HomeMy WebLinkAboutA015 - Request if Council does not end bow hunting If the City refuses to end hunting in Emma McCarthy Lee and Moore Memorial Parks,
then we ask the following:
(1)We ask that the City use stakes or some other visible cue to mark out the area in the parks
where hunting is allowed so that park users will know where people may hunt.
(2) We ask that hunting be allowed only from '/2 hour before dawn until 9 a.m. so that visitors
may enjoy the parks free from hunting during much of the day.
(3)We ask that park entrances have kiosks displaying the hunting rules,as well as orange vest
dispensaries.
Notes:
(1)Danyer associated with bow-hunting, Tony Kuehn, certified safety professional and avid
bowhunter, writes on www.strictlybowhunting.com,writes: "The potential of anyone ever being
shot and killed by an arrow is extremely remote. Most bowhunters wouldn't even consider it a
possibility. However, it does happen and a hunter's lacking of basic safety concerns doesn't
appear to be the only reason."
(2)Hot-spots of deer collisions in Ames. A Tribune article by William Dillon on 12-11-05
reported: There have been a total of 192 animal-related crashes in Ames since 1995, acording to
numbers from the Iowa Department of Transportation. While these numbers include all
`animal-related crashes,' they most likely represent deer versus automobile accidents, said
Michael Pawlovich, a traffic safety and crash data engineer for the Department of
Transportation. The majority of these accidents occur along U.S. Highway 30,but a
concentration of animal-related crashes also have occurred near the intersection of 13t' Street
and Stange Road."
(3) Speed-limit reduction: Kurt Shackelford, an Iowa DOT District 1 Traffic Technician here in
Ames, says: "It is a fact that for every increase in mile per hour,there is an increase in the rate of
all accidents...and that includes accidents with animals."