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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 7, 2023 1:30 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: Lapham Peak - Bow Hunting?</span></div>
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NO!!!</div>
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There has to be a better option. Like wild horses, maybe corral up the deer find good homes or use for the food pantry. Hire some cowboys to lasso them up. </div>
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I remember the arboretum hiring shooters to go in during a specific time to control deer. I don't like that idea either.</div>
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Not sure how other large parks manage this.</div>
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As I looked at the map. <b>The entire prairie between C and Cushing Park Rd would be open for bow.</b></div>
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Bow hunting may work and I can see good reasons to consider this option.</div>
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BUT..</div>
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The peace of mind our public presently holds..... that during hunting season, Lapam Peak has been one of the only public parks providing a safe haven from the fear of being shot.</div>
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During hunting season</div>
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All other State Kettle Moraine and Public lands are hunted.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="https://laphampeakfriends.org/hunting" id="OWA5a99b882-38c6-2867-09d2-5ba6093e63e6" class="OWAAutoLink" shash="wMPm1F9yQdK//JPB64HhNmajbMpz4dXIHFW4Cpc/lujNKz4I8AXdxz2DpcrKMQLODZ9IomygpskaE3j7UiQGXG1Ck5e4hwcYoMUY0V0d6SKp33IFX+7oWR1Rofak7vjDi/CcIzGU1VGkVBDHGGvMqN5XE5YRuyluAIm7jVuJhhA=" originalsrc="https://laphampeakfriends.org/hunting" data-auth="Verified">https://laphampeakfriends.org/hunting</a></span></div>
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<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>To comment, send an email and identify yourself, your address, and your comments to:</b>
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DNRFWPPRGuidance@wisconsin.gov</a> <b>by December 10<sup>th</sup>.</b></span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Below from the Humane Society</b></span></p>
<h3 style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How can we control deer populations humanely?</span></h3>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wildlife fertility control offers a humane way to manage deer populations. Researchers have developed methods of deer “birth control”—ways to keep deer from reproducing.
The Humane Society of the United States has focused on one of them: PZP (porcine zona pellucida), an immunocontraception vaccine that can keep adult female deer from becoming pregnant and has reduced deer populations by as much as half. Surgical sterilization
or ovariectomy is another option for humanely controlling deer population growth. Although it is expensive, it need only be done one time. Removing the ovaries or a large enough percentage of an area’s does has been shown to reduce deer populations by
<a href="https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wsb.1218" id="OWAe774e9db-7132-ae37-44f1-7551f7aea48f" class="OWAAutoLink" shash="iO+7ksUEZC0Po5h4jy5zUtrSjmJiDoCNcTBAJ620Anzrkg70lUZ6CGuRrGAqvdFR6giNLZZwCIoE+/+HGGCRIp/+OidI0I1KnL/MdUrRiaxqbQaBmycW/5X6xHNWhco7ugg+CL56ukp+lsQ6aNbY0Hrn5EqWZ6/tsogGaY+ttug=" originalsrc="https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wsb.1218" data-auth="Verified" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
as much as 45%</a>.</span></p>
<h4 style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Immunocontraception: PZP</span></h4>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PZP works by causing an immune reaction in does that blocks sperm fertilizing eggs. Unlike some fertility control vaccines and methods that cause undesirable behavior
changes, PZP simply prevents fertilization. Most importantly, because PZP is a natural protein, like all other proteins found in animals, it is safe to use and will not harm animals. PZP can be delivered to adult female deer by hand or remotely using darts
shot from a dart gun.</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Recent improvements in the PZP vaccine now prevent deer from having fawns for up to three years with just one treatment. This significantly reduces the time needed
to dart animals and so the costs of treating deer.</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Since the 1990s, the HSUS has conducted several successful PZP immunocontraception research projects on deer. Here are the four biggest:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fire Island National Seashore (FINS) was the HSUS's original deer study site. The primary goals there were to see whether more than 200 deer could be darted each year and to the effectiveness
of PZP on what had been a growing deer population. The deer were easily darted and the immunocontraceptive alone was shown to reduce a deer population over time.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The HSUS also used PZP over a period of 20 years to treat the deer on the fenced campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md. The number of deer
collisions dramatically decreased, the remaining deer became healthier and the deer population growth rate fell, despite the fact that urbanization and development around the facility caused constant migration of new deer onto the campus.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Over a five-year period of darting deer on Fripp Island, S.C., with PZP, the deer population decreased by nearly 60 %. In addition, the remaining deer were healthier. Residents were pleased
and the number of human deer conflicts fell.</span></li><li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">An eight-year study in the New York City suburb of Hastings on Hudson, N.Y., showed that PZP could reduce a deer population in an area that was not bounded by water or by a fence by as much
as 50 %. The terrain in Hastings on Hudson was challenging, with close together homes and rocky hills, but researchers managed to dart more than 60 percent of the does. The treated does stayed in their territories and kept new, untreated does from moving in.
The study showed that two shots given over a period of two and half years can prevent fertilization for up to five years.</span></li></ul>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 9:44 PM Jacki Lyden <<a href="mailto:jacki.lyden@gmail.com" id="OWA34ee7c8c-a2fc-c0a0-00ed-65ade59b1689" class="OWAAutoLink">jacki.lyden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Ghastly idea. Dangerous. <br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 22:17 Susie MAR Thompson <<a href="mailto:smart4del@gmail.com" id="OWA6335158c-f2a0-c2b9-6d38-fb2304d8da15" class="OWAAutoLink">smart4del@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Seriously?</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">Any other WI State Parks allow it?</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">What about adjoining states & their parks?</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Sounds like fatal accidents waiting to happen?</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 9:07 PM Jacquelyn Valde <<a href="mailto:jacquelynvalde@gmail.com" id="OWA59f99050-8bb9-4647-9b75-e1bd0c0e14be" class="OWAAutoLink">jacquelynvalde@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9.75pt;">There is a chance the Wisconsin DNR will open up Lapham Peak State Park to Bow Hunting.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9.75pt;">While I understand that hunting has a purpose - I also want to keep Lapham Peak free from hunting. I like the idea of fall hikes without the chance of being shot - by bullet or bow.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9.75pt;">Check out the friends of Lapham Peak for a link to the DNR.</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 9.75pt;">We only have until THIS SUNDAY - to submit comments</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>I want to create a world in which the environment doesn't need protection.</i></b></span></div>
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