turtlshell
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The Cedar Rapids Urban Deer Management Program concluded the 2014-2015 bow hunt season January 10, 2015. A total of 74 hunters qualified for the urban bow hunt. Of the 74 hunters that were eligible for the bow hunt, there were 37 hunters successful in harvesting at least one deer. There were a total of 122 deer taken during this season's bow hunt. This is 49 fewer deer harvested compared to last year’s hunt.
A breakdown of the deer harvested:
112 does
7 button bucks
3 antlered bucks
Seventeen of the deer were donated to help feed the hungry in Cedar Rapids and Linn County, while 105 deer were kept for personal consumption. Hunters had the choice to either donate their deer to the HUSH program or to a local program to feed the hungry at the Mission of Hope. The opportunity to donate to the local program was new this year. This was a cooperative effort between the Newhall Locker & Processing, HUSH, Cedar Rapids Fire Department, and local ENT Physician Kevin Carpenter, M.D. The two main goals of the donation program include reducing the deer population and providing high-quality red meat to Iowans in need.
The most deer harvested by any one hunter was 8 deer. Eleven hunters harvested five or more does with this season's hunt and will be eligible for the 2015-2016 incentive buck tag.
Since the inception of the hunt in 2004, the City of Cedar Rapids has shown a nearly 57 percent reduction in the number of deer killed on the roadway.
District Chief Jason Andrews was the Program Manager for the bow hunt this season.
There were no injuries reported
The Cedar Rapids Urban Deer Management Program concluded the 2014-2015 bow hunt season January 10, 2015. A total of 74 hunters qualified for the urban bow hunt. Of the 74 hunters that were eligible for the bow hunt, there were 37 hunters successful in harvesting at least one deer. There were a total of 122 deer taken during this season's bow hunt. This is 49 fewer deer harvested compared to last year’s hunt.
A breakdown of the deer harvested:
112 does
7 button bucks
3 antlered bucks
Seventeen of the deer were donated to help feed the hungry in Cedar Rapids and Linn County, while 105 deer were kept for personal consumption. Hunters had the choice to either donate their deer to the HUSH program or to a local program to feed the hungry at the Mission of Hope. The opportunity to donate to the local program was new this year. This was a cooperative effort between the Newhall Locker & Processing, HUSH, Cedar Rapids Fire Department, and local ENT Physician Kevin Carpenter, M.D. The two main goals of the donation program include reducing the deer population and providing high-quality red meat to Iowans in need.
The most deer harvested by any one hunter was 8 deer. Eleven hunters harvested five or more does with this season's hunt and will be eligible for the 2015-2016 incentive buck tag.
Since the inception of the hunt in 2004, the City of Cedar Rapids has shown a nearly 57 percent reduction in the number of deer killed on the roadway.
District Chief Jason Andrews was the Program Manager for the bow hunt this season.
There were no injuries reported