In fifteenth year, city bow hunt is meeting goals

By: John Ramos

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March 10, 2020

The City of Duluth’s annual urban deer hunt wrapped up its fifteenth season on Dec. 31, 2019. Archer...

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Paul March 11, 2020 At 5:37 am

Well done report.

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tripmt March 11, 2020 At 8:53 pm

This is the most positive I’ve ever felt about mountain biking trails.

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SHKatz March 11, 2020 At 11:11 pm

Years ago, one of the leaders of the ABA stood before the City Council to rebuff the notion that the “Annual Harvest” had turned into little more than a trophy hunt. As I recall, he scolded the Council for trying to intervene into “their” hunt. “We don’t need the Government telling us what to do.” Never mind that it was that same Government that granted them the original permission.

I grew up hunting, and still harvest game on occasion. As such, I have no problem with a group working to solve the deer problem in our area. But let’s keep it real…the ability to hunt deer in Duluth is exclusively the ABA’s “Hermantown” hunters. Admittedly, they represent a very limited number of non-residents.

I’m sorry the bike trails interfere with your hunt, but I would venture a guess that the number of trail users vastly outnumbers the ABA members.

Oh, and those hungry bears, they help reduce the deer population too.

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- John Ramos March 12, 2020 At 12:40 am
  
  I am unfamiliar with the meeting you’re referring to, but I do know that many of the hunters who sent me photos were not from Hermantown. Also, in the ABA’s annual report, they state that 72.8 percent of hunters in 2019 were from Duluth.
  
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SHKatz March 12, 2020 At 6:42 pm

I don’t recall the year of that council meeting. I would venture at least 10 years ago.
Thanks for clarifying the group’s makeup.

Our neighborhood struggled for years with the deer damage. Several households were feeding deer year-round. The DNR finally shut all of them down and the herd has diminished.

The housing is too dense to allow for the hunt around here, so we have lots of fencing for gardens and landscaped yards.

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- Vlad the Impaler March 14, 2020 At 10:46 pm
  
  Urban deer are totally a first-world issue. ‘Problem’ if you will. We have hundreds in our town. Landscaping is completely plants and trees deer don’ t eat, and if folks want vegetable gardens, it’s time to put up a fence or grow tomatoes, which deer don’t eat.
  
  No in-town hunting here and it’s nice to see deer walking around. Sort of like Yellowstone. It would be a shame to lose that.
  
  In the worst case, we’re saving our deer in reserve for the apocalypse. Then the wholesale slaughter is on.
  
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