Youngstown Mill Creek Park

[Ohiosam]

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has approved two ways of lowering the deer population: sharpshooting and hunting, and both include killing the deer.

Mill Creek proposes how to control deer population

Mill Creek MetroParks is proposing to use a controlled hunt and culling to control its overpopulation of deer.

www.wkbn.com

 

["J"]

You putting in for it? My brother said he was.

 

[Hedgelj]

lots of albino deer from mill creek in the Ohio nature lovers Facebook group... this'll cause quite the stir over there

 

["J"]

lots of albino deer from mill creek in the Ohio nature lovers Facebook group... this'll cause quite the stir over there

Any hunt in that park causes a stir….. They’ve done them before with lots of outcry from the tree huggers

 

[Curran]

I would love to come back home and fill tags on some Millcreek does. My mom even said I could bring my friends and have a sleepover as long as she gets backstraps on the grill for dinner.

 

[Ohiosam]

Park director, Aaron Young, is a bow hunter.

 

["J"]

Park director, Aaron Young, is a bow hunter.

Any relation too the original Young’s?

 

[Ohiosam]

Any relation too the original Young’s?

I have no idea, I think Aaron Young came from the Sharon area.

 

[Ohiosam]

Listened to local call in radio a little this morning and I learned some things. Denny Malloy from Whitetails Unlimited was a caller.

The park claims there are 387 deer per square mile. Denny Malloy really questioned that number. I do to, I drive along edges of the park fairly frequently and don't see many deer or more dead deer along the road than other places I drive. the state average is something like 15/sq mile (if you believe ODNR numbers)

The Park had an advisory board on wildlife (I knew several members) but disbanded it a few years ago.

It sounds like they're leaning towards using sharpshooters more than hunters, but the decision hasn't been made public.

It's a very emotional issue. OK I didn't learn that, I already knew it

 

["J"]

Listened to local call in radio a little this morning and I learned some things. Denny Malloy from Whitetails Unlimited was a caller.

The park claims there are 387 deer per square mile. Denny Malloy really questioned that number. I do to, I drive along edges of the park fairly frequently and don't see many deer or more dead deer along the road than other places I drive. the state average is something like 15/sq mile (if you believe ODNR numbers)

The Park had an advisory board on wildlife (I knew several members) but disbanded it a few years ago.

It sounds like they're leaning towards using sharpshooters more than hunters, but the decision hasn't been made public.

It's a very emotional issue. OK I didn't learn that, I already knew it

I didn’t help when they were allowing people to hunt too close too the housing areas and deer were dropping in their backyards either…. Got to be a decent buffer to prevent that from happening. Not that it won’t still happen just minimize it.

 

[Ohiosam]

I didn’t help when they were allowing people to hunt too close too the housing areas and deer were dropping in their backyards either…. Got to be a decent buffer to prevent that from happening. Not that it won’t still happen just minimize it.

Years ago one of my pumpkin customers asked if I was related to Rick Detwiler, we are something like 3rd-4th cousins. This guy was Rick's neighbor on the east side of the park south of 224. I guess Rick let someone hunt his backyard, these are maybe 2 acre lots

 

[hickslawns]

I was trying to fathom 350-400 deer per sq mile. Hate to hear about sharp shooters for deer. Hope they come up with a better option.

 

["J"]

Years ago one of my pumpkin customers asked if I was related to Rick Detwiler, we are something like 3rd-4th cousins. This guy was Rick's neighbor on the east side of the park south of 224. I guess Rick let someone hunt his backyard, these are maybe 2 acre lots

There’s more of that going on then people realize. Some get caught, most don’t….

 

[Ohiosam]

There’s more of that going on then people realize. Some get caught, most don’t….

The people who owned the sod farm hunted all over the park back in the day.

 

["J"]

Concern grows over deer hunting program at Mill Creek Park

Concern grows over deer hunting program at Mill Creek Park

www.wfmj.com

People are idiots