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August 5, 2011 <br />Re: 2011 Deer Control Effots <br />Attached is the draft 2011 Deer Management Plan. Details are still being finalized and the Council's <br />input is needed relative to hunt areas. Specifically, Metro Bowhunters Resource Base is proposing we <br />add Spooner Park (south end), Gervais Mill Park, and some areas along the waterworks trail on the west <br />side of 35E go enhance control efforts. Your approval is needed. <br />Staff is also working in finalizing the Sculley property arrangements and how that will relate to MBRB's <br />efforts. You will also note in reviewing the draft plan that we are not recommending any limit on the <br />number of deer taken. The way the control efforts have gone the last two years, the numbers reduce <br />dramatically as the hunt season extends with deer avoiding the hunt areas. This is evidence by the <br />reduced numbers taken for each subsequent hunt period and that with 52 deer taken last year, we only <br />made a minimal dent in the population. <br />