Forest Preserve Deer Sharpshooters or Hunters?

[ToddPro]

In our time of school budget cuts, should the Will county board pay for sharpshooters to bring the deer population into managable levels or use hunters? If you dont want to pay for the sharpshooters please sign my petition

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

[Deer Damage]

Todd my question to you on this issue is would the Will County Board pay the hunters? If yes good idea if it could be done cheaper. Either way something needs to be done. The preserves are being ruined by the deer and they need to get them under control otherwise they will destroy a lot of native plants in the preserves. That makes it harder for the other animals who live there. The Joliet Topic Board had a stream about this and a majority of people just ignored the issue and obsessed about the deer being killed (not even looking at the larger problem with too many of them in the preserves). I am not big on hunting but if it solves this problem, as a conservationist I am 100% for it.

[ToddPro]

I am a hunter and would be willing to do it for free. Or even pay a license fee to do it. I butcher all my own meat and give it to friends and family. Nothing is wasted. From what I have read the sharpshooters are paid forest preserve employees slaughtering them in one weekend. Then what do they do with the rest? I guess I will find out at the first meeting. April 1st Village hall in Plainfield 5 to 8. Hope to see you there to support my cause.

[Common Sense]

Apparently U would rather the deer population increase to the point where more and more humans run into them in their cars. Are U aware at the amount of deaths a year are caused because of useless overpopulation of deer ? There are plenty of hunters that would be more than glad to provide there services for FREE. I personally would volunteer a weekend and take out 100 or so for free. Dirty Hippie

[Deer Damage]

Common Sense, are you that stupid you can't even live up to your name? Here is a piece of advice, read for context. Get a clue. I support this you moron! ToddPro is organizing it, so obviously he is good with it! I say let the hunters do it for free, it helps the preserves plus its good for the hunting community. If they get paid, thats ok too they would be providing a valuable service. I am pro parks, pro fishing, pro hunting, pro anything that promotes use of open space. Even though I am not into hunting that doesn't mean other people don't have the right to enjoy it. The lack of IQ is amazing.

[JustinCASE]

Deer Damage wrote:

Common Sense, are you that stupid you can't even live up to your name? Here is a piece of advice, read for context. Get a clue. I support this you moron! ToddPro is organizing it, so obviously he is good with it! I say let the hunters do it for free, it helps the preserves plus its good for the hunting community. If they get paid, thats ok too they would be providing a valuable service. I am pro parks, pro fishing, pro hunting, pro anything that promotes use of open space. Even though I am not into hunting that doesn't mean other people don't have the right to enjoy it. The lack of IQ is amazing.

A wounded deer can run.........after being shot by a hunter, crashing into a car or dying in some one's back yard. That's not good for public safety.

A regulated program with INSURANCE in place in case of any accidents is more sensible than letting people hunt these deer for free. Of course any deer meat/hides/etc. can be donated to food pantry's or some charity to help the needy.

here is One example:
However, Denniston said the measure of success will be forest growth, not deer density.
"The indicator of whether the plan is successful is when we get to the point where the forest is showing healthy regeneration," he said.
The park service said it will donate the meat to the Baltimore-based Maryland Food Bank, which expressed gratitude for the gift.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/ap/sh...

or..........
Johnson County will cull deer herd in Shawnee Mission park with sharpshooters and bow hunters Lexington Herald-Leader 2009-06-18
Despite pleas to save the animals, Johnson County officials will employ sharpshooters and bow hunters to solve the problem of too many deer in Shawnee Mission Park. The county park and recreation board agreed unanimously this evening with a staff recommendation to use the lethal option to reduce the park herd from approximately 200 deer per square mile in the greater park area to 50. "If the deer herd in Shawnee Mission Park is not culled or reduced as humanely as possible, Mother Nature will do so,"

[Toddpro]

I need everyones help on this one...

Will county forest preserve is trying to find out what to do with the overpopulation of deer in the preserves. Sharpshooters or Hunters?

Here is the online petition if you want the hunters to do it.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

One of the forest preserves has 150+deer per sq mile...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host three public meetings during the month of April to discuss its proposed plan to manage deer. Meetings are scheduled for:

Thursday, April 1 at the Village of Plainfield, 24401 W. Lockport Street, Plainfield (Community Rooms A and B, on the upper level of Village Hall);
Tuesday, April 13 at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center, McKinley Woods, 25055 W. Walnut Lane, Channahon; and
Wednesday, April 14 at Lincolnway Central High School, Rosenquist Auditorium (Enter at Door #1D.), 1801 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox.
Each meeting will be held from 5:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m. and will offer an opportunity for the public to obtain information, ask questions and provide comment. Comments may also be submitted via our on-line form.

Hope to see you all there

ToddPro

[Deer Damage]

JustINCase makes a very good point about liability and the need for insurance. Maybe they can come to common ground on this. There has to be some way to have volunteers help out with this while keeping the liability threat to a minimum.

[Toddpro]

Sign a waiver.

[Toddpro]

This cause needs support from Will county residents who feel that spending tax dollars on culling deer are better put towards the schools. There is an issue with over population no doubt about it. But how are we as residents going to allow our elected officials fix it.
Please sign the petition and show your support today.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

[JustinCASE]

Toddpro wrote:

This cause needs support from Will county residents who feel that spending tax dollars on culling deer are better put towards the schools. There is an issue with over population no doubt about it. But how are we as residents going to allow our elected officials fix it.
Please sign the petition and show your support today.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

The tax "Issue" of local schools has ZERO - ZERO - NOTHING to do with & The forest preserve !!!!!!

They are TWO Different taxing bodies.

[Deer Damage]

I am with Todd on a waiver of some sort. It looks like the latest issue Will County Forest Preserve The Citizen states the following on page 6 in their story District to Manage Deer Population, "At this meeting, members of the Board's Operations Committee supported the use of sharpshooting and public huntingas the most feasible options." So I don't think they are really that in love with sharpshooters. The article didn't say anyone was against hunters doing it. It sounds like to me Todd will get what he wants in some fashion. I am good with hunters doing it.

[Toddpro]

JustinCASE wrote:

<quoted text>
The tax "Issue" of local schools has ZERO - ZERO - NOTHING to do with & The forest preserve !!!!!!
They are TWO Different taxing bodies.

OK let me put it a diffrent way. I am willing to do it for free and they can use any extra monies that would be saved for forest preserve classes for young adults. BTW Justin, do you work for the county?:-)

[Toddpro]

I have 46 signatures and need many more please let the Will county residents know that there is a possiability for our county officals to use our tax dollars to do this and have them sign the petition.
Thank you
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

[Cecil]

Where do sign up!? I would shoot or bow hunt them for free!I live in will county but i do not hunt in ILL I have a home in michigan and do all my hunting there. ILL just has to many laws i like my 30/30 & 30/6 to hunt with and i hear in you can only use shotguns buck shot? But i have seen some very BIG bucks in southern IL i would not mind hunting them but again it's closer for me do drive to my home in michigan then go to southern IL. And i have got some pretty big bucks with my bow & rifle in Michigan. But Anyway where is a good spot to run my beagles and find some cotton tails?

[an2ny]

ToddPro wrote:

In our time of school budget cuts, should the Will county board pay for sharpshooters to bring the deer population into managable levels or use hunters? If you dont want to pay for the sharpshooters please sign my petition
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

ive been hunting for long time and i pay alot just to hunt, coz we dont have a hunting ground here in plainfield, now that they will open it, ill be glad to pay, this is the best thing thats gonna happen to me, hunting in my own city,( again) ill be happy to pay or if needed ill hunt all season if they let me do it for free

[Toddpro]

We are at 255 signatures but need MORE
Please sign if you have some extra time and leave a comment.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

[save the deer]

awwww!!!!

[Rambo]

ToddPro wrote:

In our time of school budget cuts, should the Will county board pay for sharpshooters to bring the deer population into managable levels or use hunters? If you dont want to pay for the sharpshooters please sign my petition
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hunt-the-dee...

I have hit two deer in the past year with my truck.It cost over $7000.00 to repair.I will gladly take out a few of those deer if it will help feed hungry people and prevent dangerous accidents.

[ToddPro]

Deer Management Update

Posted: 2/26/2010

The Forest Preserve’s White-Tailed Deer Management Plan, a proposal to cull deer at select preserves to reduce deer overpopulation and stress on Forest Preserve flora, has been altered by actions of the District’s Board of Commissioners.

At its May meeting, the Operations Committee of the Board of Commissioners voted on several key elements of the program. Separate votes approved the use of sharpshooters and a public hunting option that would permit shotguns to cull deer. However, the committee voted to remove bow hunting as a public hunting option. Staff was directed to prepare an Operational Plan describing how the District would implement sharpshooting and public hunting with shotguns and analyzing the program costs.

Following review of the Operational Plan and public comments from 18 individuals at the June meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Operations Committee Chairman James Moustis, while acknowledging that the Operations Committee had voted to approve the use of shotguns as a public hunting option, made a motion to remove the shotgun public hunting option from the Deer Management Plan. A vote of the full Board of Commissioners supported the removal of this option.

At the July Operations Committee meeting, Chairman Moustis announced that the Deer Management Plan, left with only sharpshooters as a proposed method of deer removal, would be tabled for two months. The committee directed staff to invite representatives from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to attend the August 12 Board of Commissioners’ meeting for the purpose of providing general information about deer management in Illinois and answering questions.

Chairman Moustis indicated that any finalized plan might not be enacted in 2010.

More information may be obtained by reviewing the Draft Deer Management Plan, Deer Management Information Booklet, or Deer Management Information Brochure. Comments may be submitted via our on-line form.


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