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By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 05:38 p.m. EDT, Jun 10, 2009
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County again will rely on bowhunters to kill hungry white-tailed deer in the parks.
The park system will hold a lottery at 6 p.m. July 30 at the Oxbow Area of Cascade Valley Metro Park. That's off Cuyahoga Street in North Akron.
Hunters do not need to be present at the lottery that last year attracted 900 bowhunters to Firestone Metro Park.
The park system called on bowhunters to bolster its deer-management plan for the first time in 2008.
A total of 25 permits will be offered this year, and each permit is good for up to three hunters who are Summit County residents and who pass an archery test.
Last year, only two hunters could be on a permit.
Each hunter is allowed to shoot up to 10 deer under two state permit programs.
Applications for the lottery must be postmarked by July 18.
Applications and archery tests are available at four locations in Summit County:
• Gander Mountain, 2695 Creekside Drive, Twinsburg; 330-405-2999.
• Hadley's Sports Center, 5676 Manchester Road, New Franklin; 330-882-6060.
• The Complete Hunter's Outlet, 1325 Waterloo Road, Suffield Township; 330-628-1457.
• The Marksman, 3017 Barber Road, Norton; 330-745-2000.
Hunters may select one of three categories: general hunting, youth hunting for those age 17 and younger who are accompanied by a nonhunting adult or wheelchair-bound hunting.
The park district has made no decision but wants to gauge interest in youth hunting and wheelchair hunting, spokesman Nate Eppink said.
The district could offer youth hunting or wheelchair hunting at one of the eight areas where bowhunting is needed, he said.
Last year bowhunters killed 34 deer in four designated areas within the park district.
Eight park areas — all remote with limited public access — were chosen for archery this year:
• Pond Brook Conservation Area in Twinsburg Township.
• Columbia Run and Wetmore conservation areas in Boston Township.
• Two areas within Furnace Run Metro Park in Richfield Township.
• Kniss Conservation Area in Bath Township.
• Riding Run Conservation Area in Richfield, Bath, Cuyahoga Falls and Boston Township.
• An unnamed property in Clinton.
Hunters will be assigned a hunting area and given a designated time frame in which they can hunt between Sept. 26 to Feb. 7.
All hunters must follow Metro Parks rules and regulations, the hunting guidelines established by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and agree to harvest one antler-less deer before an antlered deer is taken.
Rules are available at http://www.summitmetroparks.org.
Since 2004, sharpshooters have killed more than 1,000 deer in the park district to protect biodiversity from heavy concentrations of deer.
In some areas, deer densities have been documented at more than 200 per square mile. Densities that exceed 20 per square mile are associated with threats to biodiversity.
The venison, donated to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, last year totaled 10,373 pounds.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County again will rely on bowhunters to kill hungry white-tailed deer in the parks.
The park system will hold a lottery at 6 p.m. July 30 at the Oxbow Area of Cascade Valley Metro Park. That's off Cuyahoga Street in North Akron.
Hunters do not need to be present at the lottery that last year attracted 900 bowhunters to Firestone Metro Park.
The park system called on bowhunters to bolster its deer-management plan for the first time in 2008.
A total of 25 permits will be offered this year, and each permit is good for up to three hunters who are Summit County residents and who pass an archery test.
Last year, only two hunters could be on a permit.
Each hunter is allowed to shoot up to 10 deer under two state permit programs.
Applications for the lottery must be postmarked by July 18.
Applications and archery tests are available at four locations in Summit County:
• Gander Mountain, 2695 Creekside Drive, Twinsburg; 330-405-2999.
• Hadley's Sports Center, 5676 Manchester Road, New Franklin; 330-882-6060.
• The Complete Hunter's Outlet, 1325 Waterloo Road, Suffield Township; 330-628-1457.
• The Marksman, 3017 Barber Road, Norton; 330-745-2000.
Hunters may select one of three categories: general hunting, youth hunting for those age 17 and younger who are accompanied by a nonhunting adult or wheelchair-bound hunting.
The park district has made no decision but wants to gauge interest in youth hunting and wheelchair hunting, spokesman Nate Eppink said.
The district could offer youth hunting or wheelchair hunting at one of the eight areas where bowhunting is needed, he said.
Last year bowhunters killed 34 deer in four designated areas within the park district.
Eight park areas — all remote with limited public access — were chosen for archery this year:
• Pond Brook Conservation Area in Twinsburg Township.
• Columbia Run and Wetmore conservation areas in Boston Township.
• Two areas within Furnace Run Metro Park in Richfield Township.
• Kniss Conservation Area in Bath Township.
• Riding Run Conservation Area in Richfield, Bath, Cuyahoga Falls and Boston Township.
• An unnamed property in Clinton.
Hunters will be assigned a hunting area and given a designated time frame in which they can hunt between Sept. 26 to Feb. 7.
All hunters must follow Metro Parks rules and regulations, the hunting guidelines established by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and agree to harvest one antler-less deer before an antlered deer is taken.
Rules are available at http://www.summitmetroparks.org.
Since 2004, sharpshooters have killed more than 1,000 deer in the park district to protect biodiversity from heavy concentrations of deer.
In some areas, deer densities have been documented at more than 200 per square mile. Densities that exceed 20 per square mile are associated with threats to biodiversity.
The venison, donated to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, last year totaled 10,373 pounds.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Canton, OH
Posted 05:47 PM, 06/10/2009
I want in. . . .
Akron, OH
Posted 06:48 PM, 06/10/2009
Good for the Metro-Parks! The deer need to be thinned out in the park system. There are way too many of them. I hunt deer with shotgun so I can't sign up or I would definitely be in!
I wonder how long it will be for the bleeding hearts, who would rather that the deer starve to death in the parks rather than have them culled, begin to scream and cry about cruelty to animals.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 06:55 PM, 06/10/2009
Waitin for the whinin'.....
Rats with antlers at this point!!!
Akron, OH
Posted 07:52 PM, 06/10/2009
I can't believe it - three positive comments on an ABJ story! Of course it is an article about killin' stuff!
I live near the Metroparks and I am tired of deer in my backyard, eating my plants, etc. I think they shouldn't have said where they were going to be, cuz the bleeding-heart Bambi-lovers will be out there taking pictures! Watch out for the night-vision cameras!
Waponi , Wu
Posted 07:32 AM, 06/11/2009
I've nailed 3 with a 92 Honda - no permit required.
Tallmadge, Oh
Posted 08:59 AM, 06/11/2009
Just this past weekend I passed 4 dead deer on the expressway between Brimfield 76 east down to 77 south by Arlington...what's going on? -usually you don't see this until the fall during rutting season...
Akron, OH
Posted 01:38 PM, 06/11/2009
maybe if urban sprawl wasn't creeping into every town and people lived in the cities there would be enough space and food for these animals.
ever think of that?
Barberton, OH
Posted 04:00 PM, 06/11/2009
KILL THEM ALL!!
Posted 04:45 PM, 06/11/2009
I live on the edge of the valley and have them in the yard everyday. Doesn't help that I feed them, ha.
From what I've heard, there are more deer now than when Indians roamed here.
I wont shoot one, but I love eating them. I think they could thin a whole lot more, and make the food and skins available to needy folks.
Snydertown, OH
Posted 08:19 PM, 06/11/2009
would love to hunt them, especially when it is warm out, but I live in the wrong county. I should try the '92 Honda thingy.
