DesertFox
10-13-2006, 10:41 PM
Pity poor Bambi, everyone now wants a shot at her.
This month, Pound Ridge became one of the first towns in Westchester county to allow the hunting of white-tailed deer on town-owned property. The town is even going so far as to ask large property owners who might consider opening their backyards to hunters to register with police.
The Pound Ridge Town Board voted Oct. 5 to allow bow-hunters with valid state licenses to hunt on three pieces of town land - 63 acres off Winterbottom Lane, 19 acres of Sachs Park and 17 acres off Horseshoe Hill Road.
Why? Pound Ridge, like much of the Lower Hudson Valley, is overrun with deer - five times as many as the environment can sustain, town officials say.
More (http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061013/OPINION01/610130329/1015)
This month, Pound Ridge became one of the first towns in Westchester county to allow the hunting of white-tailed deer on town-owned property. The town is even going so far as to ask large property owners who might consider opening their backyards to hunters to register with police.
The Pound Ridge Town Board voted Oct. 5 to allow bow-hunters with valid state licenses to hunt on three pieces of town land - 63 acres off Winterbottom Lane, 19 acres of Sachs Park and 17 acres off Horseshoe Hill Road.
Why? Pound Ridge, like much of the Lower Hudson Valley, is overrun with deer - five times as many as the environment can sustain, town officials say.
More (http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061013/OPINION01/610130329/1015)