Deer Hunt Compromise Would Reduce the Properties Hunted Annually

RIDGEFIELD, CT — A proposal by the Conservation Commission and the Deer Committee that would reduce the properties hunted each year is on the agenda of the Board of Selectman's meeting Wednesday night.

The compromise calls for five open space properties per year to be hunted, chosen from a master list of 15 spaces. Hunting would then be cycled through the remainder of the properties at a rate of five per year, on a three-year cycle. Hunting would never exceed more than two hunters per parcel, begin circa mid-October and cease at the end of January, the Ridgefield Press has reported.

The agenda for the Wednesday meeting, set for 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, indicates that selectmen may be voting on the proposal.