The Warsaw deer management committee has selected 43 archers to participate in this year's deer-reduction efforts in the city limits.
Warsaw Police Dept. Chief Perry Hunter notified the archers by phone Wednesday.
There were 45 archers who attended mandatory training Sept. 13 at WPD and 69 applications were received for this year's efforts.There were 11 archers who were not selected for this year's efforts. Those not selected included five archers who did not meet score requirements on the proficiency test, two who did not live in adjacent counties, and four who did not attend mandatory training, according to Hunter.
Bow-hunting season is Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 and archers will only hunt on weekdays for the efforts. Archers will not hunt on holidays.
This will be the third year for the reduction efforts.
There were 18 deer harvested during the first year's three-week hunt from Dec. 18, 2005, through Jan. 8, 2006. There were 39 deer harvested during last year's efforts that went from Oct. 1 through Jan. 6.
The archers picked up Deer Task Force information Friday at the WPD, including identification tags and archer hunting and parking rules.
The committee who selected the archers consisted of Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins, Hunter, City Councilman Jeff Grose, Steve Foster and Matt Dick.
Warsaw City Council, at its Aug. 18 meeting, approved again allowing trained archers to hunt in nuisance zones that have been declared by the Deer Task Force.
Archers will again hunt in zones including the entire area around Spring Hill, Oakwood Cemetery, Kosciusko Community Hospital and U.S. 30.
The task force previously met to discuss the possibility of expanding nuisance zones to include the north side of the Warsaw Street Department, northeast of Rozella Golf Course and the west side of Country Club Road.
Wiggins said the management committee will need to discuss with adjacent property owners possible expansion areas the task force recommends to the city council.
He said the proposed zones have not yet been approved.
Hunter said the archers for this year are qualified.
"I am pleased with the archers that were selected and think they are highly qualified," Hunter said.
Wiggins said he was pleased with the increase in archers for this year's efforts.
"More archers provide a potential for a larger reduction effort and that is a good thing," Wiggins said.
