NRC Letter to the Indiana Deer Hunters

I do not appreciate the way that the organized sporting clubs such as the Indiana Deer Hunters Assoc. and Indiana Bow Hunters Assoc. have backdoored the average hunter in this state with their fantasies of a trophy deer behind every bush. They do not, repeat NOT, represent the opinion of the majority of Hoosier hunters. If one were to examine them more closely, which I strongly reccomend, one would find that their memberships are actually quite small with regard to active memebers, and largely composed of non-active internet members. They are NOT the voices of the Hoosier sportsman, they are simply highly organized PACS with their own agenda. They seek to turn Indiana into a trophy deer state for their own gain as many of their leadership are landowners with large tracts that they wish to lease to the highest bidders. Hunting access is already very tough to obtain, rampant leasing would severely reduce the remaining private land available to those of us without deep pockets. Their proposals to shorten the firearms and muzzleloading periods would be detrimental to the IDNR's goal of herd reduction and intelligent management, and I vehemently oppose any measure that will hamper their ability to manage the herd properly solely for the sake of a few chest thumper's desire for trophy management. We already have plenty of trophy class deer, which will only improve as our hunting population ages and becomes more selective, please do not reduce opportunity for the gain of a greedy few. If you absolutely must cut some days please consider doing so with the far less productive early and late archery periods, the impact on both the herd and hunting opportunities would be minimal at worst.