Crowded N.J. County Opens Fire on Deer

By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press Writer, General Science / Biology

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., right, stands in a county garage in West Orange, N.J., where deer that were shot by sharpshooters in the South Mountain Reservation were weighed and processed Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Tuesday was the first day of a 10-day hunt to control the deer population in this suburban nature preserve. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

(AP) -- On a hilltop with breathtaking views of New York's skyline, sharpshooters perched in trees took aim Tuesday at white-tailed deer, a species being crowded out of one of the nation's most densely populated areas.

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