Conservation Commission opens Lanham Brook to bow hunting, caps stands at four
Sudbury Conservation Commission opens Lanham Brook to bow hunting and caps hunters at four stands.
SUDBURY -- August 18, 2025, Sudbury Conservation Commission opens Lanham Brook to bow hunting and caps hunters at four stands. The commission voted Aug. 18 to renew the deer management program for an Oct. 6 to Dec. 31, 2025 season with 17 returning hunters, down from 21, after six deer were taken in 2024, roughly half the historical average that staff attributed to drought and a heavy acorn year. Land Manager Joe Miller added Lanham Brook, a 2015 acquisition with about 17 acres inside state setbacks, calling its meadows "some of the healthiest that I've seen anywhere in town" and citing prior trail-camera evidence of illegal hunting. Member Kathleen Rogers, an abutter, recused on that vote. Resident Marge Peppercorn opposed the program as "extremely cruel," urging sharpshooters instead. The commission separately continued a 177 Marlboro Road tree-removal hearing to Sept. 8 pending town counsel's opinion on a conservation restriction Coordinator Lori called "probably the strictest CR I've ever seen."
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