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Former Deer Management Group member Tom Nelson addresses Jamestown City Council (April 10, 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n

A former member of the Jamestown Deer Management Group<\/strong> is questioning what the City of Jamestown<\/strong> is doing in regards to the city’s deer<\/strong> population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Former Council member and current County Legislator Tom Nelson<\/strong> questioned council members<\/strong> about what’s been done, what’s going to get done, and if a committee has been formed regarding deer in the city, “I know many times you get people coming to council meetings complaining they don’t have a solution. I think many of you know I put forward a solution in September of 2021 which was rejected by many members of this council. So, my question to you is, you didn’t like that plan, what is your plan?”<\/p>\n

Council had voted down a proposal 2 to 7 at the September 2021 voting session that would have allowed 8 bow hunters to receive licenses with the two sites for hunting limited to Jones Memorial Park<\/strong> and the wooded area behind the Allen Park Ice Rink<\/strong>. This was the proposal suggested by Council member at large Jeff Russell<\/strong> to replace an initial proposal to allow 15 licensed hunters to take down up to 4 antler-less deer between November 1st and December 31st in five designated areas of Jamestown.<\/p>\n

Mayor Eddie Sundquist<\/strong> said he still supports efforts to reduce the deer population in the city, “Typically, some kind of hunt.. that is the recommendation from the DEC (State Department of Environmental Conservation)<\/strong>. Can’t do sterilization because it has to be tied to a university and program, and other methods are just way too expensive or not going to be allowed by the state. So, whatever you guys want to do, let me know. I remain steadfast in supporting reducing the deer population as a resident of Ward 6 who sees a lot of it, and now we’re hearing from Ward 5 and others.”<\/p>\n

Councilmembers Randy Daversa<\/strong>, Andrew Faulkner<\/strong>, Russell, and Brent Sheldon<\/strong> had mentioned at the October 3, 2022 City Council work session that they had met with each other to discuss the issue, but no follow-up meetings were ever announced.<\/p>\n

Council member at large Kim Ecklund<\/strong> said on Monday that whatever that work group moved forward with should be a multi-pronged approach, “When Andy Liuzzo<\/strong> was on council, he was adamant about a deer program and actually worked with the town of Ellicott<\/strong> to issue more permits. I never heard the result of that. We never got a ‘Did it work? Did it not work?’ But, living on the edge of the town, there are more deer. There’s a lot of reasons why there is more deer and you can ask many hunters. There’s less people hunting. There’s more posted property for people to not be able to hunt on.”<\/p>\n

At the October 2022 meeting, Council member Marie Carrubba<\/strong> said the deer group should include not just city council members but an attorney, people in favor of a hunt, as well as people with other options for handling the deer population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former member of the Jamestown Deer Management Group is questioning what the City of Jamestown is doing in regards to the city’s deer population. Former Council member and current County Legislator Tom Nelson questioned council members about what’s been done, what’s going to get done, and if a committee has been formed regarding deer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":51273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[95,10366,9730,277,10866,2684,7652,1122,10594,9779,13171,1365,1496,6198,10761,4765,2275],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tom-Nelson-Deer-4-10-23.jpg?fit=1000%2C555&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-dkY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39721,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-council-to-consider-deer-hunting-resolution-in-september\/","url_meta":{"origin":51272,"position":0},"title":"City Council to Consider Deer Hunting Resolution in September","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"About a dozen people attended an information session of the Jamestown Deer Management Group to learn about a plan to allow for bow hunting in the city. 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