Warsaw Seeks Applications For Deer Reduction Effort
July 25, 2018 at 5:36 p.m.
By Dan [email protected]
Any person with archery experience who is interested in participating can apply and participate in mandatory training.
Unlike past years, archery training will be limited to one session at 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at Warsaw Police Department, 2191 E. Fort Wayne St.
Jeff Grose, a city councilman who helps oversee the program, said they cut down the number of training nights after noting a strong turnout on a week night last year was far stronger than a weekend date also offered.
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The task force is overseen by Grose, police chief Scott Whitaker and four others: Todd Braddock, Matt Dick, John Cook and Nate Howett. They rely on a core of about 20 to 25 people who routinely are available for the hunt, but they also seek new participants each year.
“I have guys who have been doing this now for more than a decade. They feel like it’s public service. They love to hunt. They like to give back,” Grose said.
Grose said they’re hoping to attract as many as two dozen additional archers.
Grose estimates more than 500 deer have been taken since the program started more than a dozen years ago.
The program has evolved geographically. In the beginning the task force focused on public areas. But over the years, the task force has developed relationships with private property owners. In recent years, the program includes 20 or more private zones.
City Council will soon review plans for this year’s program. Decisions on specific reduction zones are determined by looking at broader nuisance areas in the city, Grose said.
Specific dates for the program have not been determined yet, Grose said.
Details, forms, and applications can be found at warsaw.in.gov/372/Deer-Task-Force.
Any person with archery experience who is interested in participating can apply and participate in mandatory training.
Unlike past years, archery training will be limited to one session at 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at Warsaw Police Department, 2191 E. Fort Wayne St.
Jeff Grose, a city councilman who helps oversee the program, said they cut down the number of training nights after noting a strong turnout on a week night last year was far stronger than a weekend date also offered.
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The task force is overseen by Grose, police chief Scott Whitaker and four others: Todd Braddock, Matt Dick, John Cook and Nate Howett. They rely on a core of about 20 to 25 people who routinely are available for the hunt, but they also seek new participants each year.
“I have guys who have been doing this now for more than a decade. They feel like it’s public service. They love to hunt. They like to give back,” Grose said.
Grose said they’re hoping to attract as many as two dozen additional archers.
Grose estimates more than 500 deer have been taken since the program started more than a dozen years ago.
The program has evolved geographically. In the beginning the task force focused on public areas. But over the years, the task force has developed relationships with private property owners. In recent years, the program includes 20 or more private zones.
City Council will soon review plans for this year’s program. Decisions on specific reduction zones are determined by looking at broader nuisance areas in the city, Grose said.
Specific dates for the program have not been determined yet, Grose said.
Details, forms, and applications can be found at warsaw.in.gov/372/Deer-Task-Force.
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