|
Post by trapperdave on Dec 16, 2016 23:53:14 GMT -5
Not even close..... How you know what everyone uses to trim with??? You don't ..... Breaking limbs by accident and trimming with a reason is no way the same! If someone can't see that you may want fan the smoke from you view... SMH Shake your head a little harder, might get the smoke out of your eyes and come up with an answer to my question
|
|
|
Post by 3ptbuck on Dec 17, 2016 0:16:39 GMT -5
Thats a great idea! I'd like to rent a beaver if anyone can live trap one for me? There's a tree I've wanted to drop on public for several years that would help direct some deer by me that otherwise go behind the stand?
|
|
|
Post by butlerj on Dec 17, 2016 1:37:26 GMT -5
Say the rented beaver doesent get all of the targeted limbs I want removed, is it legal for me to assist in trimming and then feeding to said rented beaver to knaw on?
|
|
|
Post by vikings on Dec 17, 2016 22:05:16 GMT -5
I am thinking after trump makes his pick for the supreme court and they get confirmed you all can get this argument settled.
|
|
|
Post by jackryan on Dec 17, 2016 22:23:44 GMT -5
Thats a great idea! I'd like to rent a beaver if anyone can live trap one for me? There's a tree I've wanted to drop on public for several years that would help direct some deer by me that otherwise go behind the stand? I don't get the point of arguing over it. If anyone in the thread was law enforcement then arguing a point may make sense. Beyond that it's been cussed and discussed. A grown man is just gonna do what ever he wants or what ever he thinks is right if he's really convinced he's right. Only time it matters to me is when I come in to an area and all the newer trees someone about 5 feet tall can reach are all broken over about 5.5 feet off the ground in a circle about 30 yards across. They must have broken over dozens of new trees that would have been about 8-10 feet tall before but I didn't count them. I couldn't decide if he was clearing the tree in the center to shoot or trying to bait them with the tree tops. He had a game cam about 5 feet above a scrape and pointed straight down at it not 10 yards from there. Can't imagine what else he could have done to screw up a good spot short of standing there screaming "NEVER COME BACK HERE DEER! I KEEL U!"
|
|
|
Post by coaldust on Dec 17, 2016 22:35:04 GMT -5
Don't like public land & wouldn't hunt it but if I did hunt public land I would hunt where I felt like hunting regardless of stands.
|
|
|
Post by INhuntin on Dec 17, 2016 23:53:46 GMT -5
I hunt public land all the time. If you want your stand in an area & there are other stands there just back up the trail (in or out)about 50yds & put your stand up.(it is public land so it is as much theirs as it is yours)I was hunting out of a stand this firearm season & had ground hunters on both sides of me 50yds out. Opening day the guy to the left of me dropped a doe & it fell about 20yds in front of my stand. And the guy to my right shot a small buck that fell about 30yds behind my stand. By the time these guys got there deer dressed & pulled out of view my opening day was shot. But that is the problem you get on public land. There is a few benefits of hunting in close quarters, a hunter recovering his game a couple hundred yards away will spook deer your way, other hunters are close enough to help you in case you get in trouble, & most are good guys to talk to at the check-in station. A trick I have found instead of trimming shooting lanes just pull the small trees to the side & tie them back to other trees. (if you can bend the small trees down far enough you are increasing brouse for the deer right in your shooting lanes) Always cut them free after hunting. If you are using a climber instead of cutting the small sticker limbs, find a 1" to 2" stick to break off those small limbs. If they are broken off no one can say you trimed them.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 13:33:54 GMT -5
Straight from IDNR Biologist for SE Indiana,
On Fish and Wildlife area properties trimming a few small braches isn’t going to cause problems. Cutting down larger trees probably will. There are also Park and Reservoir properties that are a little more particular depending on the property. You would be better off to ask the manager of the property you were interested in hunting.
Nathan Yazel, District 8 Wildlife Biologist 2010 S. State Rd. 3 North Vernon, IN 47265 812-352-8486
|
|
|
Post by trapperdave on Dec 20, 2016 14:02:21 GMT -5
And there you have it
|
|
|
Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Dec 20, 2016 14:20:38 GMT -5
I'm still trying to get enough extension cords to suck up all the acorns to put under my stand.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 14:44:13 GMT -5
I'm still trying to get enough extension cords to suck up all the acorns to put under my stand. Just hire a trained squirrel and you will have all the acorns you need.
|
|
|
Post by thebellcompany on Dec 20, 2016 14:53:53 GMT -5
I just rent a beaver when I need to trim trees. Nothing like mother nature best tree trimmer for the job. I think this was the funniest thing I've read all day! Thank you for posting!
|
|
|
Post by thebellcompany on Dec 20, 2016 15:01:40 GMT -5
Officer I didn't cut those trees out away from my stand it was the d.a.m.n. Beaver!!!!!
|
|
|
Post by greghopper on Dec 20, 2016 15:11:30 GMT -5
Straight from IDNR Biologist for SE Indiana, On Fish and Wildlife area properties trimming a few small braches isn’t going to cause problems. Cutting down larger trees probably will. There are also Park and Reservoir properties that are a little more particular depending on the property. You would be better off to ask the manager of the property you were interested in hunting. Nathan Yazel, District 8 Wildlife Biologist 2010 S. State Rd. 3 North Vernon, IN 47265 812-352-8486 So do you now think it's ok to trim trees on public land or do you need to ask someone else?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 15:50:40 GMT -5
Just received another email from Nathan.
Tom You shouldn't have any problems if you are just talking about trimming minor limbs that are in the way of putting a climbing stand up or minor shooting lane clearing. Do you have any properties in mind? Nathan Yazel
|
|
|
Post by greghopper on Dec 20, 2016 16:01:46 GMT -5
"Minor" and "shouldn't"...... Key words!
BTW.... I called his number after you posted it also.
|
|
|
Post by nfalls116 on Dec 20, 2016 16:02:42 GMT -5
Yes, I would rely on a biologist for legal advice. The debate is not if you should have problems it's if you CAN face legal repercussions for the activity of defacing plants. "You shouldn't have problems" is not a concrete answer at all. Not one I would bet the ranch or my favorite public hunting place.
|
|
|
Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Dec 20, 2016 17:38:20 GMT -5
Sometimes I think people worry about too much, but these concerns arise for a reason. Just like new policies where I worked. Someone in the industry got sued for something, so there's got to be a new policy.
I know guys on here have been made to dig a big hole where minerals use to be, and if this happened to me, I'd be a little paranoid too.
Personally, I don't think digging the earth up should be required to remove minerals. TRACE is all they need, and if they can get that much from the dirt naturally, I don't think a pile of it is going to matter. Currently, I'm not thinking much of anything would make a difference at my place. I think I could tie a hot doe to my rubbing post and they'd wait in line until dark to go get her.
If two acres of corn doesn't work next year, I'm in a world of hurt. I might have to visit a farm ...cattle farm that is.
|
|
|
Post by hornzilla on Dec 20, 2016 20:20:53 GMT -5
At least this post has been entertaining. Wow
|
|
|
Post by trapperdave on Dec 20, 2016 23:50:21 GMT -5
Good grief
Cite the code that says its illegal to trim a branch.... If its illegal, its a code
|
|