Council in the RM of Piney has approved a resolution calling on the province to lower restrictions on deer hunting. Reeve Wayne Anderson says they are acting on the concerns of residents who feel the deer population is getting excessive.

"We've had a few residents expressing concern about the rising deer population and we have noticed also that there have been a lot of vehicular accidents due to the deer along the highways. To us, it seems like the deer in our area at least are getting a little excessive."

Anderson adds there is also concern about deer ticks which can carry Lyme disease and notes that ticks are very plentiful this year. He outlines the intent of the resolution.

"It asks Conservation to double-check and make sure that the population is not exceeding normal in our area, to make sure that the hunting limits are correct for what they should be. Our area out here might be different than the rest of the province is what we're thinking. The residents expressed the concern so we put our support behind them."