Officials in a Bergen County town are trying to decide how to deal with a deer population they say is out of control.

Saddle River officials say that there have been at least nine car accidents involving deer in town this year and that they are looking for ways to cull the population.

“The options are lethal, and we haven’t decided how…but we’ve pretty well ruled out non-lethal,” Councilman Ron Yates says.

Police Chief Timothy McWilliams says that this is now the time of deer mating season, which always seems to worsen the issue.

“You’ll get an increase of deer-car collisions during that time,” he says.

People in neighboring Upper Saddle River tell News 12 New Jersey that they too have a deer population problem, and that their leaders are not doing anything.

“I think nothing is going to happen until there's a fatal car accident,” one resident says.

A fatal accident is exactly what Councilman Yates says that he wants to avoid.

“It could be anything that will take the deer down quickly and effectively,” he says.

The Saddle River Council was planning on hashing out the details of the culling at a meeting Monday night. The plan would face a vote in October.