The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a public forum to discuss strategies aimed at culling the town’s deer population on April 19 at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall. The forum will feature a panel of experts from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC), the Orange County Health Department and others. Panelists will discuss environmental effects of the deer population, potential health risks related to deer overpopulation and the feasibility of an urban bow hunt. The council voted on Jan. 11 to apply for a 2011 urban archery permit from the WRC but has not implemented bow hunting as a deer-control strategy. The public is invited to attend the forum to offer their views to the council.