If Newtown allows deer culls on public land (open space land), what effect will this have on property owners?
When asked this question, a well-respected realtor in Newtown responded with the following: “Deer culling, if approved, is a bad idea in my opinion because it may result in lowering your property values. As a Realtor and homeowner in Newtown I can tell you that properties that share a border with town designated ‘open space’ are usually marketed higher than a comparable home in the same neighborhood that doesn’t border ‘open space.’ “If we allow our ‘open space’ land to be used for deer culling, it may reduce property values that share the borders of this ‘open space’ because hunting raises safety issues. There are two main methods of culling. Bow hunting, which has a 40-60% crippling rate (deer wounded but not killed), and ‘net and bolt,’ which lures deer with food, catches them in a net and kills them by injecting a 4” bolt into their heads with a skull-puncturing device. Bowhunters can go close to houses and do not need to abide by the buffer zones dictated for firearms. There is no
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