THEY NOW WONT EVEN LET ANYONE FEED DEER FOR RECREATIONAL VIEWING...


Deer feeding ban approved

Published Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:24:34 PM Central Time


By MARGARET LEVRA

Globe Staff Writer

BESSEMER -- It's illegal to feed deer in the City of Bessemer.

The city council, on Monday, adopted an ordinance that prohibits the feeding of deer within the city limits.

Earlier this year, several complaints of numerous deer within the city limits were filed with the city. After researching the issue for several months, the council agreed to ban feeding.

That's what Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Bob Decker from the Marquette DNR office recommended. The way to reduce the number of deer in town is to halt recreational feeding, he said. "Ban feeding. The biggest thing that could be done to reduce the number of deer in the urban areas is to eliminate the recreational feeding. Over a time the numbers would decline because of nutrition. You need to stop feeding."