Deer With Nowhere To Hide Being Slaughtered

This from the Ironwood Daily Globe

City deer hunt already doubles last year's effortPublished Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:31:08 PM Central Time
IRONWOOD -- The second year of Ironwood's inter-city deer hunt is going a long way to reduce the high population of whitetails.
As of Monday, city officials reported 44 antlerless deer had been shot. City manager Scott Erickson noted that compares to a total harvest of only 16 deer last year.
While last year's hunt was in the "Caves" area near McLeod Avenue, this year the bow hunters are pursuing deer in four sites in the city.
New to the hunt this year is the fact that three hunters will be allowed to shoot bucks.
At Monday evening's city commission meeting, the names of hunters Chad Cricks, Justin Lehto and Dave Marten Jr. were drawn out of a hat. They'll be eligible to each shoot a buck.
Hunters attending the meeting said they've been seeing some bucks.
Hunters were required to pass shooting efficiency tests before the hunt and were required to register with the city for permits.
On Monday, an illegal deer hunting tree stand not connected with the city hunt was confiscated from the Bonnie Street area, according to a public safety department report.
The stand is being held in the public safety department garage.