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Post by M4Madness on Jan 28, 2020 10:09:53 GMT -5
I know it was way below zero on January 17, 1994, as I had already purchased and paid for a male wolf hybrid cub that that ended up being born that night and was thankful that it didn't freeze to death in the kennel. Who did you purchase your hybrid from? My mom raised them for a lot of years, her stud at the time had more living pups on the ground than any other registered hybrid. This was a 7/8 male that I bought from a couple in Freetown. My 7/8 female came from Scottsburg the year before. I raised a lot of litters from that pair over the years. I'd also bought a pure male from Charles Dysart in North Carolina, but sadly he was killed by my 7/8 male. I've been out of the game for about 15 years now.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 28, 2020 6:38:39 GMT -5
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 28, 2020 6:26:30 GMT -5
I do remember the winter of '94 when we set the all time recorded low temperature for central Indiana in New Whiteland. -26* I believe. It was -31° in Clay county, lucky me,we had 2 calves born that morning! I know it was way below zero on January 17, 1994, as I had already purchased and paid for a male wolf hybrid cub that that ended up being born that night and was thankful that it didn't freeze to death in the kennel.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 27, 2020 10:37:00 GMT -5
I do remember a big snow in 84ish and again in 96ish. We had a foot of snow fall in Springville on the first day of Spring in 1996 (March 22, I believe.)
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 25, 2020 15:21:37 GMT -5
I turned 10 years old the week before the blizzard, yet still don't remember a whole lot about it. We lived in town (Bedford) at the time, so I'm sure not having to get out and travel made it pretty uneventful for my three younger sisters and me.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 25, 2020 13:06:31 GMT -5
I've hiked a good portion of the HNF over the last year, and have never jumped a single deer. Not one, and some of those trails are 8-10 mile loops. I grew up hearing that deer hunting sucks there. I walked into a portion of HNF (mostly blind) and saw 20 something deer in 6 sits. Never more than 200 yards from the truck. Perhaps it's because I stay on the move. I just find it strange that I can usually take a walk through private farms that I hunt and jump deer, yet the same doesn't happen for me in the HNF. I did a 6-mile loop in Martin State Forest and didn't see any either, nor on the entire 42-mile length of the Tecumseh Trail through Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood. Maybe the deer have relocated in those areas due to the constant hiking pressure. Who knows?
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 25, 2020 12:38:07 GMT -5
I've hiked a good portion of the HNF over the last year, and have never jumped a single deer. Not one, and some of those trails are 8-10 mile loops. I grew up hearing that deer hunting sucks there.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 19:28:24 GMT -5
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 18:35:31 GMT -5
Indiana: November gun days: 16 Iowa: November gun days: 0 That's what makes all the difference. I'm not asking anyone to give up any days, just suggesting that a slight move in timing will yield tremendous benefits in quality. There have been pushes in the past to move the Indiana firearms season farther from the rut, and they were always met with fierce opposition. I feel that Iowa has it wrong by holding a muzzleloader season in October where bucks are more-easily targeted.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 18:23:26 GMT -5
In your opinion, how could Indiana improve its public land hunting to equate to Iowa's? Copy Iowa's season structure (gun season after November, no xbows, no hpr, etc), and restrict NR hunting using a draw system. Actually, if we did all that and kept OBR, I would guess that we would exceed Iowa's quality. My personal opinion is that Iowa will slowly move towards full inclusion of HPR's someday. They already allow anything larger than. 24" for the January antlerless season, and straight-walled cartridges like.444 Marlin and .45-70 Govt. during the regular firearms seasons. Also, Iowa allows crossbows for 19 days (2019 count).
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 18:09:40 GMT -5
Indiana 2019:
Archery days: 97 Firearms days: 16 Muzzleloader days: 16 Special antlerless days: 11 Youth days: 2
Iowa 2019:
Archery days: 85 Firearms days: 14 Muzzleloader days: 28 Special antlerless days: 16 Youth days: 16
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 17:42:13 GMT -5
I don't believe that Indiana has the right habitat to mimic Iowa's hunting, even if the seasons and weapons allowed were matched 100%. We might not make to Iowa status, but we'd be 10x better than we are currently. In your opinion, how could Indiana improve its public land hunting to equate to Iowa's?
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 17:19:06 GMT -5
I don't believe that Indiana has the right habitat to mimic Iowa's hunting, even if the seasons and weapons allowed were matched 100%. Were closer then most think... are we exact probably not but most ground in the Midwest isn’t that far off from other states. Indiana just didn’t get passed over .. IMO Habitat to me in this sense also includes human population per square mile. There are definitely twice as many people living in Indiana as Iowa. I have no idea if hunter densities in the field are similar or not between the two states. Iowa is slowly modernizing their deer hunting to match other Midwest states, finally allowing certain rifles to be used instead of the slug guns of old.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 16:19:48 GMT -5
I don't believe that Indiana has the right habitat to mimic Iowa's hunting, even if the seasons and weapons allowed were matched 100%.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 24, 2020 16:07:50 GMT -5
I remember my cousin carrying his dad's Nylon 66 back in the early 80's. I also recall him shooting birds out of the air with it on more than one occasion. Yes, in flight. I have no idea if either he or his father still has the rifle.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 19, 2020 21:28:50 GMT -5
Rumor has it that Antifa is sending 7 busloads of supporters, with half being disguised in MAGA hats and NRA shirts. This group will incite "violence" against the regular Antifa protesters to make it appear that the Second Amendment supporters are attacking them.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 19, 2020 20:26:33 GMT -5
Here is an example of how the Left is portraying gun owners in attendance:
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 19, 2020 19:36:02 GMT -5
I saw this early this morning but forgot to post it. Apparently some guy went to check out the rally scene ahead of time and had cops drive 100 miles to question him: youtu.be/GnHC1FBEEN4
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 17, 2020 20:56:59 GMT -5
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 17, 2020 20:52:51 GMT -5
Well, I just read on another forum that many of the parking garages in the area of the rally have suddenly decided to close that day for "safety reasons" and are issuing refunds to those who have reservations. At least one hotel -- The Omni -- has stated that they do not want Second Amendment supporters as clients, and have plastered the doors and lobby with "no guns allowed" signs.
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