Solon is having a hell of a time deciding how best to kill its extra deer. A previous sharpshooting project rid the city of about 600 Bambi-types in the first year but didn’t have the desired result. Vehicle-deer collisions went up from 45 to 64.
Citing budget problems, city council decided to phase out the sharpshooting program and instead thought they would try out a little crossbow hunting. Themselves.
According to Sun News, several city officials were eager to become one of the six to 10 “experienced crossbow hunters” needed for the small-scale deer-harvesting event, which would not be open to hunters from the general public.
This idea didn’t go over well at all with the Solon citizenry.
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2011.