We are not alone in this fight to stop the cruel and inhumane practice of deer culls. There are numerous websites that articulate sound reasoning to prohibit culls forever. Click here to see a list of them.

According to the DNR about 300,000 deer were taken in this past deer hunting season, If you believe their estimates of 2,000,000 deer in the state [I do not] that is about 15% of the population. So why does Ludington or anyone for that matter, need to spend $20,000 to kill 40 more deer while leaving sidewalks and streets in disrepair?

This website is designed to provide information regarding the proposed deer cull for early in 2023 to be conducted in the High School Forest and Cartier Park in Ludington Michigan. The railroad refused to give permission to hunt on their property, they recognize the risks and lack of benefits that the city and school board refuse to acknowledge.

This is our first local ad in the Ludington Daily News: Check out all our Daily News Ads here.

We plan to have yard signs available in the future. Let us know if you would like one.

It is our hope that once all the facts are considered you will support our efforts to stop the slaughter.

The site contains information regarding Michigan deer and while there is a lot of information to digest we believe once you have the facts you will not support any cull.

If you read the submissions to the Ludington Daily News on the Daily News page on this website you will get a good idea why this cull is at best foolish. They are arranged first to last so there are some information changes as better date was uncovered.

Did you know that insurance companies are the biggest supporters of deer culls. That is because more than $1 billion in annual insured losses are due to damages caused by deer-car accidents. The number of card deer accidents in Michigan are equal to 2.5% of the deer population. So to prevent one car deer accident in Ludington you have to kill forty (40) deer.

No one really knows how many deer there are in Michigan, The current guess is about 2,000,000. If that is correct it would be safe to assume there are about 15,000 deer in Mason county. If you believe killing 15 or 20 deer or even 100 in a cull is going to save your flowers I have a bridge you may be interested it.

WE are throwing away about $60,000 on a deer cull while we force our handicapped citizens that must rely on powered wheelchairs to get around to be in the streets because the sidewalks are in such disrepair they can not safely use them.

Culls do not work! Read what American Forester Magazine says about deer culls

Go here:   for more interesting information about White Tail Deer. Life is difficult enough for deer with winter mortalities as high as 50% they do not need to deal with culls in addition to that. When God gave us dominion over the earth and everything in it that meant we were to care for it and protect it not kill everything else on the planet that inconvenienced us in the slightest. 

The DNR seems to believe they own the White Tail Deer, if this is true then they are responsible for them. Consequently when a  community has a problem with the deer it is the DNR's job to fix that problem at no charge to the community. It would be interesting to see how many culls there were if the DNR could not charge for doing them. My money is on zero!

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There is so much information available related to the ineffectiveness of deer culls that reporting most of it results is this website having a lot of pages. WE are currently working on a case study of one community that has conducted deer culls for years. You can look at the numbers and judge for yourself what they mean. Getting information from the state is like pulling teeth and cost as much. What are they trying to hide? The case study is Big Rapids Michigan.

What's  New: Click on photo for video

This is what the cull will kill, do you want that?

PM Township announces the permanent suspension of the deer cull. see the details here.

Ludington Daily New Ad February 23rd 2023

Friends of Animals mobilizes to help stop the PM Township Cull. CLICK HERE for details.

PM Township has suspended the cull until at least February 16th. Our first ad informing the public about the cull has run in the Daily News 

Click on photo to see it full-size. More are scheduled for February 3rd and 12th and others are being planed for after the 16th if the cull has not been terminated.

Follow the link to the left. It is interesting there is nothing about the culls on the townships website.

            The DNR likes to use CWD "Chronic Wasting Disease" as a justification for White-tail deer culls. You need to be informed about this disease so you can determine for yourself if The DNR is being truthful or just using this to gain power and control over the deer herd. Get the facts here.

If you would like to be notified by email of important developments in our efforts to stop the deer cull in Ludington Click Here  The link will send us an email to register you to our list to be updated. You can include any special request for information at this time.

See the latest Ludington Daily News Front Page message about the deer cull

Mission Statement: We are opposed to deer culls that are instigated primarily because of damage to residential gardens and flowers. Misinformation related to overpopulation, accidents and disease are often cited as justification for culls but these are nothing more than cover because the real reason is not justifiable. We do not oppose legal hunting or firearm ownership.

Stay tuned into this page for breaking news regarding pending legal action to stop or at least delay the cull!

Friends of Animals has joined our fight to stop this insane cull. Check out their publication here. Friends of Animals | Michigan deer need your help - Friends of Animals

Early in our fight against the deer cull we reached out to several of the large animal rights organization for advice and assistance.While other responded Friends of Animals was the only one that took action in support of our efforts with publications and media information directed to their members and supporters. This was essential to our success. I urge you to support them. 

I just learned that the DNR has issued 40 kill permits for the Ludington area cull. If they were to be successful I believe there would be no deer left in the Cartier Park and high school forest areas. Do we really want that? Contact your council person and tell them to stop the cull before it is too late. You can find their email addresses and telephone numbers On the Council Members page.

1. Deer Culls do not accomplish their stated goal.

2. Deer Culls are expensive.

3. Venison from the north side of Ludington is likely contaminated with deadly chemical toxins. Read about it on Deer Toxins

Hunters from all over Michigan report seeing fewer deer. And still the DNR promotes culls throughout the state. Could this be about making money?

•  We have established a "GoFundMe" account that can be found by going to https://www.gofundme.com/ and search for Deer Cull.