Tuesday was the first day for Warsaw Deer Task Force archers to hunt in declared nuisance zones in the city limits.
There were 11 archers who hunted in four reduction zone areas and took three deer Tuesday, according to Warsaw Police Chief Perry Hunter.
Archers will hunt in reduction zones until Dec. 18. Archers hunt weekdays from dawn to dusk. They do not hunt on weekends or holidays.There were three archers who hunted Tuesday in zone A, south of KCH, where one deer was harvested; there were three archers who hunted in zone B, in woods behind Bowen Center, where one deer was taken; and two archers hunted in zone C, the Robinson property behind Springhill Addition, where one deer was taken; and three archers hunted on the Katris property behind Shamrock Trailer Park.
There are 11 archers who are expected to hunt in reduction zones today, Hunter said.
Warsaw City Council at its Sept. 7 meeting approved a resolution to allow archers to reduce the deer herd in Spring Hill Addition and the area around Kosciusko Community Hospital to serve as reduction zones for this year's hunt.
There were 70 archers who completed mandatory training for the reduction efforts Aug. 22 at Warsaw Police Department.
There were 62 archers who successfully qualified to hunt in reduction zones and were notified Sept. 2 they qualified for the reduction efforts, Hunter said.
Hunter said there were approximately 20 more archers who qualified this year compared to last year for the reduction efforts.
The archers went to WPD last Thursday to look at reduction zone maps and sign up for the reduction efforts.
Deer Task Force member Matt Dick said the task force will make recommendations at Monday's city council meeting to recommend nuisance zones and ask the council to approve them as reduction zones.
The three possible nuisance zones the task force is proposing to be reduction zones are Logan Street, north of Rozella Ford Golf Course; the area west of Country Club Road; and Hidden Lake behind Smith Tire along Ind. 15N.
Dick said the public is encouraged to attend Monday's council meeting to provide input on the task force's recommendations for the nuisance zones.
