Bill Russo does not believe in comprehensive deer management!
I don't know where Mr. Russo gets his information about non-lethal deer management - it certainly has been proven to be effective. He seems to mention only one aspect of it, the Strieter lights, which must be maintained in order to work . I guess when you're a hammer, everything is a nail to you.
It is also obvious that Mr. Russo doesn't believe in scientific peer-reviewed deer studies that have proven that hunting does NOT control deer numbers, but only spurs reproduction.
Is that comprehensive enough for anyone?
I think not.
I suggest that people find out more details from Mr. Russo before they get stuck with someone who has already made up his mind how deer should be managed, without learning more about real and effective strategies.

You are absolutely correct Natalie with everything you say here. Mr. Russo gets his information from stakeholders such as the ODNR who is merely a state-run hunting club and whose paychecks and 401K's come from the sales of hunting licenses. Mr. Russo has rejected any experts who have contacted him wanting to come in as a consultant for non-lethal, proven alternatives. Only those with a lethal agenda may give their advice. Interesting as well, the fact that the second Chief Godzich retired bow hunting reared it's ugly head. Cheif Godzich would never allow bow hunting in the community because of the inherent danger it poses to residents. The ODNR gives presentations all over the Cleve area and each and every time he says Solon has spent thousands of dollars to pay sharpshooters and that's a good quick fix but ultimately long term hunting needs to be implemented. It's basic biology that hunting kicks in the rebound effect which if allowed will put Solon on a never-ending treadmill of killing. The ODNR knows this and exploits the rebound. Heck, even Solon's former, revered contract killer with White Buffalo sent the city a letter stating that bow hunting does NOTHING to control populations and it is strictly a recreational pursuit. Anyone coming to Mr. Russo with a proven, non-lethal alternative is quickly dismissed. Wonder why, don't you?

Mr. Russo has stated he is an avowed advocate of ODNR deer management policy. Their policy for decades has been that hunting is an effective means of population control. At least that's what they tell the public. If this were true , then why do we see record "harvest " numbers of deer every year followed by record population numbers the following year ? This has been true for many years. It doesn't take a genius to see this model does not work and is merely the same type of PR swill that the state government hands out on many issues. The Streiter light issue is another example. The citie's own records show that very few accidents have occured in the areas where these lights have been used. Mr Russo ignores the facts and presents his own version of reality. Actually, I doubt if he even bothered to check the records . Too bad he has no meaningful opposition. They' could have an easy time shooting holes in his "comprehensive plan ".

The only "proof" needed to be reviewed is the reality that the ODNR, like every other heavily hunted state in the US, has artificially manipulated high populations of game animals such as deer, to encourage more lazy hunters to their state (to obtain their pie-share of Pittman-Robertson gun tax dollars). How long will we let this go on behind DNR curtains - better question, how clueless are politicians to remain in the dark on this!

Russo, wake up. "Lethal" population control is what created this mess to begin with! Manipulating hunting seasons, eliminating natural predators, and a piss poor management plan that you aren't bright enough to see - or too corrupt to address. Which is it?

Mr. Russo is incorrect. HUMANE Deer Management DOES work, particularly darting deer w/birth control. The goal however is NOT to control deer populations but to support the CRUEL Hunting Industry. If deer management was a REAL concern, you could do that HUMANELY!
As for deer-vehicle accidents, that is an exaggerated number. Everyone knows deer appear dawn to dusk, you SLOW DOWN, dim lights, honk horn. Most accidents can be AVOIDED, ones that aren't are careless drivers going TOO FAST!

Seems whenever it comes to Republicans they are the supporters of KILLING. They love to KILL and do not want to hear anything to do with non lethal even though it has been proven to work according to Jay Kirkpatrick he said "It works and It WORKS WELL" and he also quotes "60% deer herd reduction. There Republicans do not care to hear anything about compassion, mercy and kindness it's all kill kill kill, we want your vote NRA and pro-hunting advocates. In many state thats use hunting to "reduce" deer population, the population of deer rises and so does Deer Vehicle Accidents because the reason being that whitetails are the top blood money makers for hunting industry. Yes THE TOP so they want to propagate high number of deer via Compensatory Rebound Effect (CRE), supplement feeding oh and don't forget all that food plots (google it).

Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, deer contraception expert, explains the startling successes in deer contraception, its authorization for use and availability. Dr. Kirkpatrick is the founder and Director of the Science and Conservation Center, Montana. He has worked with contraception on 90 species of animals, including wild horses, several species of deer, African elephants and water buffalo .
For more information, please visit: www.pzpinfo.org
IC Deer Birth Control is EPA and FDA approved for field implementation.

"OH GIVE ME VOTE, I WANT MONEY, I DON'T CARE WHO I HARM AND KIL " BILL RUSSO Ignores what Jay Kirkpatrick the wildlife contraceptive expert has said. Bill Russo's demonic face just wants votes don't matter the suffering of a innocent living being.

Here is Jay's quote

60% drop in the size of the deer herd"
"It works..it WORKS WELL"
Plus here is another important words from Jay Kirkpatrick

"I know that quiet a few "expert" has found their way into Pittsburg both from Agencies (hunting) and other academic institutions and primarily their message has been "this doesn't work"..umm its interersting that "expert witnesess" who paraded themselves thru Pittsburg who never themselves been involved in wildlife contraceptives projects of any scales and they have offered to you a varities of opinions and ideas, congectures and assumptions but they haven't given you any numbers, they haven't given you any datas..."

Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, deer contraception expert, explains the startling successes in deer contraception, its authorization for use and availability. Dr. Kirkpatrick is the founder and Director of the Science and Conservation Center, Montana. He has worked with contraception on 90 species of animals, including wild horses, several species of deer, African elephants and water buffalo .
For more information, please visit: www.pzpinfo.org
IC Deer Birth Control is EPA and FDA approved for field implementation.

People like Bill will lie just to get votes, he is disgusting and he knows NRA got money so why not say "oh deer killing is 'wildlife managment'" when deer vehicle accidents has risen and there are more deer today then ever. Killing DOES NOT WORK IT "WORKS" IN THE EVIL MINDS OF THOSE WHO WANTS KILLING, MORE KILLING MORE REVENUE FOR THE DNR. NOt TO "BENEFIT YOU" BUT TO "BENEFIT" THE KILLERS (HUNTERS) AND do you feel safe in the fall walking in the forest? I don't . The hunters kill each other enough as is, themselves even their own children saying "dang I thought he/she was a deer". "Great way" to murder someone eh?

Killing creates more deer because of CRE http://defendurbanwildlife.org/news/Compensatory%20Rebound%20Effect.pdf

This is what you want the deer to go thru? http://mathew5-7.blogspot.com/2011/01/sports-hunting-legalized-cruelty-to.html I have done my studies on how the deer dies, the heartlessness of the bowhunters / sports hunters and the lies of the hunting industry. I am NO peta nor HSUS, I have watched, cried, and be their voice for the deer for the disgusting monsters.

Even reading thru books about serial killers I see sports hunters

Psychopaths
"....was, until 1980, the term used for a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with strongly amoral conduct but masked by an >>>ability to appear outwardly normal<<< Psychopaths lack a sense of guilt or remorse for any harm they may have caused others, instead rationalizing the behavior, blaming someone else, or denying it outright, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Dennis Rader, the infamous “BTK” (Bind, Torture, Kill) murderer—have manifested numerous psychopathic traits, including superficial charm and a profound absence of guilt and empathy."

It's all about bloodthirst and ignorance!
This has nothing to do with peer-reviewed science or true "wildlife management"; ODNR "game management" concentrates on propagating game species that are more lucrative and more desirable than other species.
ODNR wildlife biologists know (so should Mr. Russo by now), that hunting does NOT lower deer numbers, except immediately after culling/hunting. Biologists know that hunting spurs reproduction (see previously posted URLs), the more deer, the happier will ODNR's clients/hunters be!
Unfortunately for wildlife agencies, the number of hunters are dwindling nationally and in every state - if wildlife agencies don't supply hunters with great hunting opportunities, they soon hear about it. In some state, they have even been sued for not "managing" deer to hunters' satisfaction.
Excise taxes are tacked on to hunting-related supplies, and states receive money from the Federal Government through the Pittman-Robertson Act, of which part must be matched from states' general funds (our tax dollars!)
Add to this mix the typical Lyme disease, deer/car collisions scare tactics, making deer scapegoats for anything they can think of, feeding right into unsuspecting and ignorant residents' fears.
Shouldn't people be asking this question: If deer have been hunted for years, why haven't their numbers gone down to so-called "acceptable" levels?
No one will ever get the truth because the answer will always be: We need more hunting!