39 Deer Killed In Warsaw Hunt
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Efforts to reduce the deer herd in the Warsaw city limits ended Friday at 6 p.m., according to Steve Foster, deer management committee member.
There were 33 does, four button baby bucks and two bucks harvested by the 24 trained archers who hunted in declared nuisance zones since Oct. 1.
The Warsaw City Council approved an ordinance and resolution at its June 18 meeting to allow trained archers to hunt in declared nuisance zones in the city limits.
Regular deer hunting season ended Sunday, but the task force did not hunt on weekends. The deer management committee oversees the deer task force.
The hunters were selected by the management committee consisting of Mayor Ernie Wiggins, Deer Task Force Chair Jeff Grose, Foster, Deer Task Force member Matt Dick and councilman Joe Thallemer.
The task force identified deer nuisance zones within the city limits, including the entire area around Spring Hill, Oakwood Cemetery, Kosciusko Community Hospital and U.S. 30.
Last year was the first year for the reduction effort in the Warsaw city limits. In the first hunt, 18 deer were harvested by 15 hunters during a three-week period.
"The task force doubled the number of deer harvested this year compared to last year and those who hunted were responsible and represented themselves, the sport and the city administration," Foster said.
Grose said the management committee plans on reporting results of the reduction effort to the city council this month or in February.
Grose said he was pleased with this year's reduction efforts, and said he hopes there will be a reduction effort again next year with more hunters. He said there may be a possible expansion of reduction zones if the deer management committee discusses and approves the expansion.
Grose said the city council would again need to approve a resolution for declared nuisance zones and approve the hunt.
The next step is to evaluate the data collected from the hunter's log sheets, Foster said.
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Efforts to reduce the deer herd in the Warsaw city limits ended Friday at 6 p.m., according to Steve Foster, deer management committee member.
There were 33 does, four button baby bucks and two bucks harvested by the 24 trained archers who hunted in declared nuisance zones since Oct. 1.
The Warsaw City Council approved an ordinance and resolution at its June 18 meeting to allow trained archers to hunt in declared nuisance zones in the city limits.
Regular deer hunting season ended Sunday, but the task force did not hunt on weekends. The deer management committee oversees the deer task force.
The hunters were selected by the management committee consisting of Mayor Ernie Wiggins, Deer Task Force Chair Jeff Grose, Foster, Deer Task Force member Matt Dick and councilman Joe Thallemer.
The task force identified deer nuisance zones within the city limits, including the entire area around Spring Hill, Oakwood Cemetery, Kosciusko Community Hospital and U.S. 30.
Last year was the first year for the reduction effort in the Warsaw city limits. In the first hunt, 18 deer were harvested by 15 hunters during a three-week period.
"The task force doubled the number of deer harvested this year compared to last year and those who hunted were responsible and represented themselves, the sport and the city administration," Foster said.
Grose said the management committee plans on reporting results of the reduction effort to the city council this month or in February.
Grose said he was pleased with this year's reduction efforts, and said he hopes there will be a reduction effort again next year with more hunters. He said there may be a possible expansion of reduction zones if the deer management committee discusses and approves the expansion.
Grose said the city council would again need to approve a resolution for declared nuisance zones and approve the hunt.
The next step is to evaluate the data collected from the hunter's log sheets, Foster said.
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