{"id":7435,"date":"2024-10-07T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/?p=7435"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:00:25","slug":"bow-hunting-season-open-october-7-through-december-31-2024","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/2024\/10\/07\/bow-hunting-season-open-october-7-through-december-31-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Hunting Season Open October 7 through December 31, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1999, the Sudbury Conservation Commission has been administering a program to help manage the deer population in Sudbury, which continues today. This was implemented due to the negative impacts that were occurring due to the perceived overpopulation of deer. These include over-browsing of our native flora, malnourishment of the deer population, increase in ticks and tick-borne diseases, and increased car\/deer interactions. To help manage the deer population, the Commission permits a small number of archers to hunt deer, with bow and arrow, from October through the end of the December on a number of conservation properties.<\/p>\n

Sudbury has been lucky to have a dedicated group of archers, some that have been with us since the program\u2019s inception, that have not only helped trim the deer population, but their presence has reduced the opportunity for illegal hunting from occurring. The Archers program additionally benefits the Town by providing a minimum of two hours of service to manage Sudbury\u2019s conservation lands. On average, roughly a dozen deer are removed from Sudbury through this program. Locations where the Commission allows bow hunting include Nobscot, Piper Farm, Libby Conservation Land, Poor Farm Meadow, Frost Farm, Davis Farm, Wake Robin Woods (inclusive of Parkinson Land, Howe Land and Broadacres), Lincoln Meadows, Hop Brook, Mahoney Farm, and Tippling Rock.<\/p>\n

Bow Hunting Program<\/h5>\n