UPDATED FIGURES
Ohio’s March 15th primary was a bigger winning
night for deer management and archery hunting than it was for John Kasich and
Hillary Clinton.
In five Cuyahoga County highly urbanized communities
which orbit Cleveland, ballot issues appeared that would permit the respective
cities to establish controlled archery deer hunting.
Ballot language for each was very nearly identical. This
wording stated that each respective community’s police chief and municipal
leaders would draft rules that would “… permit the limited hunting of
white-tailed deer by crossbow or long bow by licensed individuals conducted
from elevated platforms, under terms and conditions established b the State of
Ohio…” as well as other requirements established locally.
With 100 percent of Cuyahoga County’s unofficial total
number of votes having been counted, the range of voter support for passing the
ballot language allowing archery deer hunting ran from a low of 56.3 percent to
as much as 68.3 percent.
A breakdown of this support for the five Cuyahoga County
communities – and again based on unofficial total results provided by the Board
of Elections – is: Broadview Heights – 63.4 percent; North Royalton – 68.3
percent; Parma – 60.8 percent; Parma Heights – 56.3 percent; Seven Hills – 65.6
percent.
All of these communities have seen a huge increase in
their respective deer herds, with the resulting issues of deer-motor vehicle
accidents and damage to property, including destroyed landscaping.
While opposition from persons who either don’t want to
see any deer killed or those individuals who believe that archery hunting is
not an effective means of controlling white-tails, clearly voters in each of
the five communities believe otherwise and expressed that opinion March 15th
at where it counted most: The ballot box.
By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
Jeff is the retired
News-Herald reporter who covered the earth sciences, the area's three
county park systems and the outdoors for the newspaper. During his 30 years
with The News-Herald Jeff is the recipient of more than 125 state, regional and
national journalism awards. He also is a columnist and features writer for the
Ohio Outdoor News, which is published every other week and details the outdoors
happenings in the state.
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