Council keeps bow‑hunting program with new private‑property consent rules
After a staff presentation on deer counts and collisions, council approved continuing bow hunting and added requirements for private‑property hunting locations (owner waivers, police site visits, and coordinator review).
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A staff presenter summarized recent urban deer-count work, vehicle‑deer collision trends and the operational limits that have made aerial counts difficult in some years. The presenter said the city was "not really recommending any changes to the urban deer hunt except for where it comes to the private property hunting," and described proposed requirements including landowner-signed waivers, review by the Ames Police Department deer‑management coordinator and site visits.
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