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Post by greghopper on Nov 10, 2017 18:19:25 GMT -5
Sarah, when you complete your article please be sure to post it on this site so that all of can read it. BTW this site is not just about deer we do mushrooms,fishing,ect ect. Racing.....
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Post by squirrelhunter on Nov 10, 2017 18:43:10 GMT -5
Welcome aboard Sarah,I hope we can help you out,there's a lot of good knowledge on here. There's a lot of us like me that's had a passion for hunting and been hunting since we were knee high to a grasshopper and love to help others get interested in it and help anyway we can. I believe interest in it is in decline across the Country,hopefully I'm wrong but I personally don't see the younger generations interested in it like when I was growing up,it would be nice to get it going the other direction.
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 11, 2017 4:58:07 GMT -5
Yeah, overall numbers I would agree. One thing I would be interested in is seeing the percentage of females vs males who have bought hunting licenses in the last 5 years vs 40-50 years ago.
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Post by featherduster on Nov 11, 2017 5:39:21 GMT -5
Sarah, when you complete your article please be sure to post it on this site so that all of can read it. BTW this site is not just about deer we do mushrooms,fishing,ect ect. Racing.....
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Post by wesb81219 on Nov 11, 2017 20:53:17 GMT -5
IMO food plots are the same as baiting they just take alot more work. Per the baiting law anything that is not normal agricultural practice is considered baiting. I don't think anyone planting food plots are harvesting what they plant for their own use or consumption. Not that I'm against food plots but it is the way I view the topic and interpret the law.
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Post by thebellcompany on Nov 11, 2017 21:06:14 GMT -5
Topic of the year was rifle calibers. I was happy to see new calibers allowed, bummed to see them only on private, and upset when I learned there was a mistake made in the law that accidentally took away the use of commonly used calibers in years past. Second, I think wearing a safety harness in a tree stand should be optional, third I think baiting deer should be legal. Yes I think hunting is in decline but on public land where I hunt there are SO MANY other hunters we trip over each other. Deer numbers are REALLY low in northern Indiana. I favor a 1 buck 1 doe rule. If licenses were cheaper more would be attracted to the sport, maybe incentives for land owners to open their unused woods to hunting via tax cut incentives. Oh and pheasant season is an annoyance for me where I hunt public as they close my hunting area completely during the entire deer firearm season to shoot birds. ONLY IN INDIANA. So dumb.
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Post by antiwheeze on Nov 11, 2017 22:47:49 GMT -5
IMO food plots are the same as baiting they just take alot more work. Per the baiting law anything that is not normal agricultural practice is considered baiting. I don't think anyone planting food plots are harvesting what they plant for their own use or consumption. Not that I'm against food plots but it is the way I view the topic and interpret the law. My wife made some fine turnip, butter squash, ham and sausage soup, using plot turnips! Ive been eying the kale too.
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Post by bullseye69 on Nov 12, 2017 8:24:05 GMT -5
IMO food plots are the same as baiting they just take alot more work. Per the baiting law anything that is not normal agricultural practice is considered baiting. I don't think anyone planting food plots are harvesting what they plant for their own use or consumption. Not that I'm against food plots but it is the way I view the topic and interpret the law. My wife made some fine turnip, butter squash, ham and sausage soup, using plot turnips! Ive been eying the kale too. Radishes out of a food plot are great to.
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Post by wesb81219 on Nov 12, 2017 19:57:30 GMT -5
IMO food plots are the same as baiting they just take alot more work. Per the baiting law anything that is not normal agricultural practice is considered baiting. I don't think anyone planting food plots are harvesting what they plant for their own use or consumption. Not that I'm against food plots but it is the way I view the topic and interpret the law. My wife made some fine turnip, butter squash, ham and sausage soup, using plot turnips! Ive been eying the kale too. My wife made some fine turnip, butter squash, ham and sausage soup, using plot turnips! Ive been eying the kale too. Radishes out of a food plot are great to. How is the clover and winter wheat casserole? Lol
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Post by steiny on Nov 13, 2017 10:19:27 GMT -5
Thanks for reaching out Sarah!
I'm in the north central part of state which is much flatter and wide open. Due to clean farming practices we've lost a huge amount of huntable habitat in the last 40 years that I've been hunting. Unfortunately the DNR manages deer on more of a statewide basis and has been very liberal with adding special seasons, longer seasons, new easier and more effective weapons, lots of doe tags, etc.
We don't have near the deer per square mile we had 10-20 years ago and the quality of the deer hunting experience has suffered some. We have more hunters competing for the available habitat and available deer and our deer numbers are suffering.
A big help in our area would be to shorten the firearms hunting season(s) dramatically and to eliminate or severely reduce the number of doe tags available.
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Post by SFC (R) B on Nov 13, 2017 17:29:28 GMT -5
Sarah, I am a Hoosier who, through military service, has not been living in IN since 2000 and only began hunting in 2003 while stationed in WA. I grew up in Indy as an inner city kid and feel I missed a LOT by not having been able to hunt from a young age. I now live in CO and have a particular perspective to relay with respect to hunting access. Here in CO we have public lands everywhere and all one has to do is take a drive and a hike to find someplace to hunt in that is reasonable uncrowded with multiple species. IN (I have hunted a total of 4 years of IN seasons) is a different animal. Access to land for hunting is tough. There is a limited amount of public land and a fairly recent phenomenon has made it more and more difficult to hunt deer in IN. What I am speaking about is the practice of "leasing" hunting land. Specifically, out of state hunters willing to pay big $$$ in order to come to IN (usually from states south and east of IN) to hunt big bodied deer. The last 2 properties I could hunt in IN while home on leave from the Army have been lost to me because both land owners are now getting THOUSANDS of dollars a year from our Confederate brothers to hunt their land. I am all for property rights BUT where I have a problem (and I know this will rub some the wrong way) is when we have landowners getting sizable subsidies from various programs who then, instead of being required to allow some kind of public access in exchange, are then gaining even more from this leasing practice. I see it out here in CO with huge ranches making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from outfitting on their ranches with guaranteed landowner tags while feeding their cattle for large portions of the year on public land for almost nothing. This is my pet peeve and I know it, but something that impacts everyone not fortunate enough to own a huntable piece of land.
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Post by gumbootbill on Nov 13, 2017 18:22:41 GMT -5
"Shorten the gun season" That will spark a lively debate.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 19:41:43 GMT -5
I won't input a word. I know nothing about Sarah, her compnay and or what her requirements from her boss or her motive. Word to the wise. I'm surprised how many posted not knowing a thing why!!!
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Post by firstwd on Nov 13, 2017 19:44:14 GMT -5
"Shorten the gun season" That will spark a lively debate. That seems to be the "go to" solution to people not seeing deer. The thing is, Indiana will not have the numbers of deer we had 20 years ago. We do not have the suitable habitat we had 20 years ago, and we have more human intrusion than we had 20 years ago. The biggest issue with lack of deer sightings is habitat. The second is poaching. Gun season could be shortened to 3 days like some of our neighboring states and I'm willing to bet the gun harvest numbers are still 75% or more of what they are currently. I'm sure someone can pull the past numbers and see what percentage of the total gun harvest happens in the first 3 days. Hunting land access is a huge issue. Indiana is approximately 95% privately owned. I believe that some changes can, and maybe should be, made to the farm subsidy legislation as well as the depredation permit rules that allows for some public access to private land using these programs.
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Post by firstwd on Nov 13, 2017 19:46:21 GMT -5
I want input a word. I know nothing about Sarah, her compnay and or what her requirements from her boss or her motive. Word to the wise. I'm surprised how many posted not knowing a thing why!!! I was going with the benefit of the doubt idea, but had plans to ask what exactly she is looking for in her story. Sarah, can you elaborate on what you exactly you are looking to put in your story?
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Post by buckert on Nov 13, 2017 19:56:16 GMT -5
I want input a word. I know nothing about Sarah, her compnay and or what her requirements from her boss or her motive. Word to the wise. I'm surprised how many posted not knowing a thing why!!! Interesting point. Reporters generally have an angle on an issue and can often take things out of context to support their angle. But this is a public forum and anyone has access to countless issues and viewpoints that nobody was scared to share. It seems like her request for insight is genuine. She didn't have to ask for a hunters perspective.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 20:41:05 GMT -5
I want input a word. I know nothing about Sarah, her compnay and or what her requirements from her boss or her motive. Word to the wise. I'm surprised how many posted not knowing a thing why!!! Interesting point. Reporters generally have an angle on an issue and can often take things out of context to support their angle. But this is a public forum and anyone has access to countless issues and viewpoints that nobody was scared to share. It seems like her request for insight is genuine. She didn't have to ask for a hunters perspective.
Since the first thread start I have not seen one response from her. To me that is strange. Not even a "Like" or Not a thanks as an input etc.. Not genuine it seems!!!
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Post by buckert on Nov 13, 2017 20:45:21 GMT -5
Not really a "Hunter concern" but definitely a positive hunter perspective. I started hunting about 5 years ago as a means for getting good quality, lean, locally grown, pharma free meat for my family. I was concerned about sources of food, particularly meat products. I no longer have this concern because I harvest deer. Hunting is a sustainable, ecologically friendly means of getting food. There is a lot of buzz these days about locally sourced, farm to table, sustainable, fresh food. Harvested game in Indiana hits all of these buzz words.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 13, 2017 20:58:15 GMT -5
Interesting point. Reporters generally have an angle on an issue and can often take things out of context to support their angle. But this is a public forum and anyone has access to countless issues and viewpoints that nobody was scared to share. It seems like her request for insight is genuine. She didn't have to ask for a hunters perspective. Since the first thread start I have not seen one response from her. To me that is strange. Not even a "Like" or Not a thanks as an input etc.. Not genuine it seems!!! She commented on the first thread of this page. User bowman0717. Not everyone is out to get you.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 21:33:09 GMT -5
Since the first thread start I have not seen one response from her. To me that is strange. Not even a "Like" or Not a thanks as an input etc.. Not genuine it seems!!! She commented on the first thread of this page. User bowman0717. Not everyone is out to get you. Thanks -missed that one.
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