[Press Release] : City will hold bow hunter orientation, registration sessions

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 8, 2008

City will hold bow hunter orientation, registration sessions

	(COLUMBIA, MO) --  The city of Columbia will conduct three
hunter orientation and registration sessions for citizens interested in
bow hunting deer on designated city properties, as part of the city’s
deer management program. The sessions are open to the public at no
charge.
	The one-hour sessions will be held at the Activity and
Recreation Center, 1701 West Ash Street. The following sessions are the
only times when city hunting permits will be issued.

●	Saturday, Aug. 23, at 8:30 a.m.
●	Thursday, Aug. 28, at 3 p.m.
●	Thursday, Aug. 28, at 6:30 p.m.

Bow hunting will be permitted during two seasons: 
●	Sept. 15 - Nov. 14, 2008
●	Nov. 26, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009 

	Hunting will be permitted at the Sanitary Landfill; Grindstone
Nature Area; a portion of Twin Lakes Recreation Area; Smith Park on the
southwest corner of Waco Road and Brown Station Road; and at sewer
utility property on Strawn Road, Coats Lane and Bainbridge Drive.  
	To hunt at the designated locations, hunters must attend one of
the three orientation sessions, obtain a permit and carry it while
hunting on city property or display it in vehicles in designated parking
areas. Hunters shall also follow all relevant Missouri Department of
Conservation rules, regulations and requirements related to hunting.
	The deer management program continues to attract a growing
number of hunters. Two hundred eighty-eight hunters attended the 2007
session compared to 255 hunters in 2006 session. There were 240
participants in 2005 and 170 in 2004.
	Further details about the program are posted on the city's Web
site at  
www.GoColumbiaMo.com/ParksandRec/Parks_and_Facilities/fishreg.php#hunting.
For more information, contact Tony St. Romaine, assistant city manager,
at (573) 874-7721.

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