Some Parks they will hunt every other year or every three years , it all depends on what the vegetation studies and other factors show ...
from the State Park 2018 Deer Summary .. "It should be noted that harvest totals alone have limited value in determining the success of a
reduction hunt. Many factors such as park acreage, weather, rate of participation, and other local
variables can influence an individual park’s harvest from year to year." Decisions to continue
reductions at individual parks are made annually using harvest data and consideration of
occurrences of rare, threatened, and endangered flora that could be affected by excessive
browsing by deer. Though some parks are more successful than others at
achieving a maintenance phase of taking a year off from
reductions every few years, the data have and continue to
indicate habitat recovery as well as sustained deer populations.
It should be reiterated that park reductions are not intended to
manage populations for optimal recreational hunting. The goal
is simply to reduce the impact of browsing to a level that allows
some of Indiana’s rarest and most distinctive habitat to thrive
and benefit multiple species."
Last edited by Jeff Valovich; 07/09/2019 08:02 PM.
