![Central NY Towns Hire Sharpshooters To Reduce Deer Herd](http://townsquare.media/site/39/files/2016/10/GettyImages-460866424.jpg?w=630&h=419&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Central NY Towns Hire Sharpshooters To Reduce Deer Herd
ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) — A neighborhood near Syracuse is calling in sharpshooters to reduce the deer population.
The Onondaga County legislature has approved a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bait and shoot deer on about 30 properties where owners have given permission.
Residents of the Winkworth neighborhood in the town of Onondaga have modeled their deer management program after similar efforts in the central New York villages of Fayetteville and Hamilton.
Fayetteville is using USDA sharpshooters to cull deer for the second year in a row. Last year, the shooters killed 89 deer there. Before that, Fayetteville estimated its deer population at 110 to 120 per square mile.
The Winkworth neighborhood has an estimated 80 deer per square mile.
The USDA sharpshooters can hunt through March 31.
More From WIBX 950
![Utica Man Busted for Trying to Bring Loaded Gun onto Flight](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-43.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![State Police Arrest Four People for Selling Stolen Military Equipment on Facebook](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2024/07/attachment-updated-photo-of-seized-items.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![‘The Office’ Star Coming to Meet Fans at Syracuse Mets Game](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2024/06/attachment-The-Office-Cast.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Extremely Deadly Sedative Discovered in Drug Samples in Central New York Region](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2024/06/attachment-raghavendra-v-konkathi-v9Idw3hqkb4-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Study Finds All of New York’s Major Cities Are Poorly Run](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2024/01/attachment-Untitled-design-96.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![What to Do If You Hit a Deer in New York State](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2017/10/2014.10.06-DEER-SIGN1-e1691083939652.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Why is the President Coming to Syracuse? What You Need to Know](http://townsquare.media/site/40/files/2022/01/attachment-gettyimages-153955344.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Bad Luck: One Mans Car And Boat Pulled Into Onondaga Lake Twice In A Week](http://townsquare.media/site/39/files/2021/09/attachment-dorothy-riley-iGEWab9FFRk-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Police Identify Van Crash Victim As 16-Year-Old Boy](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2017/06/GettyImages-96339180.jpg?w=980&q=75)