These cities all do not allow hunting or discharging of firearms.
They want the state to pay for oral contraceptives for deer. They want the state to pay for it by raising the cost of hunting licenses!
Basically the state (ODNR) controls deer very well - by hunting. These local cities pass ordinances banning hunting then complain the the state is not managing their deer?
The shear stupidity of this staggers me. Deer are managed properly - North Royalton passes laws stopping this management. Then North Royalton complains about the problem they created and blames the state!
I intend to contact my councilman and the mayor - but I have been to meetings before where the deer issue was discussed and bowhunting considered. It did not go well. Not at all.
But you HAVE to get a video of that mayor trying to put a Trojan on some big, mature Ohio buck! :-)
Keep it up, you could do this for a living.
Thanks
But I'll say one thing: How the hell can they decide that hunters are responsible to pay the costs for wildlife management there? It has absolutely NOTHING to do with hunting. Why don't they send the bill to the local landscapers or the country club for providing all that forage? They can get away with banning the hunting in a roundabout way but to send the bill to hunters is bullchit!!!! I would not stand still for that.
Sounds like a good place for a ninja bowhunter to me. Are there any big bucks?
Don, I thought of a better idea. Almost as good as Medicinemann's.... send the bill to PETA!
I understand is a fine line, but often thought to make it an issue to city councils to make them remove their "No Hunting Ordinance", signs but felt eventual need for lawyers' involvement, and didn't really want to spend that kind of money for the cause...
We use to hunt a hollow located in a "city" that was loaded with deer and we heard the same thing....... no discharging of firearms or bows. But state law trumps the city ordinance when it comes to hunting and they can't do anything about it.
Had a game warden tell us that if we ever got into a situation with the law, to call him and he'd come ASAP, but we never had any problems.
One area that conducted a "cull hunt" went so far as to pour bleach on the meat of the animals that were taken...supposedly they feared for pathogens in the animals.....local opinion was that they feared that hunting would be perceived in a far more positive light.....
BULELK1's Link
See my link above---
We are a very conservative state, it can be done.
Good luck, Robb
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For those unaware, Peninsula is right down the road and located in the middle of Cuyahoga National Park, the only NP in Ohio...
At least they are considering bowhunting:
http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/peninsula-council-puts-bow-hunting-proposal-on-hold-1.520956
" Peninsula council puts bow-hunting proposal on hold
By Gina Mace Special to the Beacon Journal
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Published: September 9, 2014 - 09:54 AM
PENINSULA: Village council sent an ordinance that would have allowed bow hunting on village property back to the drawing board after a lengthy meeting Monday.
Councilman Brian Schall, a hunter, scrapped the proposed ordinance after hearing concerns from about a dozen residents.
The proposal sought to allow a Peninsula landowner and one guest to hunt with a bow and arrows on residential areas greater than 4 acres. If a resident’s land were smaller than 4 acres, a neighbor could agree to combine acreage to create a hunting area.
Hunters would be required to stay at least 600 feet away from any structure and 150 feet from a property line.
Betsy DuWaldt feared the ordinance would encroach on her property rights. She said the danger from hunters so close could limit use of her property for one-third of the year because of safety concerns.
Another woman called the proposal, “an accident waiting to happen.”
“We have lots of visitors, tourists, on a daily basis,” she said. “If there is an accident — injury or death — who is culpable?”
Kevin Royer said deer can be a nuisance.
“But if this passes as written,” he said, “25 to 30 feet from my property line, my neighbor can shoot deer all day long.”
Schall agreed that some of the residents who spoke raised valid concerns. He said he plans to introduce a revised ordinance in the future.
But that won’t happen soon enough for Peninsula hunters who had hoped to be sitting in tree stands for the Sept. 27 opening of archery season for white-tailed deer.
Schall wants to take some time to gather information and sit down with the police chief before writing a better, stricter ordinance.
“It needs to be more in-depth,” he said.
Gina Mace can be emailed at [email protected]. "
Aye brother!. Of course "it didn't work" means nothing to the willfully ignorant.
Find a way to force the cost of contraceptives, and the cost of their failure right down the throats of the bone heads that want it.
