Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers are asking for the public’s help in obtaining information about 18 deer that were killed in the city of Norton Shores between October 2014 and September 2015.
The Norton Shores Police Department and the DNR have received the following reports:
- A resident in the area of Treeline Drive found one dead deer Oct. 26, 2014, and two dead deer May 14, 2015.
- On Aug. 31, 2015, a resident on Easthill Drive reported finding a dead deer in the yard, and a total of 11 dead deer since February 2014.
- On Sept. 13, 2015, the Easthill Drive resident found two more dead deer.
- A resident on Hilltop Drive also reported finding two dead deer since last year.
The deer were shot with a small-caliber rifle. Most of the deer were killed outside of the state’s deer hunting seasons.
Anyone with information about any of these incidents is encouraged to call the DNR's Report All Poaching (RAP) Line at 1-800-292-7800. Information may be left anonymously. Tips also can be sent to the DNR via the online reporting form available on the DNR website www.michigan.gov/
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