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Article: Mequon considers guns, bow hunting to thin deer herd City to draft resolution for program that would include both approaches
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 19, 1998
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Mequon now may have a combination rifle sharpshooting and
bow-hunting program to thin a deer herd that the Department of
Natural Resources and some Mequon residents say is too large.
At the regular Wednesday meeting of the Mequon Common Council's
Public Welfare Committee, committee members indicated that their
support for a continued deer herd management program in the city.
While taking no formal action on the matter, two out of three
committee members indicated support for the idea and directed city
staff members to draft a resolution authorizing both rifle and bow
hunting to thin the Mequon deer herd.
The committee previously had been deadlocked on the issue.
Committee Chairman Robert ...