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Firearms Policy and Politics in Pennsylvania

More Local Governments Turning to Hunters

author Posted by:Sebastian on date Nov 3rd, 2009 | filed Filed under: Hunting

Looks like Solebury, not far from me, is also opening up to using hunting as a method of reducing deer population instead of the “sharpshooters” typically employed for such a task. Not only is using hunters cheaper, but safer too. Most of the sharpshooting companies hire people that are neither sharp, nor shooters.

This is the culmination of the work of the archers at my club, who put in a lot of time and effort to convince Lower Makefield Township to open up to the idea of thinning out the deer population using bow hunters. So far the township has been very pleased with the hunt. I think more local communities will adopt this model. It’s even getting traction over in New Jersey. It’s a good thing for hunting, since one of the chief causes of its decline is lack of places to hunt.

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tag5 Responses to “More Local Governments Turning to Hunters”

  1. Andy Said,
    November 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 am

    I wish I could find a news link, but Cobb County did this very thing to remove a deer population from a local park. The deer had eaten everything up to about 4′ from the ground, removal was the only way to get any growth back. IIRC, the deer all went to Hunters for the Hungry.

  2. Ian Argent Said,
    November 3rd, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    A co-worker who participated in the Morris Co hunt a few years back had the windshield of the car he was in smashed out by a protester. In addition he was apparenlty supervised on the hunt itself

  3. Diomed Said,
    November 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    There are sharpshooting companies? I had no idea…

  4. If only we could too… « Stuff From Hsoi Said,
    November 4th, 2009 at 8:57 am

    [...] allowing hunters to hunt in urban areas is working to control the deer population. [...]

  5. Animal Rights Groups Oppose Valley Forge Culling | Snowflakes in Hell Said,
    December 1st, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    [...] of the methods that the NPS is employing to thin the population. I would much prefer that NPS use local hunters, as we have been doing in various township in my area. But something has to be done about the deer population in the park. It is obviously out of control [...]