{"id":102546,"date":"2019-01-05T14:04:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T19:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=102546"},"modified":"2024-08-03T20:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T01:55:52","slug":"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan state legislature voted last month to suspend the issuance of new permits for deer sterilization, a controversial method adopted by the city of Ann Arbor to control its growing urban deer population.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102551\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/deer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102551\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-102551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/deer-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/deer-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/deer-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/deer.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deer sterilization is an expensive process, and it might not even work. (<em>Photo: Wikimedia Commons\/Clinton &amp; Charles Robertson<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Why do we need deer sterilization in the first place when we have sportsmen who are fully capable of managing our deer species?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/12\/13\/legislature-deer-sterilization\/2277124002\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Rep. Triston Cole, R-Mancelona, who sponsored the legislation. &#8220;This is a wonderful opportunity for urban residents to learn about quality deer management and the benefits of hunting to the entire state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bill \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(54bm222ldj13qe3af1s01mdk))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2017-HB-5321\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 5321<\/a> \u2013 allows Ann Arbor\u2019s current deer sterilization contractor to fulfill its three-year agreement, but prohibits the state from issuing new permits to towns and cities until at least April 1, 2022. In the intervening years, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission will study the effectiveness of sterilization in controlling Ann Arbor&#8217;s deer population.<\/p>\n<p>HB 5321 also allows \u201curban areas with a high concentration of deer\u201d to increase the number of tags issued within special \u201cdeer management zones.\u201d Within these zones, local governments can also shorten the 150-yard minimum distance hunters must be from a building to harvest game.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed the Senate 26-10, the House 67-42, and was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on December 19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The communities do not own the deer,&#8221; Cole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2018\/12\/13\/michigan-house-votes-freeze-deer-sterilization-permits\/2283007002\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;The deer are owned equally by everyone in Michigan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ann Arbor introduced its deer sterilization program in 2016 to combat the growing deer herds within its jurisdiction. The city also hired \u201csharpshooters\u201d to cull the herds, and the two programs together cost $370,000 in 2017, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/12\/13\/legislature-deer-sterilization\/2277124002\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local media<\/a>. In that year, the city sterilized 54 deer, a two-hour process that involves capturing the animal, anesthetizing it, removing its ovaries, and returning it back to the area where it was captured.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/hunt365-remove-wolf-endangered\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\">House Moves to Remove Gray Wolf from Endangered Species List<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The program wasn\u2019t popular among hunters, including Michigan native, hunter, and rock n\u2019 roll icon Ted Nugent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What idiot could possibly need more proof that Michigan has lost its soul!&#8221; he wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tednugent\/posts\/10156106596732297\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\">Facebook<\/a> in November of 2018 alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fnews%2Fann-arbor%2Findex.ssf%2F2018%2F11%2Fann_arbor_puts_182k_toward_pla.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3N4qXqr7q_aUVnoQr7ciUrLCzUO7wkjuT2W3d6Sbtq6ZnLgn0j48uCwOc&amp;h=AT07c8mWbX3FFXhZhRjwRi4UFOo-0hrWHNvmofOvdL67_SHNjSa4ybPdURjhT86aDDlKFENc03vA2skCmsNYUnGg6dM_PZr55HZZknh8ILwj_kKzkcGp8rwi0ToEM8am_52hl-DE4GF6eCh6MJTfwDIEbrMMEo92ojknRxF8XICMc2qpyp48Xbe3zIg7MB0lE-wlviYfkjiTitxxpibgArsiyixRgem625G5KManF3XXsFEUoRtbv74v0NH415JbXPi1im8NMp3qIxTmXjLtgVqrT9LlPBDu79Tori1Ah3dbA4BGgImA2v8CnGrtCwEoIjPpMEOjgntvj09PBJZ7bxTwUZC1Czk5xbLxirGFzSsOWVMAG0auQxHJTfRclH6MTUFD-QQ6XmqWPEL9ep4Y91kVLH-RoaZluiMVuO4wn834ifw3t7rERtL6Lph2kswOT7a8XFV6PvklyIe8W63q0k2iirDJzXrTGg0ihkkOYC8Q14cWCz4Z1mOJHHNialUEWdOHvZH-eodv4oaimhjeqAYnzQRJ5u7bse2h7MvSvPF-Ydx4i_IlKScv66nBF6vD_XZsv2HSbgKl0QWrIG9S0eQuUEqc-XipbsZuxKBnUx5mYE6hfk0_Bu8r\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article<\/a> describing the state\u2019s sterilization efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The once great state of Michigan is now a laughingstock suburb of San Francisco s&#8212;hole hell,\u201d he continued. \u201cDownright embarrassing criminal abuse of power and corruption. Damn the liberals and Democrats all to hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other states have adopted deer sterilization as a way to control populations in areas that are prohibitive to firearm use. But <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlife.org\/wsb-study-sterilizing-female-deer-doesnt-reduce-deer-populations\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studies suggest<\/a> that the method does not effectively decrease deer herds, and urban areas have other options, like an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dgif.virginia.gov\/hunting\/urban-archery-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-michigan-deer-sterilization\" title=\"Michigan Votes to Cut Back on Deer Sterilization in Favor of Hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urban archery season<\/a>, to control its animal populations.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on 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