The new Unit 19 is formed from old units. These units were previously open to centerfire just last year, why would you want to close the whole unit to centerfire. Yes, in the City Limits centerfire and all guns are excluded. But crossbows are legal, how come they are not being employed to encourage other hunters and allow equal access for all hunters?? We are trying to reduce the herd in that area and manage the herd aren' t we, let all hunters help!!!

The main purpose for this new Unit 19 was to reduce the population in this area. In order to do that hunting pressure must be applied in sufficient quantity to that area and a considerable amount of the deer population must be reduced. There has been the argument that was stated earlier that the centerfire hunters will decimate the population....sounds like the real tool to reduce and manage the population in this new Unit 19, the reason it was established. If we imported all the archery hunters into the New Unit at 50% success rate, still not enough of that area of the herd will be reduced, it is a mathmatical fact. Again, this was glossed over by the KDWP and the Commission....but not the legislature....they can add and subtract and depend on data.

If the centerfire is excluded, them more hunters will have to be brought into the are to exert the hunting pressure, how about allowing crossbows in the new Unit where they are legal in the city limits??

Yes you have been successful in getting bowhunting approved in these areas and I applaud this action on your part, however it is very clear with the nationwide research that bowhunting in surburban areas is not effective in reducing the population enough to have any effect. The only research that disagrees with that statement is research paid for, supported by, and produced by the surburban archery groups and supported. It is not a viable enough manabement too for public policy issues of surburban deer management.