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Post by hoosier on Jul 8, 2010 14:45:13 GMT -5
The proposals before the legislators are supposedly a result of an overabundance of the deer population. Where are these vast concentrations of deer? Certainly they are NOT in my haunts of Owen, Greene counties. Very few deer when compared to the past. I am willing to drive 3 hours one way to see these populations of teeming whitetails. I would just love to see the hordes of them. Too many deer? According to WHO?  |
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Post by Decatur on Jul 8, 2010 14:47:38 GMT -5
I think, due to the make-up of our state, we have pockets with tons of deer, and pockets of few deer.
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Post by john1977 on Jul 8, 2010 15:01:22 GMT -5
come to my woods they are everywhere
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Post by vectrix on Jul 8, 2010 18:44:11 GMT -5
come to my woods they are everywhere NOT HERE- Where you at john1977? |
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Post by swilk on Jul 8, 2010 18:55:38 GMT -5
I think we are still a couple of years away from pre 2007 numbers in Gibson County. Cant complain about the number of deer I see ..... but it is less than it was prior to 2007.
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Post by tenring on Jul 8, 2010 20:48:32 GMT -5
In soybean and alfalfa fields, and on country roads that have a speed limit of 35 MPH and every body drives 65 MPH!
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Post by drs on Jul 9, 2010 7:08:21 GMT -5
I think, due to the make-up of our state, we have pockets with tons of deer, and pockets of few deer. You're correct! There are a few counties where the Deer Herd Population is still high, mostly in the extreme SW & SE Indiana. However these areas are also being developed with new roads, housing, Wal-Marts, schools, and such which takes away Deer & other wildlife Habitat. |
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Post by swilk on Jul 9, 2010 7:23:21 GMT -5
Record or near record harvest each and every year say the deer population is doing pretty good. There were some counties that were hit pretty hard by EHD ... mostly southern counties .... but other than that the information available says deer numbers are doing just fine.
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Post by 76chevy on Jul 9, 2010 7:46:50 GMT -5
I hunt greene and it loaded with deer. I see at least a dozen a day around my house to and from work. There have been record harvests each of the past several years also... The proposals before the legislators are supposedly a result of an overabundance of the deer population. Where are these vast concentrations of deer? Certainly they are NOT in my haunts of Owen, Greene counties. Very few deer when compared to the past. I am willing to drive 3 hours one way to see these populations of teeming whitetails. I would just love to see the hordes of them. Too many deer? According to WHO? |
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Post by js2397 on Jul 9, 2010 8:06:17 GMT -5
Harrison county has a huge deer population. The second Saturday of gun season this year my dad killed 8 deer in one morning. I hunted within 100 yards of his stand the last day of muzzleloader season and saw 10-12 all together in a field.
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Post by 76chevy on Jul 9, 2010 8:11:17 GMT -5
 WOW Great for him! What a morning!!! Harrison county has a huge deer population. The second Saturday of gun season this year my dad killed 8 deer in one morning. ....
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Post by mattfinney on Jul 9, 2010 8:14:36 GMT -5
Indiana is no where close to its biological carrying capacity of deer, it is the social carrying capacity that has been exceeded. I see a fair amount of deer in the areas that I hunt, but as a hunter, I would prefer to see twice as many, but you've got to remember that most Indiana residents are not hunters. These folks often view deer as something that might tear up their car, or worse, cause injury or death from vehicle collision. Farmers would also like to see less deer, we all know that many farmers view deer as pests, and rightfully so. It's simply a case of hunters being outnumbered. If the deer density in your neck of the woods is low, don't shoot does. There are areas of the state that deer numbers are very high, and that is what the IDNR is trying to correct.
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Post by tenring on Jul 9, 2010 8:59:23 GMT -5
Indiana is no where close to its biological carrying capacity of deer, it is the social carrying capacity that has been exceeded. I see a fair amount of deer in the areas that I hunt, but as a hunter, I would prefer to see twice as many, but you've got to remember that most Indiana residents are not hunters. These folks often view deer as something that might tear up their car, or worse, cause injury or death from vehicle collision. Farmers would also like to see less deer, we all know that many farmers view deer as pests, and rightfully so. It's simply a case of hunters being outnumbered. If the deer density in your neck of the woods is low, don't shoot does. There are areas of the state that deer numbers are very high, and that is what the IDNR is trying to correct. If that's the case, how many deer do we have now, and what is the number for the carrying capacity? Inquiring mind here. |
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Post by drs on Jul 9, 2010 9:40:05 GMT -5
Indiana is no where close to its biological carrying capacity of deer, it is the social carrying capacity that has been exceeded. I see a fair amount of deer in the areas that I hunt, but as a hunter, I would prefer to see twice as many, but you've got to remember that most Indiana residents are not hunters. These folks often view deer as something that might tear up their car, or worse, cause injury or death from vehicle collision. Farmers would also like to see less deer, we all know that many farmers view deer as pests, and rightfully so. It's simply a case of hunters being outnumbered. If the deer density in your neck of the woods is low, don't shoot does. There are areas of the state that deer numbers are very high, and that is what the IDNR is trying to correct. If that's the case, how many deer do we have now, and what is the number for the carrying capacity? Inquiring mind here. I am guessing that there are far less Deer than believed in Indiana. Most of the reported high Deer sightings are due to Deer being forced to live in a smaller habitat areas. These areas are like "shooting Fish in a barrel. When I lived north of Evansville, there was all kinds of woods and fields filled with food crops and I saw few Deer. Then Development came in and as the habitat shrunk & the corn/soybean fields became subdivisions I saw more Deer, on my property of 15 acres, as my property remained wild. Thus they stayed on my property, but I don't think there was an "Huge" increase in the Deer population. |
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Post by js2397 on Jul 9, 2010 9:47:39 GMT -5
I know a farmer pretty close to me that has taken 100 deer per summer off his couple hundred acres he farms. This info came from someone employed by the DNR.
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Post by boonechaser on Jul 9, 2010 9:48:16 GMT -5
Less deer in switerland county. 2 years of 8 bonus doe permit's has put a hammer on deer round here.
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Post by drs on Jul 9, 2010 9:51:02 GMT -5
I know a farmer pretty close to me that has taken 100 deer per summer off his couple hundred acres he farms. This info came from someone employed by the DNR. I am not too "keen" allowing Farmers shooting Deer out of season. The reason there were so many Deer on this Farmer's land is most likely that was their only habitat/food source. |
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Post by racktracker on Jul 9, 2010 9:53:25 GMT -5
I know a farmer pretty close to me that has taken 100 deer per summer off his couple hundred acres he farms. This info came from someone employed by the DNR. I am not too "keen" allowing Farmers shooting Deer out of season. The reason there were so many Deer on this Farmer's land is most likely that was their only habitat/food source. Plant it and they will come. Not only deer but every othr critter in the woods. |
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Post by js2397 on Jul 9, 2010 10:00:20 GMT -5
WOW Great for him! What a morning!!! Harrison county has a huge deer population. The second Saturday of gun season this year my dad killed 8 deer in one morning. .... Thanks, it was an awesome morning but it was hard on my back dragging and gutting all those deer. |
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Post by racktracker on Jul 9, 2010 10:05:27 GMT -5
WOW Great for him! What a morning!!! Thanks, it was an awesome morning but it was hard on my back dragging and gutting all those deer. That is where hunting turned to WORK..Congratulations to your dad. I'm sure that morning is permanently lodged in the memory bank and will be talked about for a long, long time. |
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