To Protect and Serve….. Venison?
December 7, 2007
The town of Smithfield has 3 detectives deer hunting as part of their job and it is not to infiltrate some gang of rednecks but to kill deer. The town claims that they have an over population of deer within the town limits that has to be reduced.
Police officers are being used because it is more cost effective to allow them to hunt while on duty then for the town to hire sharpshooters. North Carolina Wildlife Commission biologist recommended that the town use sharpshooters or bow hunters.
A new law that went on the books this past year was designed to help cities and towns to deal with the exploding urban deer population by allowing them to hold bow hunts in January & February. The law calls for archers who have demonstrated proficiency with their bows to be allowed to hunt during this season. Unfortunately no city or town has decided to take advantage of this new option. The cost of this to the towns would be virtually nothing and it would certainly keep law officers on the streets and out of the trees.
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Hey Moose, how close are you to Smithfield (forgot where you live)?
Do they offer the certification program there?
I’ve been getting kinda into this over at the Black Bear Blog where Tom posted this the other day… but of course he doesn’t have the local perspective, and I don’t live out there anymore.
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