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Summit Metro Parks gets state OK to cull herd to protect vegetation
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 07:30 a.m. EST, Jan 07, 2009
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County has state approval to shoot white-tailed deer this winter.
The first deer were shot Monday night by park sharpshooters after the park district got approval from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife.
The state permit gives the park district approval to shoot from 220 to 335 deer in seven parks and one conservation area to protect the park's flora and fauna, said spokesman Scott Peters of the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
The parks covered by the permit are:
• Cascade Valley Metro Park in Akron; 15 to 25 deer.
• Munroe Falls Metro Park in Munroe Falls; 30 to 40 deer.
• Liberty Park in Twinsburg, Twinsburg Township and Reminderville; 75 to 125 deer.
• O'Neil Woods Metro Park in Bath Township; 15 to 20 deer.
• Sand Run Metro Park in Akron; 40 to 50 deer.
• Hampton Hills Metro Park in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls; 20 to 35 deer.
• Silver Creek Metro Park in Norton; 20 to 30 deer.
• Stanford Road conservation area in Boston Township; five to 10 deer.
Since 2004, sharpshooters — trained park personnel shooting at baited stations at night in closed parks — have killed 874 deer in the park district.
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County has tried to reduce deer density levels to restore and maintain a balanced ecosystem in its 13 parks and six conservation areas.
Officials say hungry deer have become a major threat to other plants and animals.
Deer densities in the Summit County parks exceed 50 to 100 deer per square mile, and in some areas have topped 200 deer per square mile.
A density of 15 deer per square mile is ideal. Densities that exceed 20 deer per square mile are starting to affect biodiversity, officials said.
Last winter sharpshooters killed 257 deer in five parks: Sand Run, Cascade Valley, Munroe Falls, O'Neil Woods and Liberty Park.
That produced 9,850 pounds of venison, which was donated to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.
For the first time, the park district this winter allowed local bow hunters to kill deer in four park-owned areas:
• The Columbia Run Conservation Area in Boston Township.
• The Quick Road Conservation Area in Boston Township and Cuyahoga Falls.
• The Pond Brook Conservation Area south of state Route 82 in Twinsburg Township.
• A section of Furnace Run Metro Park in Richfield Township.
That program got under way last fall and continues until Feb. 1.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County has state approval to shoot white-tailed deer this winter.
The first deer were shot Monday night by park sharpshooters after the park district got approval from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife.
The state permit gives the park district approval to shoot from 220 to 335 deer in seven parks and one conservation area to protect the park's flora and fauna, said spokesman Scott Peters of the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
The parks covered by the permit are:
• Cascade Valley Metro Park in Akron; 15 to 25 deer.
• Munroe Falls Metro Park in Munroe Falls; 30 to 40 deer.
• Liberty Park in Twinsburg, Twinsburg Township and Reminderville; 75 to 125 deer.
• O'Neil Woods Metro Park in Bath Township; 15 to 20 deer.
• Sand Run Metro Park in Akron; 40 to 50 deer.
• Hampton Hills Metro Park in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls; 20 to 35 deer.
• Silver Creek Metro Park in Norton; 20 to 30 deer.
• Stanford Road conservation area in Boston Township; five to 10 deer.
Since 2004, sharpshooters — trained park personnel shooting at baited stations at night in closed parks — have killed 874 deer in the park district.
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County has tried to reduce deer density levels to restore and maintain a balanced ecosystem in its 13 parks and six conservation areas.
Officials say hungry deer have become a major threat to other plants and animals.
Deer densities in the Summit County parks exceed 50 to 100 deer per square mile, and in some areas have topped 200 deer per square mile.
A density of 15 deer per square mile is ideal. Densities that exceed 20 deer per square mile are starting to affect biodiversity, officials said.
Last winter sharpshooters killed 257 deer in five parks: Sand Run, Cascade Valley, Munroe Falls, O'Neil Woods and Liberty Park.
That produced 9,850 pounds of venison, which was donated to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.
For the first time, the park district this winter allowed local bow hunters to kill deer in four park-owned areas:
• The Columbia Run Conservation Area in Boston Township.
• The Quick Road Conservation Area in Boston Township and Cuyahoga Falls.
• The Pond Brook Conservation Area south of state Route 82 in Twinsburg Township.
• A section of Furnace Run Metro Park in Richfield Township.
That program got under way last fall and continues until Feb. 1.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Posted 09:16 PM, 01/06/2009
Why don't they open this up for deer hunters? This is stupid!
barberton, oh
Posted 10:00 PM, 01/06/2009
I second that motion. Sharpshooters my foot, I think it's called bushwacking. At night U can walk up and slice the jugular, sharpshooters use High Power Rifles from 400 yards....
Akron, OH
Posted 07:41 AM, 01/07/2009
I think it's better the way they planned it. Sorry, but most deer hunters are amateurs at best.
I only wish they would thin the herds more.
Barberton, OH
Posted 10:19 AM, 01/07/2009
BAMBI STEW!!! GOOD EATING.
akron, oh
Posted 09:22 PM, 01/07/2009
Beta--I guess you never seen my group of hunters. maybe they should open it to more hunters--Bow and shootgun. It would only take a group of hunters a year or two to lower the heards, free of charge, and the increase in extra permits for the state. The land owners around the park need to quit complaining about the possiblity of hunters. They sure complain about the destruction to their property.
