A Closer Look at Medfield’s Deer Culling Program After One Month
Nov. 17 marked one month of deer hunting in Medfield and Monday marks four full weeks of the program. Here’s a closer look at how the program is faring, according to Chris Kaldy, Medfield Lyme Disease Study Committee chair.
Medfield’s deer culling program is doing “very well” in its early efforts to reduce Lyme disease in town by reducing the deer population, according to Chris Kaldy, Medfield Lyme Disease Study Committee chair. “We feel the program is going very well,” Kaldy said. “We've taken deer, we have a solid group of hunters out regularly and the general mechanics of the program are working well.” Kaldy said the program has “about 30 volunteer hunters” from Medfield and surrounding towns that have helped make the program a success in its first full-month. While hunters have been successful in taking deer from the various hunting parcels around town, Kaldy said the volunteers are also facing some challenges early in the season. “The challenge is the …
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