posted by Joe Polk at 11:26 AM /
Sharpshooters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture have virtually wrapped up their cull in Mt. Lebanon, with 68 deer taken over seven days since February.
In a summary given to Mt. Lebanon Public Works Director Tom Kelley, the USDA tallies list the kill totals as: seven adult males, 14 juvenile males, 30 adult females and 17 juvenile females.
"It went exceptionally well," said Craig B. Swope, a district supervisor and wildlife biologist with the USDA. "I could not have dreamed of a better outcome."
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/07095/775164-55.stm
Labels: deer culling, municipality, public works
5 Comments:
Thank god i can finally take the coffee pot off my head and bring my family out of the basement. Plus the dog looks tired from wearing that bullet proof vest for the last 2 months.
I wonder how we're going to wash the orange paint off him...
The two deer left in my back yard have broken legs. All the good looking ones are gone. I would have thought they would keep the healthiest alive.
I'd imagine it's hard to only shoot every injured deer in a township in only 7 nights. And who's to say that a deer that can survive with a broken leg isn't tougher than all those 4 legged deer?
If there was a guy that walked around on a broken leg and out competed me for food, he'd be one tough SOB.
When I imagine "sharp shooters" I imagine guys with night vision googles and lots of cools laser guns. The guys I imagine could pick out the gimpy deer.
I'm half kidding here by the way. I LOVE the deer.
Yes, and you have some vivid imagination, this isn't the movies.
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