New Grouse Rule Proposals…

New Grouse Rule Proposals…

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TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMISSION
Proposed Rule
LSA Document #09-
DIGEST
Amends 312 IAC 9-4-10 by reducing the length of the ruffed grouse hunting season on public
land. Amends 312 IAC 9-4-11 by modifying the dates of the fall season for hunting wild turkeys,
adding counties where wild turkeys may be hunted during the fall season, and adding a hunter
orange requirement for hunting during the fall season that coincides with deer muzzleloader
season. Effective thirty (30) days after filing with the Publisher.
312 IAC 9-4-10
312 IAC 9-4-11
SECTION 1. 312 IAC 9-4-10 AS PUBLISHED AS _____________________ IS AMENDED
TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
312 IAC 9-4-10 Ruffed grouse
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 10. (a) An individual may hunt ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) only from:
(1) October 1 through December 31 on privately owned lands, and
(2) October 1 through November 10 or the first Friday after November 10, whichever is
later, on publicly owned lands.
(b) An individual may take two (2) ruffed grouse per day.
(c) An individual must not hunt ruffed grouse except in the following counties:
(1) Bartholomew.
(2) Brown.
(3) Clark.
(4) Crawford.
(5) Dearborn (south of U.S. 50).
(6) Greene (east of U.S. 231).
(7) Jackson.
(8) Jefferson.
(9) Jennings (south of U.S. 50).
(10) Johnson.
(11) LaGrange (except Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area).
(12) Lawrence.
(13) Martin.
(14) Morgan.
(15) Monroe.
(16) Ohio.
(17) Orange.
(18) Owen.
(19) Putnam (south of U.S. 40).
(20) Perry.
(21) Ripley (south of U.S. 50).
(22) Scott.
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(23) Steuben (except Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area).
(24) Switzerland.
(25) Washington.
(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-4-10; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2710;
readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12: