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Post by throbak on Jun 20, 2015 6:11:32 GMT -5
dont like the idea of splitting the state its crazy enough without shifting the hunting pressure south for this reason
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Post by maddog on Jun 20, 2015 8:38:01 GMT -5
personally, two per year is enough for me, based on where I hunt.
maddog
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Post by chubwub on Jun 20, 2015 8:42:16 GMT -5
I would hate the bundle being the only purchase option because I do not like being forced to pay for 3 deer tags when I only need one.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 20, 2015 8:50:53 GMT -5
I would hate the bundle being the only purchase option because I do not like being forced to pay for 3 deer tags when I only need one. Agree.. For some folks one is all they want...
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 20, 2015 8:53:31 GMT -5
IMO - the DNR will never cut back on the regular rags or have just plain deer tags that can be used in any season except the bundle tags.. It took some doing to get that. Too much money involved...
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Post by span870 on Jun 20, 2015 9:23:31 GMT -5
Seems it could all be simplified if they would follow Pennsylvania's model. One price and you get all yours tags. Bear, deer, turkey and small game. Indiana would get money they might not get otherwise and hunters have a one stop shop. Kind of like the youth license.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jun 20, 2015 10:22:39 GMT -5
Everybody gets a buck tag.. areas identified as under objective get limited number of doe tags, distributed via lottery.
Thing is, I doubt there are many, if any, places in Indiana the DNR would consider under objective. We as hunters would naturally like to see a more robust deer herd than farmers and most other people (those that care at least).
I have no complaints in my area, deer are still everywhere ( and I'd like it to stay that way).
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Post by dbd870 on Jun 20, 2015 13:14:50 GMT -5
I can't answer that for anyone else but myself. Ideally 2 a year but if I have a bad year the year before I will take 3 if I can the following year.
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Post by boonechaser on Jun 20, 2015 13:45:58 GMT -5
I like the county quota system. But would like to see a 4 antlerless cap.
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Post by firstwd on Jun 20, 2015 15:28:53 GMT -5
I like the county quota system. But would like to see a 4 antlerless cap. Bonus antlerless or total antlerless?
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 20, 2015 20:02:05 GMT -5
1 year I got 2,all the other years I got 1 or none. 2 is the most I would think of taking. 1 is usually enough.
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Post by firstwd on Jun 20, 2015 20:10:39 GMT -5
The question still stands as how many someone should be allowed to take, not how many you take.
Consider this, if the powers that be had the authority to set laws and regulations based solely on their personal beliefs or wishes where exactly would we be after 6 years of the current POTUS?
Everybody's situation is different. Just because you only need or want one or two a year doesn't mean that works for everybody.
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Post by boonechaser on Jun 20, 2015 20:11:25 GMT -5
Total antlerless 4.
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Post by drs on Jun 21, 2015 4:54:33 GMT -5
The question still stands as how many someone should be allowed to take, not how many you take. Consider this, if the powers that be had the authority to set laws and regulations based solely on their personal beliefs or wishes where exactly would we be after 6 years of the current POTUS? Everybody's situation is different. Just because you only need or want one or two a year doesn't mean that works for everybody. One or Two ~ Hunters choice. Some Counties, both Indiana & Kentucky, allow more Deer Harvest with "Only ONE Buck Rule" in place. The bonus Deer must be antlerless; but it is seldom for the average Hunter to harvest more than one or two Deer per year.
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Post by throbak on Jun 21, 2015 5:58:47 GMT -5
We would be better off to slow 2 bucks and quit worring about throphy management and think about the herd
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Post by dbd870 on Jun 21, 2015 6:00:55 GMT -5
The question still stands as how many someone should be allowed to take, not how many you take. Consider this, if the powers that be had the authority to set laws and regulations based solely on their personal beliefs or wishes where exactly would we be after 6 years of the current POTUS? Everybody's situation is different. Just because you only need or want one or two a year doesn't mean that works for everybody. I can't answer that.
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Post by trapperdave on Jun 21, 2015 6:16:51 GMT -5
as many as YOUR local herd can handle AND that you will consume in a years time. My family could easily eat 5-6 but my woods cant handle that kind of reduction so I stick to two at most unless I travel elsewhere. I have major issues with the guys that shoot em all up only to give it all away
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 21, 2015 7:10:08 GMT -5
We would be better off to slow 2 bucks and quit worring about throphy management and think about the herd So very true... Want to take pressure off the does? Allow another buck. BUT, it will never happen...
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Post by jjas on Jun 21, 2015 9:41:41 GMT -5
Woody Williams
Many in this state would have an absolute fit if hunters were allowed to kill two bucks per season. They pushed hard for the obr, and that in conjuntion with a push from organizations like QDMA, hunting shows and magazines, they went along with killing does and lots of them. Now, people say there are too many does being killed and blaming the bonus antlerless quota system for it.
And while I know that I sound like a broken record, I don't think the bonus antlerless system is causing a problem and the fact that less than 5% of hunters are taking more than 3 deer year would seem to support that.
So what is my point? Indiana has a lot of hunters killing one, two or three deer and many of them are killing antlerless deer while passing on bucks. It's a sea change from the way many of us hunted when we were young and has many questioning if the pendulum of deer management was allowed to swing too far the other way.
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Post by chubwub on Jun 21, 2015 10:14:15 GMT -5
I'm not against killing does but when you kill a doe you don't just kill one deer. You kill her plus her future offspring that she could produce each year.
Assuming she will produce 1-3 fawns per year and can do so for the entire decade or so of her life and in turn the other 50% that turn out to be does would do the same...that starts to add up.
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