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Post by cvawolf on Oct 1, 2016 19:24:32 GMT -5
Exactly 2,311 deer harvested so far in indiana since September.
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Post by medic22 on Oct 1, 2016 19:47:07 GMT -5
Makes me feel better that i didnt see anything
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Oct 1, 2016 20:14:52 GMT -5
I really hope they reduce the # of does for Jasper county soon. 8 is too many. Deer #'s are way down here.
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Post by nfalls116 on Oct 1, 2016 20:26:49 GMT -5
Makes me feel better about not being free for hunting
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 2, 2016 7:18:39 GMT -5
Exactly 2,311 deer harvested so far in indiana since September. Do you have the link for the harvest numbers? Last time I talked with the DNR the vendor was working out problems with the system..
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Post by greghopper on Oct 2, 2016 7:38:16 GMT -5
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Post by cvawolf on Oct 2, 2016 13:05:27 GMT -5
I really hope they reduce the # of does for Jasper county soon. 8 is too many. Deer #'s are way down here. I believe they should do it state wide for 2 years at least so we can get numbers back up across the board and also as hunters we should do our part and at least try to harvest more mature deer,this might on a few people's cereal but it's just reality,because we are quick to complain about deer numbers but very fast at letting an arrow or a bullet fly... (just saying)
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Post by trapperdave on Oct 2, 2016 20:57:19 GMT -5
3189 and counting
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Post by nfalls116 on Oct 2, 2016 21:08:27 GMT -5
"don't forget we have 48hrs to check them in" ;-)
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 3, 2016 7:13:20 GMT -5
I really hope they reduce the # of does for Jasper county soon. 8 is too many. Deer #'s are way down here. I believe they should do it state wide for 2 years at least so we can get numbers back up across the board and also as hunters we should do our part and at least try to harvest more mature deer,this might on a few people's cereal but it's just reality,because we are quick to complain about deer numbers but very fast at letting an arrow or a bullet fly... (just saying) One size fits all isn't a logical approach to bonus antlerless numbers...each county can change so drastically in terrain habitat and numbers. Shoot even within a county it can change. I am not saying some counties don't need reduced, but to believe a statewide concept is fitting is not the case. It wouldn't be a smart thing to set it all to 4 or 8 or 0...because each county and even each localized herd can change so drastically.
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Post by swilk on Oct 3, 2016 7:23:00 GMT -5
Agree, statewide management will not work for that. Not even region would work. County by county isnt even the best idea but without getting too micro its about as good as we can do.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 7:23:21 GMT -5
I'm starting to think food plots relocate a lot of deer. I don't have any static's, but it seems that way. There seems to less and less deer in big woods and a lot more around the food plot areas. A neighbor from my brother's place put in a food plot three years ago and I've seen their pattern change. The side area near the food plot did not hold many deer. Not much food in the area and now it is loaded with deer.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 3, 2016 7:51:41 GMT -5
I'm starting to think food plots relocate a lot of deer. I don't have any static's, but it seems that way. There seems to less and less deer in big woods and a lot more around the food plot areas. A neighbor from my brother's place put in a food plot three years ago and I've seen their pattern change. The side area near the food plot did not hold many deer. Not much food in the area and now it is loaded with deer. Big woods naturally have low deer density because of the sheer lack of natural brows and food sources. It's the primary reason why on state park grounds and/or public grounds logging operations are continual. If one simply let's woods go untouched they mature and the canopy chokes out all viable food sources for the whitetail deer except for the mast trees...and that is seasonal. Habitat loss is a real thing, but I think this is a HUGE aspect of "lost habitat" that people overlook and or ignore when discussing deer sightings. Vacant ag field ground does this exact same thing...it doesn't provide a dang thing outside of the window of edible food provided. (corn the exception as it provides some cover)
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Post by swilk on Oct 3, 2016 8:17:13 GMT -5
There arent many of what I would consider "big woods" in our state....even if there were, deer are an edge species. Those transition areas between wooded ground and crop/pasture ground is where you will find deer.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 8:33:42 GMT -5
I'm starting to think food plots relocate a lot of deer. I don't have any static's, but it seems that way. There seems to less and less deer in big woods and a lot more around the food plot areas. A neighbor from my brother's place put in a food plot three years ago and I've seen their pattern change. The side area near the food plot did not hold many deer. Not much food in the area and now it is loaded with deer. Big woods naturally have low deer density because of the sheer lack of natural brows and food sources. It's the primary reason why on state park grounds and/or public grounds logging operations are continual. If one simply let's woods go untouched they mature and the canopy chokes out all viable food sources for the whitetail deer except for the mast trees...and that is seasonal. Habitat loss is a real thing, but I think this is a HUGE aspect of "lost habitat" that people overlook and or ignore when discussing deer sightings. Vacant ag field ground does this exact same thing...it doesn't provide a dang thing outside of the window of edible food provided. (corn the exception as it provides some cover) I agree, the browse food is very limited these day. The high deer populations on the late 90's etc. killed a lot of it. My brother and I talked about putting in some food plots next year to move some deer back. Big woods for me is around 500 plus acre woods. There's a lot of those in Switzerland county. I'm putting a food plot on my 3 acres at home. The plot will be around 3/4 acre.
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Post by swilk on Oct 3, 2016 8:42:47 GMT -5
okay .... thats not what I would consider big woods. Deer wills till travel to ag fields on a property that size. Big woods to me us like upper NY where deer actually live in the big woods. Feed there. Breed there. Die there.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 3, 2016 8:48:40 GMT -5
In my post I was using Big Woods, meaning mature big timber that has canopied over the forest floor....not big woods in the Northern Minnesota or Wisconsin definition. Many in Indiana have zero true grasp of big woods hunting.
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Post by swilk on Oct 3, 2016 8:54:27 GMT -5
Im glad I dont have to hunt big woods .... a whole different thing there.
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 3, 2016 8:56:24 GMT -5
Im glad I dont have to hunt big woods .... a whole different thing there. No kidding, got a buddy who lives and hunts up near/in Ely (sp?) Minnesota and HUGE wood tracts....just nuts how low the deer density is and the concept of finding pinches and funnels...and well anything is crazy different! If a tree falls over, you hunt it for the immediate food source it provides!
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Post by trapperdave on Oct 3, 2016 9:38:23 GMT -5
I love and miss Ely MN! Used to go up there every year fishing. Lots of bear, moose and awesome small mouth, walleye and pike fishing. Friend of the family, Colonel Rusk, owned Northern Lights Lodge on Bear Island lake for many years. Last I heard the area had developed quite a bit. Ruined the wilderness atmosphere it used to have.
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