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On a hilltop with breathtaking views of New York's skyline, sharpshooters perched in trees took aim Tuesday at white-tailed deer, a species being crowded out of one of the nation's most densely populated areas.
Committee Votes Yes to Deer CullingAfter hearing passionate testimony from differing views on the annual county-run deer hunt in South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood's Township Committee voted to go forward with the deer hunt.
Hunts reduce Morris County's deer population by 1,300Plant regeneration is not a hot water-cooler topic. Not likely to spark a heated dinner table discussion. But don't tell Philip Notestine it's not exciting.
Deer hunt planned again in northern NJFor a second year in a row, sharpshooters will help thin the deer population in a 2,000-acre northern New Jersey land preserve. Last spring, volunteer marksmen in Essex County killed 213 of an estimated 300 to 400 white-tail deer in the South Mountain Reservation.
Deer Hunt Goes Ahead After Years of Protest The hunters gathered on Thursday at the glow of dawn on the icy slopes of South Mountain Reservation in Essex County. By sunrise, the thermometer had risen to 27 degrees and they were 30 feet up in tree stands, camouflaged and waiting.
20 kills bring Essex County deer hunt tally to 139Sharpshooters killed 20 deer during the fourth day of the Essex County-sponsored deer hunt in South Mountain Reservation today, bringing the deer-culling total to 139, officials said.
The Most Important Lesson of Deer HuntingThere is an old poem in which a father exhorts his son to caution with the words "All the pheasants ever bred won't make up for one man dead." This is the story of how I learned the wisdom of those words.
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