Hunt is on in S.M. Park, but Jason Miller promises more drama

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Shortly before midnight on September 30th, Jason Miller wrote an e-mail to his supporters. “Let us grieve for the deer who will die tomorrow,” he said, “but continue to fight relentlessly for those who remain alive.”

This week, I wrote about Miller, the founder of Bite Club of KC, and the battle to save the deer at Shawnee Mission Park. Earlier this year, officials with the Johnson County Park and Recreation District determined the deer herd had grown so large that the animals were threatening their own survival — and the survival of other species — in the 1,200-acre green space.

The hunt didn’t start on October 1, as Miller’s e-mail feared, but the sharp-shooting could begin before the end of this week.

That’s not the end of this story, though.