Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review
McCandless officials are considering holding an organized archery deer hunt to help reduce the growing deer population, which is blamed for causing vehicle accidents, spreading Lyme disease through the ticks they carry and gnawing away at expensive landscaping.
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McCandless council is mulling whether to move forward with the second phase of its program to curtail the deer population — an organized archery hunt.
Following recommendations from state game officials and other experts in deer population management, council in March enacted a ban on residents purposely placing food out to feed deer.