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  • VNVGUNNER

    Ultimate Member
    Nov 13, 2006
    2,840
    Hebron, Md.
    ROCKVILLE, Md. -- In an effort to control the deer population in Montgomery County, deer hunting will be allowed in three months in the more developed areas under a bill unanimously approved on Tuesday by the County Council.

    The council's measure will permit managed hunts in more parts of the county.

    The deer present myriad problems, including causing 2,000 collisions annually; an increase in Lyme disease, which is carried by deer ticks; and crop and property damage.

    More development cuts back on the animals' habitat and pushed them closer to populated areas to find food.

    County Council Vice Chairman Phil Andrews, chairman of the public safety committee, was persuaded by the information on deer-related dangers. He called the new hunting law "a significant change in policy."

    Under the new rules, deer hunting will be allowed 50 yards away from a road, on smaller parcels than currently allowed if landowners together create a 50-acre parcel for hunting.

    Deer hunting in Montgomery also would be permitted 150 yards away from a building that is occupied by animals but not people. That would allow hunting close to a barn that isn't next to a house. Signs would have to be posted to tell neighbors about the impending hunt.

    The county currently allows managed deer hunts in county parks several times a year, and there is an official deer hunting season in designated areas of the county. A managed hunt is under way at Little Bennett Regional Park off Interstate 270 north of Germantown, according to a county parks official.

    County residents have mixed reactions to permitting deer hunting closer to populated areas.

    Shelley J. Winkler of Washington Grove lives near a large open area where hunting would be allowed under the new law. She said she was worried. "This county is becoming denser by the minute, and to think that guns could be fired so close to my home and to many others near me is frightening," she said. "It's the inverse of what should be happening."

    But David Michaels, head of a citizens association in the Colesville area, wrote a letter to the County Council, in which he said the "overgrowth of deer in our area is resulting in a multitude of intolerable problems."
     

    Adams74Chevy

    Hits broadsides of barns
    Oct 3, 2007
    2,699
    Carroll Co.
    :omg:

    She said she was worried. "This county is becoming denser by the minute, and to think that guns could be fired so close to my home and to many others near me is frightening," she said. "It's the inverse of what should be happening."

    Instead hit a deer with your BMW you twit!
     

    foxtrapper

    Ultimate Member
    Sep 11, 2007
    4,533
    Havre de Grace
    OHHHH, lets just let those coyotes there breed and breed, they will take care of the deer! And your lil foofoo dogs too!

    BTW they have some nice bucks around there, some guy hit a huge 6pt with his truck as he was leaving his driveway one august. I wish he would come pick his mount up though.

    They should allow modern handgun hunting there LOL, give that women a more evil type of gun to bitch about LOL
     

    gtodave

    Member
    MDS Supporter
    Aug 14, 2007
    14,176
    Mt Airy
    There is no way MoCo would allow anyone to use a rifle in those circumstances....I would bet it is bow-only.
     

    VNVGUNNER

    Ultimate Member
    Nov 13, 2006
    2,840
    Hebron, Md.
    MARYLAND: Hunter fatally shot after being mistaken for a deer
    Associated Press


    RAWLINGS, Md. -- A hunter is dead after authorities say another hunter mistook him for a deer.

    Maryland Natural Resources police say 46-year-old James W. Dawson Jr. of Rawlings was shot and killed with a rifle. Police say Dawson was one of two hunters who were spotted by another hunter who thought they were deer.

    It happened early Saturday morning near the Dans Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Allegany County.

    Police didn't identify the hunter who fired the mistaken shot, and they declined to reveal whether Dawson was wearing blaze orange clothing. The errant hunter called 911 from a cell phone to report the shooting.

    The fatality remains under investigation. It happened on the last day for hunting deer with firearms.
     

    Half-cocked

    Senior Meatbag
    Mar 14, 2006
    23,937
    I have no sympathy for anyone who shoots another hunter because they "thought it was a deer", even if
    the victim wasn't wearing orange.

    YOU DO NOT PULL THE TRIGGER UNLESS YOU KNOW BEYOND ANY DOUBT WHAT YOU'RE SHOOTING AT.
     

    Jim Sr

    R.I.P.
    Jun 18, 2005
    6,898
    Annapolis MD
    MARYLAND: Hunter fatally shot after being mistaken for a deer
    Associated Press


    RAWLINGS, Md. -- A hunter is dead after authorities say another hunter mistook him for a deer.

    Maryland Natural Resources police say 46-year-old James W. Dawson Jr. of Rawlings was shot and killed with a rifle. Police say Dawson was one of two hunters who were spotted by another hunter who thought they were deer.

    It happened early Saturday morning near the Dans Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Allegany County.

    Police didn't identify the hunter who fired the mistaken shot, and they declined to reveal whether Dawson was wearing blaze orange clothing. The errant hunter called 911 from a cell phone to report the shooting.

    The fatality remains under investigation. It happened on the last day for hunting deer with firearms.
    http://www.examiner.com/printa-1094467~Police:_Hunter_fatally_shot_after_being_mistaken_for_a_deer.html

    http://www.times-news.com/archivesearch/local_story_342172537.html
     

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