http://www.in.gov/nrc/2354.htm

Some may wish to read item#10 Exhibit C - DNR response...or not.

Jack

NO Rifles??? ....O-Boy this should be interesting!!

LOL!

Well, on a positive note, at least suppressed AR-15 pistols are still legal for deer in the appropriate calibers.

M4.... I doubt those crack/Met heads you posted shot down any idea..... I would bet it was some white collar educated folks!!

Looks like some CROW maybe getting severed up to some....

My hunting will go on just the same as it always has, but I'll admit that I think it's a shame that people weren't willing to study ballistics before commenting against the proposal. Many against it are complaining about herd numbers, and their eyes are going to be opened when they keep dwindling without even adding rifles into the mix.

Good move by the DNR for once, now to reduce the antlerless tags to 3 or below in many counties ....

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That will hardly cause a dent in deer numbers declining...

First off, how many hunters are killing three, four, or more does in any one county? The answer is very very few... In Adams, Benton, Clinton, Daviess, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Tipton, and Wells Counties it isn't happening at all...

So moving LaPorte County to three just removes it from the the extra Antlerless Season... So what, big whoop, when hunters there can still use 3 bonus tags plus 2 Archery and 1 during Muzzy Season that is still 6 does that one can take out of the county... So removing that one extra deer isn't going to solve the deer numbers declining... How many does were taking last season in the special Antlerless Season in LaPorte County?... I bet very few were taking...


Adding rifles will make a very small impact on the herd numbers as hunters will just use a different weapon but still generally kill the same number of deer per year...

Seriously, if you want to make an impact then think outside the box for a change... How about allowing hunters no more then 4 does a season regardless of weapon and only ONE doe may be taking PER county... That will make a bigger impact then just moving a county number down one spot...

dnr states that HPRs wouldnt affect herd size, doesnt pose a safety concern, but the idea is dropped anyway because too many are butt hurt over the idea LOL


oh well, doesnt affect me any. Trad bows and smoke poles all around!


come 0n OCTOBER!

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Poor grouse. I truely hope they can come back. Maybe in yellowwood with the timber harvest. Probably never in HNF if it never gets logged again.

Only in IN can you just use pistol cartridges in a rifle, and rifle cartridges in a pistol to deer hunt. Makes perfect sense!

All I know is at the North Region Input session in Columbia City .... That crowd was almost unanimously AGAINST the HPR's..... And many commented they were for SHORTENING the gun season.

thanks for keeping us up to date, Jack!

76Chevy That's why I thought this had a chance of passing. If nothing else, I figured it was an opportunity to straighten the "goofiness" of the regs out.

But, in the end apparently DFW felt the opposition's position was stronger and that, as they say, is that.

76Chevy.............

You can now use that 300 yard .243 as a ground hog gun or a door stop....

What was looked at hard was municipalities that are concerned over "projectiles", MANY of these communities would have closed the door on deer hunting over a centerfire rifle.

While I am an advocate of using the centerfire rifles because of today's technology in other hunting tools ........... this was the correct decision.

I heard six weeks ago the "die had been cast". Just had to wait for the official announcement.

or an IN coyote gun, or KY whitetails, or WY antelope, or just a super accurate MOA gun to shoot at the range

Lots of options and we both know the .243 is much too good of a cartridge to be relegated to a door stop =)

I understand the municipalities input, lots of areas in jeopardy of being closed to hunting which is not good. I hunt some of these types of "urban zones" so this of importance to me.

It makes as much sense as any gov. agency can! ZERO
I guess I'll go back to using my .300 blk pistol or slugs & shotgun.

I'm still looking for that 500 yard muzzleloader the dnr was talking about.

Probably referring to the Savage 10ML-II
http://www.shootingtimes.com/long-guns/longgun_reviews_savage10ml_031306/

there are a few 500 yd front stuffers....

http://ultimatefirearms.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ngo0m6BRzw

http://www.badbullmuzzleloaders.com/index.htm

I use my .243 for depredation permits and it's a great round for deer

The NRC meeting went pretty much as expected. The 2 items of concern for me were agenda item#9 (Forestry fees) and agenda item #10 (HPR's).

Item #9

http://www.in.gov/nrc/files/item_9_nrc_may_2015.pdf

Very interesting discussion on fee increases for Parks and Forestry. It seems that there was a $4,800,000 deficit last year in these divisions. Also it was revealed that 70% of funding for these divisions comes from user fees. The last fee increase in this area was in 2006. The attached fees increases would make up that shortfall. Hunters and fishermen need to be aware that a license fee increase is in the works for us as well.

Item #10

http://www.in.gov/nrc/files/item_10_report.pdf

The proposed rule allowing HPR's was withdrawn. DNR views it as a social issue and sees no reason to oppose such a rule but the public is split on allowing a new weapon category. I would expect the rule proposal to resurface someday with some restrictions on it (mag capacity, overall bullet size, geographical considerations, etc).

Also withdrawn was the coyote rule allowing verbal rather than written permission to take coyotes. Seems that the statue requires written permission and would have to be changed by the legislature.

The rule limiting the bag on bluegill was also withdrawn. Fiscal issues that had not been considered by the agency were revealed in the public comment and persuaded DNR to withdraw this request.

One correction was made to the walleye issue. Now it will be a size limit of 16" on all walleye taken north of S.R. 26 in Indiana.

HatchetJack

Thanks for the update, Jack.