It took a great deal of courage to get this hunt done. And it has taken years to do it. I mean decades. I have been going to this park since I was a little boy and probably saw my first "wild" deer there (although it may have been Brown County SP). As I said before, it shocks me that it actually happened.

The problem with deer is well studied and understood here. They have a fenced-in area near the old wildlife center to help visitors understand what the park could be if deer were controlled. It has been there for years also.

The park is in one of the most beautiful areas of the metro area and is surrounded by high end residential. It is very well visited. All that said, many, many residents have a vested interest in the park. And the deer are like zoo animals.

I guess what I am saying is that I can understand all sides in this battle. I am glad we started the process of controlling the deer but it will still be a very difficult battle to get them truly under control. I hope we can take the lessons learned from the other side of the city in Fort Ben and apply them here. An annual or so bow hunt helps things out a lot there.