Walker city commissioners spent Monday night looking at ways to thin the local deer herd, including a possible managed cull.
The presentation came during the committee of the whole on Nov. 9, according to MLive. Jerry Byrne, managing director of the Kent County Road Commission and a representative of the Kent County Deer Management Coalition, told commissioners the problem is both on the roads and in the yards.
Crashes, Browse and Regular Complaints
Byrne said Walker currently has the highest rate of vehicle-deer crashes in Kent County.
Separate state crash tables do put numbers on the collisions themselves. Michigan Traffic Crash Facts recorded 1,960 deer-involved motor vehicle crashes in Kent County in 2025…