[Lekooks] Fw: Lapham Peak - Bow Hunting?

[Fran B.]

Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 1:30 PM
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Subject: Re: Lapham Peak - Bow Hunting?

NO!!!

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.
 I remember the arboretum hiring shooters to go in during a specific time to control deer. I don't like that idea either.
Not sure how other large parks manage this.
As I looked at the map. The entire prairie between C and Cushing Park Rd would be open for bow.
Bow hunting may work and I can see good reasons to consider this option.
 BUT..
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.
During hunting season
All other State Kettle Moraine and Public lands are hunted.

https://laphampeakfriends.org/hunting


To comment, send an email and identify yourself, your address, and your comments to: DNRFWPPRGuidance at wisconsin.gov<mailto:DNRFWPPRGuidance at wisconsin.gov> by December 10th.


Below from the Humane Society

How can we control deer populations humanely?

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 as much as 45%<https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wsb.1218>.

Immunocontraception: PZP

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.

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.

Since the 1990s, the HSUS has conducted several successful PZP immunocontraception research projects on deer. Here are the four biggest:

  *   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.
  *   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.
  *   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.
  *   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.

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On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 9:44 PM Jacki Lyden <jacki.lyden at gmail.com<mailto:jacki.lyden at gmail.com>> wrote:
Ghastly idea.  Dangerous.

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On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 22:17 Susie MAR Thompson <smart4del at gmail.com<mailto:smart4del at gmail.com>> wrote:
Seriously?
Any other WI State Parks allow it?
What about adjoining states & their parks?

Sounds like fatal accidents waiting to happen?

Susie MAR Thompson

On Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 9:07 PM Jacquelyn Valde <jacquelynvalde at gmail.com<mailto:jacquelynvalde at gmail.com>> wrote:
Greetings, Defenders!

There is a chance the Wisconsin DNR will open up Lapham Peak State Park to Bow Hunting.

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.

Check out the friends of Lapham Peak for a link to the DNR.
We only have until THIS SUNDAY - to submit comments

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Thanks.

jackie






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