3-2 vote indicates bow hunting of deer will stop because of increasing usage in river parksWritten By:Barry Amundson|9:08 pm, Nov. 15, 2021

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Deer graze Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in Riverside Cemetery in south Fargo along the Red River. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

FARGO — Fargo city commissioners took the first step Monday, Nov. 15, to ending the bow hunting of deer and turkeys along the Red River in the city limits starting next year.

The vote was 3-2, with City Commissioners Tony Gehrig and Dave Piepkorn objecting to the repeal of the 15-year-old city law.

Gehrig asked Police Chief David Zibolski what the “obvious” public safety concerns were when there have been no accidents.

The chief said the arrows can go “in a lot of different directions.” He said 94 deer have been harvested over the last four hunting seasons, but reports done each year…