Whitehall considers allowing residents to hunt deer, citing overpopulation

WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) – When a Whitehall resident had a deer get stuck in the fence separating their property from City Councilmember Lori Elmore’s, they asked the legislator to step in. 

Elmore said she had to call the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and that the fence eventually had to be destroyed to free the animal. The incident, paired with numerous complaints from residents about an overpopulation of white-tailed deer, sparked Elmore to introduce a nuisance deer management ordinance...