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MARSHFIELD
Town considers easing deer hunting rules
South Shore towns are struggling to balance public safety and what hunters say is the need to thin the booming deer population. That's because towns are seeing a spike in the number of deer after years of strict state regulation on deer hunting. Some towns have also set additional restrictions on hunting on conservation land. Hunter Tom DePersia told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy that the deer population has exploded and now deer are roaming residential neighborhoods, running in front of cars, eating plantings, and carrying Lyme disease into backyards. Police say they also get complaints about hunters roaming now developed land, which reduces hunting even more. A Marshfield conservation commission will meet this week to consider easing hunting restrictions. (AP)
MARSHFIELD
Town considers easing deer hunting rules
South Shore towns are struggling to balance public safety and what hunters say is the need to thin the booming deer population. That's because towns are seeing a spike in the number of deer after years of strict state regulation on deer hunting. Some towns have also set additional restrictions on hunting on conservation land. Hunter Tom DePersia told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy that the deer population has exploded and now deer are roaming residential neighborhoods, running in front of cars, eating plantings, and carrying Lyme disease into backyards. Police say they also get complaints about hunters roaming now developed land, which reduces hunting even more. A Marshfield conservation commission will meet this week to consider easing hunting restrictions. (AP)