A deer cull at Kensington Metropark aims to reduce the herd by nearly 50 animals, but there are plans to spare one special doe.
There are currently about 120 deer in Kensington, a number deemed too high to maintain a healthy population in the nearly 4,500-acre park.
For this reason, park employees who are trained sharpshooters will cull the herd on the evening of Feb. 4, resulting in a closure of the park at about 4 p.m. The cull will end around midnight.
“The carrying capacity of the land is high, and deer overpopulate in that area,” Tyler Mitchell, chief of natural resources for Huron-Clinton Metroparks, explained. “There is a lack of hunting pressure in the area compared to other areas. It’s not a big part of the sporting culture around Milford.”