|
Post by arlowe13 on Aug 4, 2016 5:04:19 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Jun 8, 2016 16:06:46 GMT -5
Nope that "arm brace" is to never touch a shoulder It's a legal rifle now, so why can't a stock be put on it to hunt? He can use that 300BLK pistol on Public land. If it were a "rifle", it could only be used on private land.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on May 26, 2016 10:30:29 GMT -5
New deer biologist and mammologist join DNR
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has a new deer biologist and a new mammologist.
Joe Caudell, the deer biologist, joins the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife from Murray State University in Kentucky, where he had served as assistant professor of wildlife since 2013. He also has served as an adjunct professor in Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources since 2011.
Taylor Rasmussen, the new mammologist, joins DNR Fish & Wildlife after earning his master’s degree in biological sciences with a focus on small mammal ecology from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, in 2012.
“The Division of Fish & Wildlife has brought on highly qualified biologists to take on two important roles in the Division,” said Mark Reiter, Division of Fish & Wildlife director. “We are fortunate to be able to select candidates with experience and advanced degrees to help adapt and move our Wildlife Science Program forward.”
Caudell, who earned his doctorate in wildlife biology from Utah State University in 2001, served as wildlife disease biologist for U.S. Department of Agriculture APHIS Wildlife Services in West Lafayette from 2005 to 2013. He lives on a 20-acre farm between Shoals and Loogootee.
Before working in West Lafayette, Caudell served as urban wildlife biologist for USDA APHIS in Las Vegas and as wildlife damage management specialist for the same organization in Augusta, Maine. He holds a master’s degree from Utah State University in wildlife biology and a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management from the University of Georgia.
“I have been working with deer since I started college,” he said. “And this was a position that I’d always been interested in since moving to Indiana. It’s a natural fit for me—I like working with deer.”
As a person who grew up in the southeastern United States, he said he appreciates the size and quality of Indiana deer.
“The first time I worked a check station here about 14 years ago, I was just amazed at the size of deer that were coming in,” he said. “I think the deer hunters here get a really good experience in terms of having high-quality deer.”
He says his main challenge will be balancing the needs of hunters and people who are experiencing damage from deer, something that he is familiar with as a person who grew up on a farm and has continued to farm.
Rasmussen, a native of Sioux Falls, Iowa, worked with small mammals throughout his undergraduate and graduate years.
“I like working with animals that are often overlooked, such as the smaller animals and the endangered and threatened animals as well,” he said.
Rasmussen did projects on the Franklin’s ground squirrel while at Morningside and Fort Hays State and is especially interested in continuing to work with that state-endangered species in Indiana, as well as with bats.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on May 24, 2016 4:46:43 GMT -5
Just put my survey in the mail yesterday. It was identical to the previous survey posted.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 28, 2016 4:47:27 GMT -5
There may have been a large increase in antlered kills last year, but really, our trend is pretty flat. ![](http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/shuttered13/bucks_zpspuu4tklm.png)
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 27, 2016 19:47:38 GMT -5
I downloaded the sheet but can't figure out how to get laporte county I'm on mobile Hmm, not sure how to do it on mobile...if you click on the boxes "County", do you get a drop down box? That is where you would pick your county.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 27, 2016 18:45:54 GMT -5
There was a 8.4% increase from 2000 to 2001. There was a 10.6% increase from 2003 to 2004. The following years trended flat or slightly decreasing until 2015. Is this one a flat 10%? Thanks.. Actually closer to 11%. I got 10.91%
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 27, 2016 18:42:43 GMT -5
Thank you sir! Is that 10% jump in antlered harvest unprecedented ? There was a 8.4% increase from 2000 to 2001. There was a 10.6% increase from 2003 to 2004. The following years trended flat or slightly decreasing until 2015.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 27, 2016 18:15:29 GMT -5
Updated with 2015 data.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 8, 2016 13:08:22 GMT -5
I was curious what my SR762 weighed... 12.2lb. 16" barrel with 8" suppressor, so not really any different than standard bolt actions lengths. Maybe a couple pounds heavier, but I don't notice when I carry it on my pack or the quad. ![](http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/shuttered13/0408160940_zpshqbykwpc.jpg)
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 7, 2016 10:31:33 GMT -5
I fairly positive LL were included in the 183k, but I'm not 100%
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 7, 2016 9:28:04 GMT -5
I know our leasor wants the deer, coyotes, groundhogs and black vultures (we have a federal permit) killed any and every which way. Doesn't care what rifles/weapons/equipment we use. He has 300-400 head of cattle on the farm at any given time. It comes down to building trust and education.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 7, 2016 9:22:22 GMT -5
250,000 is probably pretty close, maybe just a tad high. There were 183,000 individual licenses sold in 2014. Say 30% (somewhat of an educated guess) of all hunters are using a landowner license, would bring that number up to 240,000. So yeah, 250,000 is probably accurate.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 5, 2016 13:43:38 GMT -5
Latest release from the DNR on legal cartridges... www.in.gov/activecalendar_dnr/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8974&information_id=18905&type=&syndicate=syndicateThe Department of Natural Resources has received numerous questions regarding recent legislation that legalizes certain rifles for deer hunting beginning later this year. Most questions have to do with calibers and cartridges allowed under the new law. House Enrolled Act 1231 that was passed earlier this year by the Indiana General Assembly allows some additional rifle cartridges to be used only on private land during the firearms season. The new legal cartridges include, but are not limited to, the .243 Winchester, .30-30 Winchester, .300 AAC Blackout, and .30-06 Springfield. Additional requirements are: • The rifle must have a barrel length of at least 16 inches • The rifle cartridges must have a cartridge case length of least 1.16 inches • The rifle cartridge must fire a bullet with a diameter that is o .243 inches (or 6 mm); or o .308 inches (or 7.62 mm) • No cartridges with a bullet diameter between .243 and .308 are legal (such as the .270 Winchester) • A hunter may not possess more than 10 such cartridges while in the field Rifles with pistol cartridges that have been allowed in previous years may still be used to hunt deer on both private and public land. Additional cartridges that are legal under HEA 1231 include, but are not limited to, the following: • 6mm-06 • 6mm BR Remington • 6mm PPC • 6mm Remington • .240 Weatherby • .243 Winchester • .243 Winchester Super Short Magnum • .30 Carbine • .30 Herrett • .30 Remington AR • .30-06 Springfield • .30-30 Winchester • .30-40 Krag • .300 AAC Blackout (.300 Whisper) • .300 H&H Magnum • .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum • .300 Savage • .300 Weatherby Magnum • .300 Winchester Magnum • .300 Winchester Short Magnum • .300 Remington Ultra Magnum • .308 Marlin • .308 Winchester • 7.62x39mm • 7.62x54mmR There are other cartridges that meet the law’s specifications, and there are others that do not. A partial list of cartridges that are not allowed under HEA 1231 includes the .270 Winchester, .38-55 Winchester, .444 Marlin, and .45-70 Government. HEA 1231 is scheduled to expire after the 2020 deer season, at which time the DNR will submit an impact report to the Governor and the General Assembly
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 5, 2016 13:37:34 GMT -5
Quite different from what most of us were thinking...
Event Description: The Department of Natural Resources has received numerous questions regarding recent legislation that legalizes certain rifles for deer hunting beginning later this year. Most questions have to do with calibers and cartridges allowed under the new law.
House Enrolled Act 1231 that was passed earlier this year by the Indiana General Assembly allows some additional rifle cartridges to be used only on private land during the firearms season.
The new legal cartridges include, but are not limited to, the .243 Winchester, .30-30 Winchester, .300 AAC Blackout, and .30-06 Springfield. Additional requirements are:
• The rifle must have a barrel length of at least 16 inches • The rifle cartridges must have a cartridge case length of least 1.16 inches • The rifle cartridge must fire a bullet with a diameter that is o .243 inches (or 6 mm); or o .308 inches (or 7.62 mm) • No cartridges with a bullet diameter between .243 and .308 are legal (such as the .270 Winchester) • A hunter may not possess more than 10 such cartridges while in the field
Rifles with pistol cartridges that have been allowed in previous years may still be used to hunt deer on both private and public land.
Additional cartridges that are legal under HEA 1231 include, but are not limited to, the following:
• 6mm-06 • 6mm BR Remington • 6mm PPC • 6mm Remington • .240 Weatherby • .243 Winchester • .243 Winchester Super Short Magnum • .30 Carbine • .30 Herrett • .30 Remington AR • .30-06 Springfield • .30-30 Winchester • .30-40 Krag • .300 AAC Blackout (.300 Whisper) • .300 H&H Magnum • .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum • .300 Savage • .300 Weatherby Magnum • .300 Winchester Magnum • .300 Winchester Short Magnum • .300 Remington Ultra Magnum • .308 Marlin • .308 Winchester • 7.62x39mm • 7.62x54mmR
There are other cartridges that meet the law’s specifications, and there are others that do not. A partial list of cartridges that are not allowed under HEA 1231 includes the .270 Winchester, .38-55 Winchester, .444 Marlin, and .45-70 Government.
HEA 1231 is scheduled to expire after the 2020 deer season, at which time the DNR will submit an impact report to the Governor and the General Assembly.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 5, 2016 5:29:32 GMT -5
My family and I have always had some sort of camp that we hunted out of. As a kid, my dad had built a makeshift cabin out of a very large storage shed. It was insulated, had two bunks (4 beds), fold-down table and a potbelly wood-burning stove. This was in Lawrence County, bordering HNF. My dad's friend owned the property and there were two other similar "cabins" where the owners stayed. Killed my first deer on that property.
After that, my dad and I started hunting a small parcel of land near Trafalger in Johnson County. It was about 30 acres but had a barn with an efficiency apartment attached to it with kitchen, toilet, shower. It was surrounded with windows and was right in the middle of the property, which was pretty cool. Killed my biggest buck on the property.
Now, we have been leasing a farm in Switzerland County for about 5 years. The first couple years my dad and I stayed at a friend's hunting cabin about 5 miles from our lease. There was almost always 5-8 guys staying there at one time. It was always a good time staying there as the stories and laughs were endless.
My mother and sister have started to hunt during the firearms seasons in the past few years, so we started to need something that they could stay in. Our lease's landowner had a small farm house on the property that he grew up in and his parents were still living in, but after their passing, he offered us the house to stay in while we were hunting. He didn't want to rent it out to permanent tenants. Now, we have a full 4-room house with full kitchen and bath and laundry to use during turkey and deer seasons. We heat it with a wood fireplace with blower. Mom and sister now have a nice place to stay while they're hunting, we're pretty fortunate.
We also own 7 acres on the Ohio River on the Kentucky side (near Madison) where we have a 32ft travel trailer parked under a large shelter. I usually stay there during early bow season and drive the 20 miles to our lease.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Apr 1, 2016 16:17:47 GMT -5
Are suppressors legal for hunting in Indiana? For some reason I am thinking they are not?? I could very well be wrong. Yep, they're legal.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Mar 31, 2016 13:47:45 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Mar 31, 2016 10:30:32 GMT -5
Or they could shut it down after "Trial " The very well might, but we'll just have to wait and see.
|
|
|
Post by arlowe13 on Mar 31, 2016 8:29:07 GMT -5
The bill started out with the ".243 and up" verbiage. From watching the meetings, it was obvious this bill would not have passed allowing "all" those rifles to be legal. It was agreed upon to do a 4-year "trial" with the 5 "cartridges". If there are no crazy accidents or extraordinary circumstances, I believe at the end of this "trial" we will see a new bill or DNR proposed legislation that will expand on what we are seeing in this bill.
I'm not saying it makes any sense, but this is how it happened. The author wanted a foot in the door and did what he could to make it happen.
|
|