City Seeks Hunters To Control Deer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The Warsaw Deer Task Force is seeking hunters to assist in deer-reduction efforts in Warsaw.
The Warsaw City Council passed a resolution and ordinance at its meeting Nov. 6 that allows trained archers to hunt in declared nuisance zones.
The task force, co-chaired by Jeff Grose, has spent the past nine months researching methods to control the deer herd near Spring Hill.
The purpose of the task force is to reduce and maintain the population of deer in declared nuisance zones.
The task force has identified a deer nuisance zone within the city limits, including the entire area around Spring Hill, Kosciusko Community Hospital and U.S. 30.
To be considered to be part of the deer reduction effort, archers must be a resident of Kosciusko County, complete an application form and have an approved background check conducted by the Warsaw Police Department.
The archers also are required to attend and pass a training session and be selected by Mayor Ernie Wiggins and a management committee to qualify to be a hunter for the reduction effort.
Application forms are available today and may be picked up at the police department, 2191 E. Fort Wayne St., and should be returned to the department on or before 6 p.m. Saturday. A training session will be held Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. at the department.
Potential hunters must be present for the entire training session in order to be considered as a potential archer.
The session will be conducted by the task force management committee who will teach hunters the safety guidelines and rules to follow when hunting in the deer-reduction efforts.
Grose also will give a presentation on the history of the task force during the training session.
Grose said the management committee will attempt to assign at least eight archers in each zone.
He said not all archers will be selected if there are high numbers of hunters applying.
Hunters should bring their archery equipment to the session and be prepared to use the equipment in a target range.
Potential archers will be notified by phone if selected into the program.
"We will likely select archers the first week of December and then start placing them in reduction zones during the second week of December," Grose said.
Those selected into the program will participate only on weekdays in the reduction zones until Jan. 7.
Grose said the deer task force plans on reporting results of the reduction effort to the city council in March. [[In-content Ad]]
The Warsaw Deer Task Force is seeking hunters to assist in deer-reduction efforts in Warsaw.
The Warsaw City Council passed a resolution and ordinance at its meeting Nov. 6 that allows trained archers to hunt in declared nuisance zones.
The task force, co-chaired by Jeff Grose, has spent the past nine months researching methods to control the deer herd near Spring Hill.
The purpose of the task force is to reduce and maintain the population of deer in declared nuisance zones.
The task force has identified a deer nuisance zone within the city limits, including the entire area around Spring Hill, Kosciusko Community Hospital and U.S. 30.
To be considered to be part of the deer reduction effort, archers must be a resident of Kosciusko County, complete an application form and have an approved background check conducted by the Warsaw Police Department.
The archers also are required to attend and pass a training session and be selected by Mayor Ernie Wiggins and a management committee to qualify to be a hunter for the reduction effort.
Application forms are available today and may be picked up at the police department, 2191 E. Fort Wayne St., and should be returned to the department on or before 6 p.m. Saturday. A training session will be held Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. at the department.
Potential hunters must be present for the entire training session in order to be considered as a potential archer.
The session will be conducted by the task force management committee who will teach hunters the safety guidelines and rules to follow when hunting in the deer-reduction efforts.
Grose also will give a presentation on the history of the task force during the training session.
Grose said the management committee will attempt to assign at least eight archers in each zone.
He said not all archers will be selected if there are high numbers of hunters applying.
Hunters should bring their archery equipment to the session and be prepared to use the equipment in a target range.
Potential archers will be notified by phone if selected into the program.
"We will likely select archers the first week of December and then start placing them in reduction zones during the second week of December," Grose said.
Those selected into the program will participate only on weekdays in the reduction zones until Jan. 7.
Grose said the deer task force plans on reporting results of the reduction effort to the city council in March. [[In-content Ad]]