Hendersonville tables idea of culling deer herds to control population [Video]

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Hendersonville’s Deer Monitoring and Control Committee has tabled the idea of possibly killing some of its deer, known as culling, to control its growing deer population.

A recent survey by the United States Department of Agriculture found Hendersonville’s deer population was two to four times the state average. The majority of residents who responded to a city survey last year supported culling the deer to help control the population.

According to minutes from a February Deer Monitoring and Control Committee meeting, a committee member told the group the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency “will not allow us to cull” like the majority of residents who took the survey wanted. The TWRA told News 2 in an email the agency advised the city they were allowed to cull as long as they followed the right process.

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Deer Monitoring and Control Committee chair, Jerald Barrett told News 2, right …