Joe,

Woody and you have fought over the OBR just like you did the crossbow. Woody is for more hunter opportunity and you are for less hunter opportunity which equals more bucks being saved.

There was almost zero opposition to the OBR when you pushed it though. At that time the public knew very little about the OBR and it cake walked its way into a trial period.

Dr Mitchell said the OBR was a social issue and nothing would change but a shift in harvest numbers and he was right.

If the OBR is the real buck producer like you are saying why not have the 3 year trial period and see? Past figures suggest only around 6,000 addiction bucks a year would be taken. Thats only around 60 deer per county.

The current license structure was based on two bucks a year and should be changed if the OBR is made into law.

To me the DNR wanting the OBR made permanent without a 3 year trial is "throwing the dog a bone" trying to mend fences with the stakeholders.

Ive been against the OBR from the start and still am but according to the surveys the majority of Indiana hunters want it, so majority rules. h.h.