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Resident urges council to allow regulated urban archery to control deer
Summary
John Hayes told the council deer are increasingly tame and destructive on residential lots and asked the city to amend rules to permit regulated bow hunting on private property as a nuisance-control tool.
John Hayes, a High Point resident at 4214 Oak Hollow Drive, asked the City Council to amend local rules to allow regulated bow hunting on private property to address a growing deer problem.
"I've been in the same house for 45 years in the city, and each year, the deer have gotten more and more of a nuisance," Hayes said during the public-comment period. He told the council he was surprised to learn local enforcement treats bows as firearms: "They call a bow a firearm. They call a BB gun a firearm is what I was told, which was a big surprise." Hayes said deer damage yards, carry disease and have become unusually tame, and he urged staff to study options and return recommendations to council.
Mayor Cyril Jefferson said the city will record the comment and have staff bring recommendations back when appropriate. The city did not announce a timeline for any code change.
Why it matters: Allowing archery on private property would require changes to local code and coordination with state urban-archery programs and with law enforcement to define safety, permits and limits. The council did not take action on the request at this meeting.
