019 Iowa, The Gazette
... Neighboring Coralville has been conducting amateur bow hunts since 1999, with underwhelming results. Deer-vehicle incidents actually increased from 2015 to 2017. After several years of bow hunting in nearby Muscatine, the herd grew by a third. Clearly, this is not the way to control a local herd...
Southold deer harvest reaches record numbers once again April 9, 2019 New York, Suffolk Times
... For the second consecutive year, Southold Town saw record high numbers in its deer management program for the 2018 hunting season, which ran from October to the end of January. The total harvest for the regular and nuisance season was 339 ...
Sioux Falls police remove 60 deer from the city March 12, 2019South Dakota, Argus Leader
... Sioux Falls police shot 60 deer in parts of the city ... The number is up from last year, when police removed 50 deer ...
Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Announces Results of the 12th Annual Deer Management Program March 13, 2019 New Jersey, TAPinto
... a total of 200 deer and 100 unborn deer were removed from Essex County South Mountain Reservation and Essex County Hilltop Reservation during the 12th Annual Deer Management Program...
Nearly 150 deer taken out in this year’s Lower Merion deer cull February 12, 2-19 Pennsylvania, Main Line
... A total of 148 deer were removed ... Over the 10 years since Lower Merion began its culling program, the only year more deer were removed was last year, when 170 were killed...
Essex County Lethal Deer Policy is Failing - It's Time for Change February 4, 2019 New Jersey, Change.Org
... Essex County has nothing to show for eleven years of intensive killing, unethical and ecologically damaging baiting, the expenditure of at least $1.6 million in public grants and $90,000-100,000 annually to mount bait and shoots...
Quad City, Urban deer hunt goal: Keep population in check January 21, 2019 Illinois and Iowa, Quad City Times
... In the season that ended this month, 88 deer were harvested in Davenport, 41 in Bettendorf/Riverdale, 41 in Scott County, 35 in Rock Island, 15 in Moline and 42 in Loud Thunder. [total of 262] ... The first year (2003), it was 170 some....
Fairmount Park neighbors to City Hall: Stop killing our deer January 18, 2019 Pennsylvania, Billy Penn
... The annual cull, formally referred to as the “professional deer management project,” began in the late 90s ... supporters stressed that it would only take about a year for the wildlife to be managed. Twenty years and 3,793 dead deer later ...
Rapid City plans to take aim at 250 deer December 11, 2018 South Dakota, Rapid City Journal
... There hasn’t been a harvest this high since 2010, which marked the end of a six-year span where the harvest hovered at 300 deer. The past five years, it has oscillated between 100 and 150 deer. Deer have been harvested since at least 1996 ...
Powder Valley Deer Bow Hunt A Near Bust November 15, 2018 Missouri, Times Newspapers
... the annual Sunset Hills urban bow hunt, begun in 2013, was based on “general, national statistics” that indicate deer increase in numbers in suburban areas if they are not killed. Ankney has regularly confronted the city, insisting that an official deer head count be performed. No survey has been taken since 2014, Ankney said...
Howard County, Public deer hunting in Howard Co. parks starts Sept. 18 August 28, 2018 Maryland, WTOP
... he managed hunting program, in place for 20 years ... hunters are allowed to shoot deer while the parks are closed to the general public...
Warsaw, Deer Reduction Begins Sept. 15 August 22, 2018 Indiana,Times-Union Newspaper
... Warsaw will begin its annual deer reduction effort on Sept. 15... the city’s 13th year in the program ...
Iowa City Officials Again Consider Sharpshooting Deer August 15, 2018 Iowa Public Radio,
... “I used to think that shooting the deer would solve the problem, until I noticed that over the course of the years that the sharpshooting program was in operation, we still had a large deer count," Klaus said. "Sharpshooting isn’t enough, or isn’t the way to solve this problem.” ... other residents don’t want the deer killed at all, hoping the city will opt instead for large-scale sterilization ...
Bridgeport sets dates for annual urban deer hunt August 1, 2018 West Virginia, WV News
... Last year, 69 people participated in the hunt. The city does set a limit on participation. Each hunter can get a maximum of seven deer, though they must harvest two does before getting one buck and no more than two bucks total. Despite hunters harvesting an average of more than 40 deer each year, their population has remained high in the city...
ODNR announces lottery to award permits for special deer hunts in state nature preserves August 2, 2018 Ohio, WDTN.com
... hunters may enter the drawing by purchasing a single ticket for $5... a continuing effort to control deer populations ...
Collierville, Wildlife groups plan special deer hunts to reduce overpopulation July 23, 2018 Tennessee, WMC Action News 5
... The Chickasaw Basin Authority has been studying a deer cull ... recommend thinning the herd 20 percent a year for 10 years...
Opponents vow to fight proposed park hunt in southern W.Va. May 26, 2018 West Virginia, West Virginia MetroNews
...Despite opposition from a Logan County organization, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources plans to move ahead with a controlled hunt at Chief Logan State Park ... “We’ve been doing these since 2001 ...
After 20 years, once-controversial deer cull is now routine May 18, 2018 Pennsylvania, Chestnut Hill Local Philadelphia PA
... In 1999, The Fairmount Park Commission decided to tackle the problem of a booming deer population by hiring a sharpshooter... since the cull was first implemented, sharpshooters have removed 3,793 deer from city parks, or approximately 190 deer a year. .... A total of 324 deer were killed in this year’s Fairmount Park Deer Management Program ...
Ridgefield, Will Ridgefield Re-Open Deer Hunting Debate? April 17, 2018 Connecticut, USA Patch
... In 2006, the controlled hunting of deer on selected town properties was approved by a vote of 531 to 194. At the April 4 meeting, the selectmen raised the possibility of another town debate and vote about deer hunting on town land...
324 deer removed from Philly parks over the winter April 11, 2018 Pennsylvania, Metro US
... 324 deer were removed between December and April ... The regular winter cull, instituted in 1999 and now in its 20th year, is conducted by the US Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services ...
Two rules to change in Duluth bowhunt for deer April 7, 2018 Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
... The Duluth bowhunt was started 13 years ago as a way to reduce an overpopulation of deer in the city. Through those years, city hunters have taken a total of 6,143 deer, according to the ABA...
Essex County hunt ends with 213 adult and unborn deer killed March 5, 2018 New Jersey, NorthJersey.com
... Marksmen have killed 139 deer and 73 unborn deer ... Since 2008, 2,370 adult and unborn deer have been killed by marksmen, who volunteer their time...
Southold, Record-high deer management numbers in Southold Town February 28, 2018 New York, Suffolk Times
... includes 292 deer reported harvested for the season ... over a previous five-year average of 246, said town environmental analyst Craig Jobes ...
Council Bluffs, Fewer does harvested, but interest by hunters remains steady in Bluffs February 7, 2018 Iowa, The Daily Nonpareil
... Bow hunting for does on specific city property began in the autumn of 2008 as a way to reduce of number of deer roaming freely within the city limits ... Unfortunately, the number of deer found dead for whatever the reason within the city remains high, even increasing...
Essex County Deer Cull Returns, 2158 Killed In Past Decade January 12, 2018 New Jersey, Patch.com
... Since 2008, "experienced and qualified" volunteer shooters have killed a total of 2,158 deer (1,343 adult and 815 unborn) in an effort to control the local deer population ... "Deer are social, intelligent, and gentle animals whose lives matter to them, their offspring, and to their family units," the League of Humane Voters of New Jersey stated prior to a protest of the Essex County hunt in 2017...
Union County deer hunt starts Jan. 8 January 6, 2018 New Jersey, Union News Daily
... Since 1995, hunters in the county’s state-regulated deer management program have reduced the population of the white-tailed species in the Watchung Reservation ...
Essex County, Protest promised as deer hunt returns to Cedar Grove, Millburn, VeronaJanuary 2, 2018 New Jersey, NorthJersey.com
... Since 2008, volunteer marksmen in coordination with the county have killed 2,018 deer in the reservations in Essex County; 759 of them were unborn deer...
Helena Police begin urban deer control operations December 17, 2017 Montana, KTVH.com
... deer removal program since it’s beginning in 2008... removed almost about a 1,000 ... deer are trapped and dispatched on private property...
Fort McCoy, Hundreds find success during 2017 Fort McCoy gun-deer season December 8, 2017 Wisconsin, DVIDS
... annual hunt ... Fort McCoy averaged about 35 deer per square mile. “Our goal is to have approximately 20 to 25 deer per square mile ...
Nothing to fear during Lake County's deer management season December 5, 2017 Illinois, Chicago Tribune
... between 100 to 130 deer were culled each year in the decade leading up to 2010, when the program was expanded to more preserves and the number came in above 200 annually... a density goal of 15 to 30 deer per square mile ... In the 2014-15 season, the forest preserves reported a total of 234 deer culled ...
Duluth city deer harvest now over 200 deer and counting November 19, 2017 Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
... 299 hunters are taking part in this year's hunt, down about 65 from last year ... In the 12 previous years of the hunt, a total of 5,853 deer have been taken...
Weston, Devil's Den to close weekdays for limited deer hunt November 14, 2017 Connecticut, The Weston Forum
... The Nature Conservancy will hold its annual controlled deer hunt at Devil’s Den Preserve in Weston ... has been held each fall since 2001, ...
Deer reduction program begins at Potato Creek State Park November 12, 2017 Indiana, WSBT-TV
... The program started back in 1993. ... Gary Humes of South Bend has participated for 15 years, and this year he's excited to share the experience with his son ...
Red Top to close for managed deer hunt Tuesday, Wednesday November 11, 2017 Georgia, Daily Tribune News
... Started in 2006 ... “The current population estimate is up approximately 20 percent — roughly 82 deer/square mile — from 2015, which aligns with a hiatus of the 2016 hunt season. ... An end goal for deer/square mile following the managed hunt would be 35 [to] 45.” ...
Duluth City bowhunt under way, with changes September 24, 2017 Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
... Last fall, a total of 352 hunters took part in the city hunt, registering 281 deer, 84 percent of them antlerless. In the 12 previous years of the hunt, a total of 5,853 deer have been taken ... hunters may now hunt within 100 feet of a city trail instead of the former 200-foot setback requirement ...
Rose Valley OKs new bow-and-arrow deer hunt September 23, 2017 Pennsylvania, The Delaware County Daily Times
... For the seventh year, council authorized a bow and arrow hunt by pre-approved individuals on portions of municipally-owned land... the original deer management plan estimated 27 white tails should be removed ... As the totals do not account for births, this year’s public hunt is considered maintenance...
Hunters to cull Duke Forest deer September 15, 2017 North Carolina, Durham Herald Sun
... the 10th year Duke has allowed hunting in the forest as part of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Deer Management Assistance Program
Montgomery Parks Schedules Closures for Deer Hunts September 8, 2017 Maryland, BethesdaMagazine.com
... sharpshooters and archers ... annual deer management program ... More than 17,000 deer have been killed since the program began 21 years ago ...
Lansing, Village Deer Management Begins 11th Year September 1, 2017 New York, Lansing Star
... began in 2007 after complaints from landowners whose property and gardens were destroyed ... we have no idea about how many deer we have in the Village and what the relationship is of the number of deer to the damage they do," ... "I'm concerned that it may be perceived as killing for killing's sake," ...
Meridian Township, Archers, sharpshooters will hunt at some Ingham County parks August 23, 2017 Michigan, Lansing State Journal
... Meridian Township's deer management program — now in its seventh year ... the program started prior to the discovery of chronic wasting disease in Meridian Township deer. “It’s more of a habitat protection vehicle, because we had over-browsing on these properties causing detriment to the flora,” ...
Columbia, Urban deer hunting program enters 14th year in Columbia August 16, 2017 Missouri, Columbia Missourian
... Since 2005, bow hunters have reported killing a total of 236 deer on city land, according to data from the parks department. The city could not provide the number of deer killed in 2004, the first year of the program...
Muscatine deer hunt approved for 2017-2018 August 18, 2017 Iowa,
Voice of Muscatine
... In the past 11 years, 478 total deer have been harvested during this program...
Warsaw, Deer task force opens archery hunt to any Indiana resident August 11, 2017 Indiana, News Now Warsaw
... In the last dozen years or so of the program, Grose estimated they’ve taken 500 deer... In the first year of the program, deer would come up to the hunters thinking they had food ...
Hillsdale, Species reduction hunts on agenda August 7, 2017 Michigan, The Hillsdale Daily News
... The hunt began in 2010... approval of the annual bow hunt within the city limits ...
Upper Dublin, Deer hunting program in Upper Dublin to be expanded July 19, 2017 Pennsylvania, Montgomery Newspapers
... The bow-hunting program, which runs from mid-September to the end of January, was started in 2009 ... There was a waiting list of 75, he said, for what he termed “a very popular program.” ... police received 144 “deer-related” calls for service in 2016, up from 114 in 2015 ...
Ottawa Hills, Deer kill is returning with double the limit June 27, 2017 Ohio, Toledo Blade
... Their goal is to kill twice as many as they did last year ... Ottawa Hills Mayor Kevin Gilmore said this year’s count is back up, which is why the village will allow hunters to bag 60 total...
Town and Country continue ongoing battle against deer population June 20, 2017 Missouri, KMOV.com
... For the last decade, the city has spent upwards of $600,000 taxpayer money to help control the deer population with the sharp shooter method... With the deer population bouncing back, the task force is back at the drawing board for a fix, including revisiting sterilization...
Ramsey County approves new deer cull to curb overpopulation June 13, 2017 Minnesota, Minneapolis Star Tribune
... Commissioners voted unanimously without discussion to continue a program of deer culls that has gone on since 1999, despite opposition from some animal welfare organizations, which call for birth control injections instead...
Fargo's 11th annual urban deer hunt sets new record May 12, 2017 North Dakota, KFGO
... 49 deer were harvested in Fargo's 11th annual 2016-2017 urban deer hunt. That's a new record...
UWSS defends deer count May 3, 2017 British Columbia, Oak Bay News
According to the City of Cranbrook, Urban Deer Management Annual Report 2015/16, in Nov. 2010 they counted 101 deer and held their first cull in 2011. After five years of culling the deer, in November 2015, the annual count identified 137 deer, the highest number since their counts began in 2010....
Sioux Falls deer hunt bags the limit March 15, 2017 Iowa, KELO AM-FM
... the city's annual deer herd culling program ... police officers shot 50 deer - the limit - between January 1 and March 13, focused in the southeast and northeast parts of town...
Essex County Executive Announces Results of Deer Management Program March 2, 2017 New Jersey, TAPinto.net
... 89 deer and 56 unborn deer were removed from Essex County South Mountain Reservation and Essex County Hilltop Reservation during the 2017 Essex County Deer Management Program... the 10th year the program was held...
Waupaca, Majority favor city bow hunt February 1, 2017 Wisconsin, Waupaca County News
... A managed archery harvest program began in 2006 ... [survey] asked if they would support a managed bow hunt ... The final survey results show 43.3 percent said they strongly agree the deer herd in the city limits has grown and 27.3 percent disagree with that...
Avon Lake, Changing faces on Avon Lake city council January 30, 2017 Ohio, cleveland.com
... Shondel said the deer problem began in 2005 and, though the city has eliminated several hundred deer, the problem remains. "I am most proud of the deer management program that I spearheaded as environmental chair," ...
A total of 250 deer have been harvested in special archery hunts within city limits
Bemidji Pioneer
... In the decade of special deer hunts within city limits, a total of 250 deer have been harvested from two areas of town ... "The last two winters previously were very mild so there was just that many more births that contributed to that population."...
Record deer numbers taken in Rock Island January 20, 2017 Illinois, Quad-Cities Online
... the 22 hunters participating in the fourth annual hunt took 51 deer. That compared to 37 in the 2015-16 season, 50 in the 2014-15 hunt and six during the initial five-week hunt in 2013-14...
Urban deer population on the rise in Helena January 17, 2017 Montana, KXLH Helena News
... currently about 250 deer within Helena city limits... they started culling deer in 2008 ...
Essex County deer management program to start 10th year January 10, 2017 New Jersey, NorthJersey.com
... Since 2008, 1,254 deer and 759 unborn deer, for a total of 2,013 deer, were removed using the services of experienced and qualified marksmen who volunteer their time ...
Union County plans deer hunts to reduce population in parks January 3, 2017 New Jersey, New Jersey Online
... Since the mid 1990s, Union County has selected licensed hunters to reduce the herds... Last year, a total of 144 deer were removed ...
Mankato, City deer hunt concludes with a near record January 2, 2017 Minnesota, Mankato Free Press
... "Last year we took 36, and we took 35 this year." ... first began in 2003, requires hunters to take a doe before they are allowed to loose an arrow at a buck...
Cleveland, Annual deer culling to resume in Cleveland Metroparks January 2, 2017 Ohio, cleveland.com
... sharpshooters are expected to begin culling deer in 11 reservations by mid-January ... Cleveland Metroparks began lethal culling in 1998 ...
Rapid City to conduct deer harvest again December 28, 2016 South Dakota, Rapid City Journal
... There are 12 potential bait sites throughout the city ... The total cost for the project is estimated at about $14,000 ... The city has been doing this since 1995 ...
Eden Prairie, USDA to manage Eden Prairie deer population in coming months December 3, 2016 Minnesota, The Sun Current
..... two-man teams, deployed as necessary in areas where they can hunt the deer ... 20 years since the program was adopted ...
Edgmont, A bad day to be a deer at Ridley Creek State Park December 1, 2016 Pennsylvania, Daily Local News
... the annual hunt of white-tailed deer shut down Ridley Creek State Park to anyone except for hunters armed with shotguns ... “We love the hunt, we love the sport of it, but the meat is the main thing,” ... “We still want deer in the park, we’re just trying to manage it,” ...
20 years of urban deer management December 1, 2016 Nebraska, KETV Omaha
... The trails at Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue and Neale Woods in Omaha will be closed until Sunday so hunters can thin the herds of deer ... This is the 20th year ... Preister said the recent decline in deer is due to the flood of 2011, a deer disease outbreak in 2012 and continued hunting efforts...
We need your help to stop Philadelphia's silent but deadly deer hunt November 30, 2016 Pennsylvania, Chestnut Hill Local
... For the last 17 years, the annual slaughter of deer has continued ... The Parks and Rec Department has given $408,566 to USDA’s Wildlife Services from 2001 to 2016 to kill deer in these parks. It’s time to invest more in non-lethal measures..
Tyler State Park Closing Dec. 7 For Annual Deer Hunt November 29, 2016 Pennsylvania, Patch.com
... The 1,117-acre park has been hosting the annual hunt for nearly 30 years ...
Deer hunt scheduled at Widewater State Park this week November 30, 2016 Virginia, Free Lance-Star
... DCR periodically holds managed hunts at state parks in an effort to control the deer population as part of the Deer Management Assistance Program. Implemented in 1988 ...
Changes Coming to Annual Presque Isle Deer Hunt November 10, 2016 Pennsylvania, erienewsnow.com
... hunt was started back in 1989 ... estimated that there are between 30 to 60 antler and antler-less deer spread throughout the peninsula... 85 hunters are allowed to participate each day ...
Smithville Lake, Managed deer hunt scheduled at Smithville Lake November 7, 2016 MIssori, The Smith Herald
... This is the 27th anniversary of the annual Managed Deer Hunt consisting of 65 blinds accessible by truck in and around designated park areas and Waterfowl Refuge ...
18 state parks to close for controlled deer reductions November 2, 2016 Indiana, WTHITV.com
... A total of 18 sate parks in Indiana will be closing temporarily for controlled deer reductions... A report on the 2015 reductions is at stateparks.IN.gov/files/sp-DeerRMRR.pdf. 2015 marked the twenty second anniversary of deer reductions in Indiana State Parks. The reductions started in 1993 ...
Helena Police Department conducts deer census October 14, 2016 Montana, KXLH
... a group of officers drives the same 32-mile route through the city, at 10 miles an hour... City leaders introduced the deer census and cull in 2008 ... Since then, about 800 deer have been culled ...
Rose Valley deer bow hunt to start on Saturday September 28, 2016 Pennsylvania, The Delaware County Daily Times
... Approved bow hunting, primarily by local law enforcement personnel, will be permitted Oct. 1-Dec. 10 in the municipal-owned Long Point Wildlife Sanctuary and Todmorden Woods... Initiated in 2010, the original deer management plan estimated 27 white tails should be removed ... a paid cull have resulted in the taking of 26 animals. As the totals do not account for births, this year’s public hunt is considered maintenance...
Manitowoc plans another urban deer hunt September 12, 2016 Pennsylvania, WBAY
... a lot of complaints about ornamental flowers and shrubbery that just gets destroyed by them deer ... Since the controlled hunt started 10 years ago, hunters have harvested 247 deer in Manitowoc. But the number of car-deer crashes has actually increased within the city to an average of 54 a year ...
Council Bluffs seeks property owners' help for deer hunting season September 5, 2016 Iowa, The Daily Nonpareil
... some of the new hunters in the city’s deer management program are having difficulty finding appropriate places to hunt... This bow hunting program began in 2008 ... Since then, 951 does have been bagged ...
10th Annual City of Davenport Urban Deer Hunt August 30, 2016 Iowa, KWQC-TV6
... Archery is the only allowable means to harvest deer during the urban deer hunt. Participants must have a valid Iowa hunter’s safety card ...
Oskaloosa urban deer management season August 18, 2016 Iowa, Oskaloosa Herald
... For the seventh year in a row, the City of Oskaloosa is preparing for the upcoming 2016/2017 Urban Deer Hunting season ...
Council Bluffs, The city's bow-hunting deer season is coming soon August 14, 2016 Iowa, The Daily Nonpareil
... All new hunters ... pass a $30 online test sponsored by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be certified to hunt in this program. Once that’s earned, hunters need not take the test again ... This bowhunting program began in 2008 ...
Oak Mountain Deer Management Program on Track for 2016-17 Season August 2, 2016 Alabama, Outdoor Alabama
... Wildlife experts point to Oak Mountain State Park as a textbook case of how deer tend to multiply in numbers greater than their habitat can support unless controlled through regulated hunting [related research, deer populations adjust to the habitat conditions] ... regulated archery hunts were established in 2004 to control the Oak Mountain State Park herd...
Byram, Deer hunting on township land to continue for 2016-2017 season July 21, 2016 New Jersey, The Sparta Independent
... fourth year of the township’s Deer Management Program, with only bow hunting permitted ... Sabatini did not have the specific number of deer harvested in past years, but said the plan has so far fallen short based on the information received from hunters ...
Deer hunt planned at Whitewater park July 15, 2016 Indiana, Pal-item.com
... Deer reduction hunts ... for more than 20 years...
Urban bow hunters claim 400 deer in Polk County May 29, 2016 Iowa, DesMoinesRegister.com
... a 20-year-old program that allows bowhunting in designated spots within city limits ... During the latest season, hunters killed 400 deer ...
Upper Dublin Township Board of Commissioners agrees to revisit deer hunting program May 19, 2016 Pennsylvania, Montgomery Newspapers
... the deer management program was started in 2009 ... “It’s dangerous, costly and is a failure,” Crosby Drive resident Melvin Driban said. “It provides sport hunting in view of residents’ backyards...
Oxford deer management program working May 16, 2016 Mississippi, Hamilton Journal News
... seven years of the program ... city officials are counting the number of deer that will not be born as a gauge to the success ... projection is based on the fact a doe will typically give birth to one fawn in her first year, one or two in her second year and two or three in her third year, with three each year after. [using that math, the earth will soon be covered by deer] ...
Deer hunt considered 'viable' by city officials May 16, 2016 Ontario, The Chronicle Journal
... Thunder Bay’s deer hunt doesn’t appear to be decreasing the number of crashes between the animal and vehicles, according to a city administration report. For the past four years, Thunder Bay residents have been able to hunt deer using bow and arrows in designated rural areas within city limits ...
Deer kills at highest levels in a decade May 11, 2016 New York, Shelter Island Reporter
... beginning in 2008 ... Since 2012, when the town reported 240 deer killed, the number has risen steadily and 2015 had the most reported kills since 2006... From October 31, 2015 through March 31, 482 deer were reported killed on Shelter Island... up to 50 percent of all deer kills go unreported...
Fargo's most recent urban deer hunt near record harvest May 5, 2016 North Dakota, KFGO
... during the 2015-2016 season, 37 deer were harvested, the second highest in the 10-year history of the bow hunt...
Ohio, Committee OKs Avon Lake's 10-year deer plan April 14, 2016 Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram
... Since last March, 99 deer were killed .. 85 by sharpshooters on public land and 14 by archers on private property... the city intends to continue using sharpshooters ... over the next 10 years...
Shelter Island, Town to appoint animal control officer to focus on deer April 11, 2016 New York, Shelter Island Reporter
... The number of deer culled on the Island between October 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016 hit a new high of 482 ... The previous high was 478 a few years ago; last year the total was 370 ...
Essex County Culled 154 Deer from S. Mountain, Hilltop Reservations March 16, 2016 New Jersey, villagegreennj.com
... From 2008 to 2015, a total of 1,773 deer (1,100 deer and 673 unborn deer) were removed from the three reservations utilizing the volunteer services of experienced and qualified marksmen...
Helena, City's deer cull quota approved February 11, 2016 Montana, Helena Independent Record
... The city began culling deer in 2008 by trapping them in pens, dispatching ... The plan called for reducing densities from 33 to 25 deer per square mile ...The current year’s cull allows 130 deer to be killed with a provision to take 180 if a disproportionate number of bucks are taken...
Ottumwa, Harvest totals for Ottumwa deer season released February 4, 2016 Iowa, KCCI 8 Des Moines
... The Ottumwa city deer hunting program began in 2005 in an effort to reduce the local deer population. The program has resulted in a total of 778 deer harvested ...
Ann Arbor, Group hopes to put deer issue on ballot for Ann Arbor voters to decide February 3, 2016 Michigan, MLive
... The shooting of deer that's happening right now in Ann Arbor parks and nature areas is expected to be the first in a series of annual culls... opponents of the cull are getting ready to start collecting petition signatures to force a public vote in November ...
Debate continues over deer culling in Beaufort's gated communities January 30, 2016 South Carolina, The State
... Since the start of a controversial program 15 years ago, 5,030 deer have been culled from Beaufort County’s gated communities. State wildlife officials, community managers and biologists consider the program a success ... With spotlights blazing, sharpshooters perch on pickup truck beds or in stands overlooking open areas, taking aim at nearby deer...
Duluth bowhunters register 372 deer as herd declines January 17, 2016 Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
... The total harvest was the lowest in the 11 years the hunt has been held except for the first year, when 192 hunters registered 333 deer...
Essex County, Deer Cull Continues At South Mountain and Hilltop Reservations For 2016 January 12, 2016 New Jersey, Patch
... For the ninth consecutive year, Essex County will host a deer cull in South Mountain Reservation and Hilltop Reservation ... from 2008 to 2015, a total of 1,773 (1,100 deer and 673 unborn deer) were culled...
Charleston urban deer hunt brings in record numbers January 3, 2016 South Carolina, Charleston Gazette-Mail
... 105 deer killed ... this month, 85 were does and 23 were bucks ... One hundred deer were killed in both 2014 and 2013... the deer hunt first started in 2005. But even with the recent kill’s record-breaking high, Lane worries that it’s barely making a dent in South Hills...
Helena Looks To Continue Deer Culling December 28, 2015 Montana, KFBB NewsChannel 5
... Back in 2008, the Helena City commission developed an urban deer management plan ... Since then, about 800 deer have been removed...
Valley Forge, Park service extends Valley Forge deer culling December 17, 2015 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Daily News
... the shootings started in 2010 ... The program does not have an end date. That would depend on coming up with a "nonlethal" means of controlling deer, such as a practical and acceptable contraceptive...
Jackson seeks to reduce deer herd through cull at Ella Sharp Park December 16, 2015 Michigan, MLive
... Sharpshooters from the business will coordinate with park officials to close the park during culling hours day or night, and no more than 45 deer will be killed... Over the last eight years, the yearly culling has seen 583 deer harvested ...
No deer taken in last day of Presque Isle hunt December 13, 2015 Pennsylvania, GoErie.com
... Four deer were taken on each of the first two days ... Thirty-two hunters participated in Thursday's hunt, 65 on Wednesday. The special deer hunt was started in 1989 ...
Controlled deer hunt Dec. 15-16 in Brandywine Creek State Park to be managed by DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife December 9, 2015 Delaware, DNREC News
... The hunt has been held each year since 1994 to reduce the number of white-tailed deer on the 1,000-acre park to a manageable level and to curb serious habitat damage caused by the foraging animals...
Rapid City, Fewer Deer To Be Killed In Rapid City Limits This Year December 2, 2015 South Dakota, Keloland
... Rapid City's urban deer harvest began in 1996-97, when 192 deer were killed...
Valley Forge, Control deer population with natural predators November 17, 2015 Pennsylvania, Philly.com
... The management plan instituted at Valley Forge resulted in the deaths of 1,433 deer over the first four winters of shooting - substantially more than the 1,277 initial population count. This number suggests that other deer fill the park's forcibly created vacuums, that park deer are reproducing with compensatory speed, or both. Last year, the park service announced that it would continue winter shooting at Valley Forge. For how long? ...
Shotgun deer hunt to be held at Tyler State Park Dec. 2 November 18, 2015 Pennsylvania, theintell.com
... The hunt has been held since 1987 ... The annual shotgun hunts have killed more than 2,700 deer at Tyler... Hunters applied for permits and were selected by a lottery system...
14 state parks to close in Indiana for controlled deer reduction November 10, 2015 WTHITV 10
... Some state parks in Indiana will be temporarily closing to allow for controlled deer reduction in the coming weeks... [from 1993 to 2014, 32,713 deer have been killed in this ongoing project]
Overall deer kill at Camp Ripley up 41 percent in ’15 November 9, 2015 Minnesota, Outdoor News
... When you look at the long-term trends, though, the average buck kill is what they say is their primary herd-monitoring tool, and this year’s kill of about 75 adult bucks is about half of the 25-year average.” Johnson noted that the 25-year average adult buck kill is about 150 deer per year, and that the peak adult buck harvest, achieved back in 2000, was 228 adult bucks...
Mankato hunt opens parks, yards to thin herd November 7, 2015 Minnesota, Mankato Free Press
... The hunt, in its 13th year ... gardeners tired of seeing their hostas ravaged can get some revenge by inviting a hunter into their backyards ...
15 deer bagged in bow hunt at Abington's Lorimar Park November 3, 2015 Pennsylvania, theintell.com
... The annual hunt, which began in 2002, averages 16 dead deer. Forty-one hunters last November killed 18 deer ...
Bowhunting begins Sunday at Oak Mountain November 1, 2015 Alabama, News Courier
... regulated archery hunts were established in 2004 to control the Oak Mountain State Park herd... The hunting format is modeled after other urban deer control programs across the United States. Last year 44 deer were harvested ...
Some areas of Davenport parks open to urban hunting October 29, 2015 Iowa, Quad City Times
... The city of Davenport has created a special antlerless deer management program for the purpose of controlling the deer population. This program, which has been in place for over 10 years ...
Deer management long-standing in some South Hills communities September 29, 2015 Pennsylvania, The Almanac
... The Peters Township program is in its ninth year ... Bethel Park started an archery hunt in the mid-1990s, and Upper St. Clair has contracted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services for sharpshooting since 2005... the program in Fox Chapel Borough, which launched in 1992...
Duke, Three Duke Forest Divisions to Close Weekdays for Hunting Season September 24, 2015 North Carolina, Duke Today
... This is the eighth hunting season for Duke Forest... disturbing research experiments, said Sara Childs, director of Duke Forest ...
Duluth, Organizers expect another good city deer hunt September 20, 2015 Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
... authorized by the city, has been held every year since the fall of 2006. It is conducted for the city by the Arrowhead Bowhunters Alliance... A total of 5,201 deer have been registered by hunters in the 10 years of the hunt...
Deer management long-standing in some South Hills communities September 29, 2015 Pennsylvania, The Almanac
... The Peters Township program is in its ninth year ... Bethel Park started an archery hunt in the mid-1990s, and Upper St. Clair has contracted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services for sharpshooting since 2005... the program in Fox Chapel Borough, which launched in 1992...
Ridgefield, Selectmen approve 12 sites for controlled deer hunt September 18, 2015 Connecticut, The Ridgefield Press
... The controlled deer hunt managed by the deer committee was started in 2006 as a means of control the town’s burgeoning population of deer. It is conducted by a select group of experienced hunters approved by the deer committee...
Board again approves deer hunt in village September 14, 2015 Wisconsin, Hudson Star Observer
... an annual deer bow hunt in the village ... “It’s the sort of program you can’t do just once,” Feia said. “ ... It’s like cutting grass, it keeps on growing...
Ottumwa, Deer Hunting Inside Ottumwa's City Limits August 17, 2015 Iowa, Ottumwa Post
... the City of Ottumwa’s deer season for bow hunters will begin on September 19, 2015 and will run through January 10, 2016. The City’s deer hunting program was implemented in 2005 ... Any problems or questions should be directed to Sgt. Blake Lefler, Ottumwa Police Department at 641-683-0661. If Sgt. Lefler is not available, he can be reached by email at leflerb@ci.ottumwa.ia.us
Bethel Park, Does Bethel Park have a deer plan? August 17, 2015 Pennsylvania, The Almanac
... Don Harrison reported the number of deer harvested by archers in Bethel Park for the last 19 years. This is only a numbers report. ... There are no goals, quota, or guesstimates for the size of the herd...
Bethel Park deer problem being addressed August 10, 2015 Pennsylvania, The Almanac
... since 1996. The total number of deer harvested for the 19-year period is 1,147. The average number of deer harvested per year is 60. The number of deer harvested per year is limited by the locations available for the hunters...
Fairfax County Preparing for Annual Deer Hunt on Park Land August 10, 2015 Virginia, Reston Now
... Fairfax County will once again use an archery program to control the deer population in county parks... The program was approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 2000 ...
Wollongong council's $320,000 deer cull ineffective August 4, 2015 Australia, Illawara Mercury
... Deer culling has cost Wollongong council $320,000 over the past four years, but the program has failed to make in dint in the city's problematic ruminant population... a single deer death costs ratepayers nearly $230... councillor Vicki Curran wanted to make sure the program was killing deer at the same rate they were born...
Montgomery County looks at bowhunting to cull deer July 29, 2015 Maryland, Washington Post
... Since the county’s deer management program began 19 years ago, hunters have killed nearly 15,000 deer ... more than 2,000 Montgomery residents who signed a 2013 Change.org petition urging officials to halt a Park Police sharpshooting hunt, citing a specific incident involving a resident walking in the woods near Brookside Gardens who came across a doe with a gaping gunshot wound to her jaw...
Provo city considering urban deer hunt program July 8, 2015 Utah, Utah Valley 360
... Curtis wants everyone to understand that once the hunt program starts there won’t be a point at which the city has solved the problem and can stop...
Residents call for training procedure review at Kensington Metropark after rare white deer shooting ... July 6, 2015 Michigan, The Oakland Press
... metropark officials say the program will go on as it has for the last several years, and that the sharpshooter team that carried out the kill did everything by the book... “What kind of firearms training allows a target to be dispatched without clearly identifying it?” ...
Bemidji accepting applications for special deer hunt June 30, 2015 Minnesota, Bemidji Pioneer
... The Bemidji Special Archery Deer Hunt, which began in 2005, has become an annual form of wildlife population control after the city received numerous complaints from residents...
Archery deer hunts this fall in three Anoka County regional parks June 18, 2015 Minnesota, ABC Newspapers
... this has been an ongoing program in the regional parks for the past 20-plus years to manage the white-tailed deer population densities through winter aerial surveys and maintaining the deer population densities between 15-20 deer per square miles ...
Lottery for Summit Metro Parks bow hunting June 17, 2015 Ohio, Twinsburg Bulletin
... Through seven previous seasons of the archery program, participants have taken a total of 572 deer...
Bridgeport, Hunters outnumber deer killed at Bridgeport urban hunt June 4, 2015 West Virginia, The Herald-Star
... 118 hunters killed 52 deer ... The program started in 2009 ...
Urban deer hunt numbers drop dramatically in Bridgeport June 3, 2015 West Virginia, theet.com
... the bow-only hunt was started to help reduce the deer population in the city. “They’re having a sociological impact on the city by eating people’s flowers and gardens,” ... Steve Rauch, wildlife biologist for DNR District 1 ...
Shelter Island, Primed to deploy 4-poster units April 9, 2015 New York, Shelter Island Reporter
... most estimate the deer population here at between 1,200 and 2,000... various experts have determined is that to keep a deer population at a workable number year to year, at least 40 percent must be culled ...
Municipalities eye joint effort to control deer March 7, 2015 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
As Mt. Lebanon struggles to get its controversial deer-culling program under way this month, its neighbors in Upper St. Clair were finishing their 10th consecutive season of culling with sharpshooters and archers ...
Groton, Annual Bluff Point deer cull nears end March 4, 2015 Connecticut, theday.com
... a thinning of the herd that has taken place there annually since 1996
Lake County expands culling program to thin its deer herd February 21, 2015 Illinois, Chicago Tribune
... the effort has led to a deer cull tallying more than 200 this year. Based on aerial counts, roughly 16,000 deer roam Lake County ... Over the past 10 years, the district culled 100 to 130 deer per year until 2010, when the district started adding more preserves, now numbering 14. This year, 234 deer were removed...
Indiana State Parks Deer Program Has Taken 32,713 Deer Since 1993 [PDF] January 15, 2015
... Percentage of adult bucks harvested has increased steadily since the reduction program began. The current cumulative five year mean adult buck harvest is 33%. Though fewer adult bucks were harvested the last couple years, 42% of properties participating in 2014 harvested more than 40% adult bucks (Figure 3). One park harvested 56% adult bucks. The annual average percentage of parks that exceeded 40% from 2001 to 2005 was 33%. [Efforts to reduce deer populations typically focus on does since each buck can impregnate many does. The relatively high ratio of bucks in the Indiana State Parks program is more similar to a recreational hunting club] ...
Jackson, Cull allowed for eighth straight year in Jackson city limits in effort to control urban deer population January 13, 2015 Michigan, MLive.com
... "The previous seven years have been successful with 515 deer harvested ... City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to waive the city's gun control law regarding the discharge of firearms within city limits ...
Union County deer program to begin Jan. 5 December 31, 2014 New Jersey, MyCentralJersey.com
... The Union County Department of Parks and Recreation has released details of its annual Deer Management Program, which will begin Jan. 5 in four county parks and one municipal park.... since 1995 ...
Del. officials to conduct controlled deer hunt December 11, 2014 Delaware, Washington Post
... a controlled deer hunt at Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington... every year since 1994 ...
Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer (PAD) holds vigil to protest deer hunting December 10, 2014 Pennsylvania, Montgomery News
... the upcoming killing of the deer in the Wissahickon Valley for the 17th consecutive year. To date, 2,736 deer have been reported killed in Fairmount Park... Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer
Ridley Creek, Hunters bag 69 deer at Ridley Creek State Park December 5, 2014 Pennsylvania, Delaware County Daily Times
... deer herd has been reduced by 69 as a result of Thursday’s hunt, which drew 199 men, women and children from among 250 hunters picked in a lottery ... Hunts in the state park started in 1983 ...
Tyler State Park deer hunt plays out again December 3, 2014 Pennsylvania, Bucks County Courier Times
... As 150 hunters lined up for a chance to shoot deer with shotguns inside the park, a dozen protesters gathered ... "Thirty years of killing deer is not a solution to the problem, but a problem to the solution," said Barbara Pearl ...
Weston,Devil's Den to close weekdays for annual limited deer hunt November 13, 2014 Connecticut, The Redding Pilot
... The Nature Conservancy will hold its annual controlled deer hunt at Devil’s Den Preserve in Weston ... held each fall since 2001 ...
Princeton, Use humane way to thin Princeton deer herds November 5, 2014 New Jersey, The Times, Trenton - NJ.com
... Now in its 15th year, former Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand's vile five-year plan to decimate Princeton's deer will apparently go on ad infinitum and has already soaked the town's taxpayers to the tune of millions of dollars...
Pleasant Hills Arboretum hunt yields 7 deer November 7, 2014 Pennsylvania, Tribune-Review
... “All nine county parks have had controlled deer hunts since 1995,” ... Smith said. “There was a man walking his dog, and the dog was wearing a little orange vest...
Montgomery County, Montco schedules one-day deer hunt at Norristown Farm Park October 31, 2014 New Jersey, theintell.com
... A total of 28 hunters participated in the 2013 hunt, bagging 28 deer, including 13 antlerless bucks (young “button” bucks or mature bucks that had shed their antlers) and 15 doe... The hunts were initiated in January 2005 ...
Hunters Check 594 Deer in Missouri Urban Hunt October 18, 2014 Kansas City infoZine
... This year’s harvest was below average for the urban portion, which became part of the firearms deer season in 2003. Over the past 11 years, the urban portion harvest averaged 961 deer. However, the harvest has been between 500 and 700 deer in four of the past six years...
Portage, City's deer eradication program likely dead September 5, 2014 Wisconsin, WisNews
... The city has periodically hired sharpshooters ... Or as Common Council member Rick Dodd called it, “deer reduction program … because we didn’t eradicate anything.” ...