Protest Weekend Hunting

Bill Crain, president of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife and a part-time resident of Montauk, has organized a rally to protest the East Hampton Town Board’s decision to allow weekend hunting on town-managed public lands during the January firearms season. He and other opponents of efforts to cull the deer population will meet in front of Town Hall on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Following the rally, said Mr. Crain, participants will disperse in small groups to distribute literature and collect signatures on a petition to ask the town board to rescind its recent determination.

On Tuesday, Mr. Crain voiced his opposition to the town board over its decision to allow shotgun deer-hunting on weekends during the season, which started on Monday and concludes on Jan. 31. “They just listened,” he said of the board. “No verbal feedback whatsoever.”

Mr. Crain said he had received many calls and emails from opponents of weekend firearms-hunting. “The people cannot take the dogs out, and take a walk, on the weekends,” he said. “I hope they will turn out for the rally — that’s one thing they can do to feel like they can help.” C.W.