Letter to the Editor: Selectmen Should Vote Against Bowhunting

To the Editor:

Among the many reasons why our selectmen should vote against the Conservation Commission's recommendation to allow bowhunting of deer in our town forests are public safety and the town's liability for any resulting injury or death.   

We don't need another lawsuit and town-sanctioned bowhunting in our town forests is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Beyond that, we don't need to inflict injury and death on man or beast in the sanctuary of our town conservation land. Let us take the time and spend the money required to deal with the deer problem humanely. Why not try the birth control option? Apparently it has worked well in other parts of the country.

The selectmen could make a decision at their meeting on Monday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. Please come to the meeting or let them know how you feel about this issue before then. Michael Harrity can be reached at harrity.m@westonmass.org, Doug Gillespie is at gillespie.d@westonmass.org and Ed Coburn is at coburn.e@westonmass.org.

Isabella Jancourtz,
Gun Club Lane