- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
South Mountain deer hunters have harvested 102
Friday, February 01, 2008 BY ELIZABETH MOORE
Star-Ledger Staff
Sharpshooters killed 38 deer yesterday during the second day of a hunt being held at the Essex County-owned South Mountain Reservation.
The deer hunt is taking place every Tuesday and Thursday from dawn to dusk until Feb. 28. Volunteer trained hunters are working from tree stands throughout the reservation, which stretches through West Orange, South Orange, Maplewood and Millburn, to help cull the herd.
The goal is to eliminate 150 deer, said Anthony Puglisi, the county's director of public information. He said an estimated 300 to 400 deer live in the reservation and are devouring its grass and brush.
The first day of the hunt was Tuesday, and county officials said 64 deer were killed that day. After personnel from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife examined the animals, they determined 36 of the deer were does and 28 were bucks.
The breakdown by gender for yesterday's hunt was 21 does and 17 bucks. Hunters have been trained to target the female deer first to help keep the population down.
Picnic areas, parking lots and some roads are closed in the reservation during the days of the hunt, but three main thoroughfares will remain open.
Puglisi said sheriff's officers and local police are stationed at entrance points to the reservation and are patrolling to make sure no one exits Cherry Lane, Brookside Drive or South Orange Avenue. There are no sharpshooters near those roadways, he said.
The dispatched deer are being taken to a butcher approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with the resulting venison being distributed to homeless shelters and families in need through the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside, Puglisi said
Friday, February 01, 2008 BY ELIZABETH MOORE
Star-Ledger Staff
Sharpshooters killed 38 deer yesterday during the second day of a hunt being held at the Essex County-owned South Mountain Reservation.
The deer hunt is taking place every Tuesday and Thursday from dawn to dusk until Feb. 28. Volunteer trained hunters are working from tree stands throughout the reservation, which stretches through West Orange, South Orange, Maplewood and Millburn, to help cull the herd.
The goal is to eliminate 150 deer, said Anthony Puglisi, the county's director of public information. He said an estimated 300 to 400 deer live in the reservation and are devouring its grass and brush.
The first day of the hunt was Tuesday, and county officials said 64 deer were killed that day. After personnel from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife examined the animals, they determined 36 of the deer were does and 28 were bucks.
The breakdown by gender for yesterday's hunt was 21 does and 17 bucks. Hunters have been trained to target the female deer first to help keep the population down.
Picnic areas, parking lots and some roads are closed in the reservation during the days of the hunt, but three main thoroughfares will remain open.
Puglisi said sheriff's officers and local police are stationed at entrance points to the reservation and are patrolling to make sure no one exits Cherry Lane, Brookside Drive or South Orange Avenue. There are no sharpshooters near those roadways, he said.
The dispatched deer are being taken to a butcher approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with the resulting venison being distributed to homeless shelters and families in need through the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside, Puglisi said
- about 7 miles from here. Started to get all excited 
