Under the proposal, deer hunters and property owners who agree to let them on their land must sign an agreement to "hold harmless the City of Dalton Gardens, its agents, officers, employees, representatives, and consultants from and against any and all damages, costs and expenses …" Per the current proposal, the hunter will not: Shoot an arrow across a highway, roadway, sidewalk, bike path, walkway or beyond the approved area, to include within 500 feet of a school or shoot an arrow from within a motor vehicle.Ĭritics of the proposal worry that a hunter will miss and the arrow could fly toward a home or a person. Hunters are also encouraged to hunt from an elevated stand.
Smith was concerned the current plan recommends that hunting be confined to areas of at least one acre, a reduction from three acres.
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They will likely flee, injured, and could run into a yard where children might be playing, or out in the road where drivers may have to take evasive action. Smith said there is less than a 50% chance that a deer shot with an arrow will die on the spot. the majority of scoped guns I see the scope is too high, too far back and there is not enough cheek rest on the stock to get a good cheek weld and see through the scope. They probably would run away into a yard where children might be playing, or out in the road.Īs currently proposed, all residential property hunting locations must be approved by the property owner and the city hunters must be approved by the mayor and the Coeur d’Alene Bowmen the mayor or his/her designee will assign hunters to specific properties where they will be permitted to hunt. keep your eye on the target move gun with low power optic up to your cheek, in to your shoulder. "If you start killing them you get more deer," she said.Ĭhances are, more than half of deer shot with an arrow don't die on the spot, Smith said. Others have said the deer are becoming more aggressive and are a threat to children.ĭalton Gardens resident Jamie Smith said hunting deer in the city is not the solution, and education should be the focus. They say deer are starving, being struck by vehicles, and getting caught in fences. Some say the deer population has long been a problem and has grown to the point something must be done to reduce their numbers.
The purpose is to discuss making “archery deer hunting standard operating procedure that provides guidelines and safety requirements to residents and hunters who wish to participate in deer hunting opportunities in Dalton Gardens.”
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