KUDOS to the Mich. DNR for BLOCKING a BOWHUNTING BAN!!!
03-09-2008, 05:02 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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KUDOS to the Mich. DNR for BLOCKING a BOWHUNTING BAN!!!
Not sure how many have heard this or read this, but reading through Bowhunting World, I came upon this story.
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Michigan DNR Blocks Township’s Attempt to Ban Bowhunting January 17, 2008 [/align]
The Michigan DNR has denied a request from Clinton Township supervisors to ban bowhunting inside the municipality’s boundaries after determining that bow-and-arrow hunting poses no threat to public safety.
In Michigan, unlike some other states where towns have banned bowhunting by outlawing the discharge of bows through ordinance, the DNR has final authority in regard to all hunting issues.
Gun hunting has been outlawed in Clinton Township since 1974, but there are still some areas of the 28-square-mile community where bowhunters have continued to pursue deer on private property.
The Township’s attempt to eliminate bowhunting was based on perceived safety issues. Township Supervisor Robert Cannon said that legal council would appeal the DNR decision.
But Lt. Sherry Chandler of the DNR’s Law Enforcement Division said there is no appeal process, and the decision is final. She said the decision was based on a public hearing held by the department, in which four residents, two in favor of the ban and two in opposition, appeared for comment.
“No testimony or evidence of substantive incidents which would warrant a Hunting Area Control was provided during the public hearing or during the investigation subsequent to the hearing,” Chandler wrote in a letter to the township board.
The Michigan DNR has denied a request from Clinton Township supervisors to ban bowhunting inside the municipality’s boundaries after determining that bow-and-arrow hunting poses no threat to public safety.
In Michigan, unlike some other states where towns have banned bowhunting by outlawing the discharge of bows through ordinance, the DNR has final authority in regard to all hunting issues.
Gun hunting has been outlawed in Clinton Township since 1974, but there are still some areas of the 28-square-mile community where bowhunters have continued to pursue deer on private property.
The Township’s attempt to eliminate bowhunting was based on perceived safety issues. Township Supervisor Robert Cannon said that legal council would appeal the DNR decision.
But Lt. Sherry Chandler of the DNR’s Law Enforcement Division said there is no appeal process, and the decision is final. She said the decision was based on a public hearing held by the department, in which four residents, two in favor of the ban and two in opposition, appeared for comment.
“No testimony or evidence of substantive incidents which would warrant a Hunting Area Control was provided during the public hearing or during the investigation subsequent to the hearing,” Chandler wrote in a letter to the township board.
03-09-2008, 05:05 PM
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RE: KUDOS to the Mich. DNR for BLOCKING a BOWHUNTING BAN!!!
Yeah it was a great meeting, LOL The township lawyer is a BONEHEAD, and so is one of the board members.
They actually thought leaving the herd alone it would "Balance itself" "There was plenty of room". The DNR ask if there where any bowhunting incidents in the past on record. The board said no. Then the DNR informed them they denied their request, and it's final
They actually thought leaving the herd alone it would "Balance itself" "There was plenty of room". The DNR ask if there where any bowhunting incidents in the past on record. The board said no. Then the DNR informed them they denied their request, and it's final
03-09-2008, 05:07 PM
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RE: KUDOS to the Mich. DNR for BLOCKING a BOWHUNTING BAN!!!
The real issue is poachers hunting with guns in the park, which there is a banned for firearms in the township. Just a bunch of boneheads trying to add laws and not enforcing the ones in the books[&:]
03-09-2008, 05:12 PM
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RE: KUDOS to the Mich. DNR for BLOCKING a BOWHUNTING BAN!!!
ORIGINAL: Germ
Yeah it was a great meeting, LOL The township lawyer is a BONEHEAD, and so is one of the board members.
They actually thought leaving the herd alone it would "Balance itself" "There was plenty of room". The DNR ask if there where any bowhunting incidents in the past on record. The board said no. Then the DNR informed them they denied their request, and it's final
Yeah it was a great meeting, LOL The township lawyer is a BONEHEAD, and so is one of the board members.
They actually thought leaving the herd alone it would "Balance itself" "There was plenty of room". The DNR ask if there where any bowhunting incidents in the past on record. The board said no. Then the DNR informed them they denied their request, and it's final
The Township’s attempt to eliminate bowhunting was based on perceived safety issues.
