Indiana must say no to canned hunting

Thank you Doug Allman and IWF for standign u p for sportwmen and women, and getting the message out on this subject!

+100!!
If you are not sure who you need to contact, this link will help you connect to your elected officials.

www.in.gov/apps/sos/legislator/search/

So...we just find who our local legislator(s) are and email them, as well as the governor, and tell them we don't want canned hunting in Indiana?

I emailed my senator, rep and the governor, but from what I read elsewhere it sounds like it may not matter.

Done.

Thanks Greg for your effort and pulling all this information together. Contacting your representives, senators, and the governors office will help beat this, as well as getting all your friends and relatives to do same (Facebook). This is bad for all citizens, not just the sportsmen and women. Indiana can do better.....

What is the problem? SB 487 just sets fees for hunting preserves.
Is this the right number?
There is another bill that allows the DNR to decide what is fair chase and set the rules based on their idea of it. That's SB 0340.



SENATE BILL No. 487




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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:




SOURCE: IC 14-22-12-2; (13)SB0487.3.1. --> SECTION 1. IC 14-22-12-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. Except for a license sold under IC 14-22-31-8, the department shall use the following to increase the upland game bird population in Indiana:
(1) Four dollars ($4) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt any game for any period in any manner.
(2) Forty dollars ($40) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt deer for any period in any manner.

SOURCE: IC 14-22-25-1; (13)SB0487.3.2. --> SECTION 2. IC 14-22-25-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Animals imported into Indiana for the purpose of being confined and exhibited in a zoo or other public display of animals.
(2) Other animals that the department designates.
(3) Animals regulated under IC 14-22-31-7.

SOURCE: IC 14-22-31-8; (13)SB0487.3.3. --> SECTION 3. IC 14-22-31-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.151-2012, SECTION 27, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 8. (a) An individual may not take game birds and exotic mammals on a shooting preserve unless the individual has a hunting license required under this article. article, except nonresidents of Indiana who must possess a special license issued by the department under this section to shoot on licensed shooting preserves.
(b) The department:
(1) shall issue special licenses; and
(2) may appoint owners or managers of shooting preserves as agents to sell special licenses.
(c) A special license expires April 30 immediately following the date the license is effective.
(d) The fee for a special license is equal to the fee for a resident annual hunting license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(2). All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the fish and wildlife fund.

The canned hunt amendment will be attached to 487. This is a common practice at this stage of the legislature, to slide in an amendment to get something through.

Don't forget to send your representative an e-mail or give them a call. E-mail or call the governors office also. There is still time.