What you need to do is contact some areas that had similar problems and find out what they did.Pa is loaded with them,especially around Phily and Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh has a very successful program that was adopted to hunt the county parks in that region.I have the contact info for the people that got it established.

I live in a private residential community in northcentral Pa.We have 9500 acres that include approx 3500 acres of undeveloped land,1800 homes,two lakes and two golf courses.The property had no hunting since about the 1960's so the deer herd was out of control and the habitat was absolutely devistated.About 6 years ago,I helped form a wildlife management community along with two foresters to devise a plan.It wasn't an easy road and it didn't happen overnight because several people on the board of directors were rabid ant-hunters.The first thing we did was get valid scientific information that proved we had a major problem.We had nationally renowned experts come in and do open house presentation to the residents explaining how serious the problem was.We Also enlisted the help of Penn state University to help us with population analysis and browse impact surveys.I believe we gathered three years worth of data to show that we had an undeniable problem.We then researched different methods of reducing the deer herd.Hunting was the only real option but we had to be careful how it was presented.That was my job.Although much of this property could safely be hunted with a rifle,we knew that would go over like a turd in a punchbowl.Archery was the first logical step so we presented a program that wasn't too restrictive yet put people fears at ease.I contacted the Pa game commission and got statistics on archery related hunting accidents.I believe in 25 years and over 2.5 million archety tags sold,there was one accident.We then made up a set of simple rules.Here's a short list.1.Every hunter had to possess a bowhunter ed certification card.2.every hunter had to pass a proficiency test with broadheads.3.every hunter had to harvest a doe first.4 hunters at first had to hunt from an elevated stand.5.Deer had to be covered for transportation off of the property.There's more but that's the general idea.We wanted residents to know that we'd have skilled hunters but we didn't want things to be too restrictive.

After the first year,residents calmed right down because the hunters acted professional to the pint that most people didn't even realize a hunt was occuring.Legal hunters also helped crack a few poaching cases because now there were eyes in the woods.It's turned out to be a positive experience for the community.We're really not reaching our harvest goals but more deer are getting killed every year.In fact,last year the board actually approved the use of muzzleloaders in one large area.You have to take these things a step at a time but you can't loose focus on why hunting was allowed inb the first place.

It was a pretty tough battle and you get to meet some real winners in the process.Stay focused,use science and don't make it appear to be a recreational hunt.Good luck.