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Post by nubbie on Oct 20, 2016 18:26:42 GMT -5
which state parks have no show drawing
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Post by firstwd on Oct 20, 2016 21:43:13 GMT -5
As far as I know none, but I obviously haven't hunted all of them to know for sure. You have to actually call them and ask. At least the ones you are interested in.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 21, 2016 6:30:08 GMT -5
Unless it has changed in the last few years there are not any no show provisions for the park hunts.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 21, 2016 7:04:52 GMT -5
(From 2015 State Park Deer Reduction Results) www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjC0KDw7OvPAhXIJiYKHWdVAtkQFgguMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.in.gov%2Fdnr%2Fparklake%2Ffiles%2Fsp-DeerRMRR.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFxycxTKN6HayrAHDB-dccG8mLAbg Standby drawings are sometimes held at parks in an attempt to fill spots left vacant by originally drawn hunters. The objective is to increase hunting pressure on deer. Participating properties are selected based on elevated no-show rates upwards of 50% or higher in recent years. These parks are also laid out in such a way that facilitates an ample staging area for the drawing while providing staff ability to monitor and control potential standby hunters’ entry into the park.
Participants in the standby drawing are chosen daily onsite and have to meet the same eligibility as those originally drawn (Indiana residents or in possession of a lifetime license for harvesting deer, 18 years of age by the date of the first hunt, and possession of a valid license to hunt deer in Indiana). Given expected success rates on the first day of each hunt and other factors, parks can generally target no-show rates between 25- 30%. The average no-show rate for 2015 was 53%. This is slightly higher than the current five year average no-show rate of 47%.
Though H/E by standby hunters has varied widely between 0.04 and 0.31 in recent years, the average number of no-shows across all participating parks can be expected to drop by approximately 10% using the standby drawing. 23% of all deer harvested at one property in 2013 were taken with standby hunters.
No standby drawings were held in 2015, primarily because we were implementing the new DNR on-line check-in system for deer harvested and anticipated the need for our staff to focus on that element of the process on-site.
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