No photography in this post – against the rules of the urban program I was in. Even with no tags punched in my 2 week window to hunt “my zone”, it was a neat experience – one I hope to have again but perhaps with different results. The program was very well run, quite professional, cleanest functioning urban hunt I’ve been a part of – hands down. I was able to squeeze in 4 hunts – 3 mornings and 1 evening. I only saw 1 deer while on stand – a very pretty 2 year old 8 point that waltzed in to just 10 short yards on the first morning. Even with scarce on-stand sightings, my hopes were always high as there always seemed to be does and fawns feeding in neighboring lawns and lots pre-dawn and after dusk.
Despite high hopes and promise, no arrows launched and no tags filled. Urban hunting programs are quite the undertaking for any municipality to tackle. Disgruntled landowners who aren’t on board with the concept of urban/suburban population control using hunters, disturbed landowners who deal with arrowed deer dying on their properties, helpful landowners offering up their parcels, local police department handling the headaches of managing the hunt, an entirely complex undertaking to say the least. An admirable undertaking most assuredly. Urban hunters facing the constraints of difficult access and longer than average drive times to the countryside would do well to consider participating in these programs. They serve a great purpose and offer some great hunting opportunities.
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