Trained federal wildlife professionals will begin hunting deer in a handful of Worthington parks and some private properties in January.
Worthington City Council approved the effort to reduce the city’s deer population at the beginning of this year.
The city’s Deer Task Force, established in November 2023, found that residents worried about deer-vehicle collisions, property damage and aggressive deer. Almost 92% of respondents to a 2024 survey said they saw deer daily or weekly, and 63% reported property damage or expenses from deer in the past three years…