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Post by lugnutz on May 25, 2006 17:27:05 GMT -5
I was just curious why its the law that your only allowed to take a deer, a half hour before and after sunrise/sunset?
Lug
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Post by huxbux on May 25, 2006 18:58:38 GMT -5
My guess would be the safety factor. That time frame seems(to me) to be the least amount of light acceptable for positively identifying my target under all weather conditions. There are of course, exceptions : clear weather, deer at very close ranges, early in bow season, etc. I know I've heard shots in the deer woods several minutes before legal hours that really spooked me. From my experience deer hunting, the legal hours are pretty reasonable. We have to remember that not all hunters are as responsible as the members on this site.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 25, 2006 19:02:42 GMT -5
If memory serves me correctly (correct me if I'm wrong guys) we used to have to shut down gun hunting at sunset and was not supposed to fire a shot until sunup..
We gained a half hour both ways some time back..
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Post by mbogo on May 26, 2006 5:17:53 GMT -5
Most of the places I hunt don't allow me to see well enough to shoot until several minutes after legal shooting time.
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Post by wolfhound on May 26, 2006 7:44:06 GMT -5
I was just curious why its the law that your only allowed to take a deer, a half hour before and after sunrise/sunset? I wish it was that way in Illinois. We get a 1/2 hr before sunrise to sunset and lose the best half hour of the day. I forgot that Indiana allowed that last half hour last year when I hunted. I got out 1/2 hour early and my buddy reminded me that I could hunt it.  Of course I also didn't realize that Indiana hunters could hunt deer with the plug out. I heard a 5 shot string of shots and later mentioned to him that someone was hunting with the plug out. Geeze, it's night and day the differences between Indiana and Illinois. Your reg book is better too. |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on May 26, 2006 8:00:15 GMT -5
Safer line of sight & proper identification of your intetended quarry.
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Post by chicobrownbear on May 26, 2006 8:01:33 GMT -5
I was just curious why its the law that your only allowed to take a deer, a half hour before and after sunrise/sunset? I wish it was that way in Illinois. We get a 1/2 hr before sunrise to sunset and lose the best half hour of the day. I forgot that Indiana allowed that last half hour last year when I hunted. I got out 1/2 hour early and my buddy reminded me that I could hunt it. Of course I also didn't realize that Indiana hunters could hunt deer with the plug out. I heard a 5 shot string of shots and later mentioned to him that someone was hunting with the plug out. Geeze, it's night and day the differences between Indiana and Illinois. Your reg book is better too. We can also carry firearms to protect ourselves, and when we get done duck hunting we don't have to disassemble our guns and lock them in the case. Illinois would be great if it weren't for Chicago. |
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Post by duff on May 27, 2006 22:25:06 GMT -5
I was just curious why its the law that your only allowed to take a deer, a half hour before and after sunrise/sunset? Lug Your question is kinda confusing to me, but you do realize that typically on sunny days anyways we will have some light available to see but not offically sunrise or sunset. Look at this link aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.htmlSelect form "A" then your state and city this will give you the civil sunrise or "begining civil twilight" and the actual sunrise times. The begining and ending of civil twilight are roughly half hour before and after the "official" sunrise or sunset. Before and after the civil twilight time it is dark and we probably can not see the deer very well much less shoot them without some sort of light. Add clouds or heavy woods/cover and the dark will last longer or come sooner. |
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Post by single_shooter on May 30, 2006 0:53:27 GMT -5
Wolfhound - there have been several times the past few years that I wish we had a 3-shot rule in Indiana. Just as you stated - you heard a 5-shot string...now, who can fire 5 shots safely and accurately at a running deer???.....NOBODY!!
If someone on our family's farm shoots like that I make sure they are no longer welcome there.
I like the old rule of only having 3 rounds on your person when in the woods. MAybe 5 would be good, since that's what I carry in a wrist carrier for my .243 pistol. I have yet to use more than 3 rounds in a day...but I took home 3 deer...and that is with a single-shot, break-action pistol.
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Post by lugnutz on May 30, 2006 17:18:53 GMT -5
I know from previous experiences, its been possible for me to shoot my bow (accurately) at close range (20 yards or less), well past "legal" time.
That is, hunting the edges of fields.
Lug
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Post by Woody Williams on May 30, 2006 18:09:26 GMT -5
I know from previous experiences, its been possible for me to shoot my bow (accurately) at close range (20 yards or less), well past "legal" time. That is, hunting the edges of fields. Lug I have a couple of stands that are back in the thick stuff. After getting down in the evening and walking out to a field to go back to my truck I can see rather well in the field. Of course dark cloudy days can make you get down early too. I would not want to hunt if I can not see well even if there is legal time left. I might get a bad shot or shoot something I don't want to shoot. |
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Post by wolfhound on May 30, 2006 21:19:20 GMT -5
Wolfhound - there have been several times the past few years that I wish we had a 3-shot rule in Indiana. Just as you stated - you heard a 5-shot string...now, who can fire 5 shots safely and accurately at a running deer???.....NOBODY!! If someone on our family's farm shoots like that I make sure they are no longer welcome there. I like the old rule of only having 3 rounds on your person when in the woods. MAybe 5 would be good, since that's what I carry in a wrist carrier for my .243 pistol. I have yet to use more than 3 rounds in a day...but I took home 3 deer...and that is with a single-shot, break-action pistol. I shoot a muzzleloader so I tend to pick my shots carefully. I pass shots that I later hear people tell me I should have taken. I figure that since no quick follow up is handy I'm dang sure gonna make certain the first shot does it for me. If I have doubts about the shot I don't shoot. No spray and pray here. |
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Post by Sasquatch on Jun 6, 2006 4:24:53 GMT -5
Chicobrownbear, you said it all about Chicago. The countryside is forever doomed to put up with stupid laws that sail unhindered through the masses of hive-minded Urbanites that fill big towns like Chicago. I'm glad Indy is no bigger than it is!
There is something about being born and raised in city that just renders some people unable to relate to a more rural setting, or even smaller towns. "I've never shot a gun in my life... there's no place to shoot them anyway, and the only image of guns I have is from TV and that time I got car-jacked....so why not vote for more gun-hating politicians."
Gives me the heebie-Jeebies just thinking about it!
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