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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 26, 2016 18:01:06 GMT -5
That 10' amendment came about because one senator got a lot of phone calls against rifles. The only way she would accept it was if the rifles were used from an elevated stand shooting toward the ground. It will like be removed over the week-end. We'll know by Monday evening.
Jack
P.S. This is the kind of thinking you get when you let the legislature create the rules instead of the DNR.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 26, 2016 17:54:34 GMT -5
Go to the Sports Show and ask convicted felon Russ Bellar how high fences are. He's smiling and laughing right across from the IDHA scoring booth. Disgusting.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 26, 2016 17:52:26 GMT -5
20 gauge with 32" barrels costing north of $5000?? I'll need at least two.
Thanks.
Jack
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 26, 2016 9:10:21 GMT -5
As expected the amendment to alter the HB1246 has been filed: iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1246#document-816d3d6aThis basically prohibits the Division of Forestry from doing their job. There are many thousands of acres in parks and nature preserves and fish & wildlife areas in Indiana that are protected from logging. The state forests were not created so tree huggers would have a free state park to roam in. We have one of the best forestry divisions in the country and this is how the politicans treat them. Please contact your Senator right now and ask that this amendment be defeated. Jack
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 25, 2016 22:13:48 GMT -5
3 out of 4 guys in our booth were carrying today.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 25, 2016 22:13:01 GMT -5
8 feet
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 25, 2016 9:31:05 GMT -5
Thanks Jack for bringing this to the attention for the fine Folks here. However, don't you think they should "LIST" the various Counties where High Powered Rifles are legal, instead of just listing Highways (?) This would take some of the confusion out of this bill. This amendment will make ALL counties legal for HPR.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 21:46:30 GMT -5
2nd reading in Senate tomorrow afternoon. This is 1st amendment filed.
So far the 10' rule is still in there.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 21:15:41 GMT -5
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 21:14:29 GMT -5
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 18:21:43 GMT -5
Learn the Rules Then Play the Game . Simple as that LOL Explain the rules then so we can play the game. I'm thinking rifles state wide. NO 10 FOOT RULE. 243 or bigger is pretty simple. Easy to follow. I'm afraid that without these 2 amendments the bill will die. As it is maybe it should.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 12:00:34 GMT -5
If every $3.75 investment returns $46.25 then why doesn't the state up the money? Take out the $2.75 for the administrative costs and they still are left with a $43.50 gain. Easy money. Send the license to all the landowners paid for. It doesn't work that way. The state receives the Pittman-Robertson money (~$50 this year) for each certified hunter not for each $3.75 collected. I'm a non-landowner but I don't see this having much of a chance and don't feel it's fair to the landowners we all depend on. Jack
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 11:51:52 GMT -5
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 24, 2016 11:41:51 GMT -5
Earlier in this legislative session 2 identical bills were introduced...Senate Bill 365 and House Bill 1155. Both bills were requested by that small segment of tree huggers living in Bloomington directly aimed at stopping DNR from managing state forests in a responsible manner. Neither of these 2 bills could get a hearing.
This being the same DNR that received National and International awards recently for proper logging in those same forests. The state forests are not state parks. The purposes of these 2 areas is often misunderstood. Frankly the biologists and foresters have told us for years that without proper forest management we would lose the grouse populations and various songbirds and game and non-game species reliant on early successional forests. They were right.
The forests age at about 3% a year. We are currently logging at about 1%-2% a year and yes this a huge increase from the Democrat years. The state forests comprise about 150,000 acres and they are not keeping up with even the aging of the forests. They are becoming parks. Parts of the new forest plan I disagree with. I don't like the idea of building cabins and RV areas in the forests. But I do want professionals managing my forests so I support the current forestry plan.
I hope those few grouse hunters out there and perhaps birders and others interested in healthy forest initiatives will take the time to contact your senator and ask that any attempt to add SB365 language or HB1155 language to bills that actually passed the first half of the session be defeated. It also removes public input from the legislative process. This is a ploy politicians often use to insert bills they cannot get passed by regular means so they add it as part of another bill that likely will pass in hopes of getting re-elected by the folks back home. This is not in the best interest of Hoosiers and further tightens the legislative grip on scientists and managers of DNR.
Find your Senator here:
iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/senate/365
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 23, 2016 22:19:15 GMT -5
I'm in Tackle Town Booth B-611.... Pheasants Forever. I'll be there on Thursday, Friday and Sunday during the day.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 23, 2016 19:14:59 GMT -5
Crider is on the Senate Natural Resources Committee, and it appears that he abstained from voting yesterday. He did not abstain. He was not present. Crider was over presenting his rape bill to the House. Some things are more important than deer hunting you know.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 23, 2016 19:06:21 GMT -5
Full Senate doesn't meet until Thursday and the 2nd reading may be on the agenda then. I'm working the Boat Show this week and can only get on here occaissionally.
Jack
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 23, 2016 18:47:55 GMT -5
It's not nice to make the old people climb trees. They've already paid their dues. That's what I told them...
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 23, 2016 11:55:51 GMT -5
The problem with this is once it is written into law the DNR and NRC can't change it. Make no mistake about it this is a power grab by the politicians.. . Thought I seen Jack say the NRC can amend it. Senators told me yesterday at the meeting that if no one amends this it could be amended by the NRC to amend magazine capacity for example.
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Post by hatchetjack on Feb 22, 2016 17:42:55 GMT -5
Michigan does it and Kentucky has 5 "zones" I think.
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