by:Maia Belay

Posted:Jun 28, 2022 / 05:33 PM EDT

Updated:Jun 28, 2022 / 08:43 PM EDT

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MEDINA, Ohio (WJW) – A city council committee rejected a proposal issuing special permits to allow crossbow and longbow hunting of deer inside city limits.

“We have 50 to 60 or 55 deer per square mile, which we have 12 square miles in the city so that’s a lot of deer,” saidMedina City CouncilPresident John Coyne III.

The hunting proposal had been under review as the deer population continues to grow.

City records state the white-tailed deer population reached an unmanageable number and is causing financial hardship for both public and private property owners due to the destruction of plants, flowers and trees.Ohio robocallers put on alert in enforcement unit crackdown

A solution under consideration was a nuisance abatement…