The sharpshooters are permitted to use .22 to .45 caliber bullets that can reach an average distance one and a half miles and others up to two and a half miles.
Within that range are homes, numerous schools, university dormitories, houses of worship, and hospitals. "Guys going around in black costumes and ski masks with high powered rifles and silencers between the hours of two and four in the morning shooting at stuff that moves is alarming to me," stated Nick Guyatt, a frightened Princeton resident. Along with Mr. Guyatt, other residents also feel that sharpshooters promote the use of guns in the community (Campbell 2).
Although sharpshooters are hired to slim the population, hunters are far from being a deterrent for car and deer related collisions. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, most car-deer collisions happen during hunting season. It is not difficult to understand why hunters or sharpshooters would send deer running frantically onto open roads and highways.
"The [net and bolt] method that the township is using is horrendous," stated Peter Singer, a renowned ethicist. Net and bolt, which is compared to "medieval barbarity", entails capturing the deer in large nets and then using a bolt gun to fire a four-inch metal bolt into the deer's skull. The net and bolt method is only used in slaughterhouses in this country, where the deer is safely secured. Carl Mayer said, "Deer captured in the net often struggle so violently as to break their legs and antlers." And when the shot is fired in an uncontrolled environment, such as in Princeton, the shot frequently is not direct and causes immense suffering (Chan 1).
"There is a conflict of interests, and we need to find a way to compromise for the interests of people and animals without having to harm one or the other," stated Peter Singer. Fertility control agents have been evaluated for the use in deer reproduction control.