“We started down the path to strategically reduce the deer herd in order to balance the ecological, recreational, and economic needs of all Indiana citizens,” said Mitch Marcus, wildlife chief for the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife. “To meet that strategy, we initiated several regulation changes to make it easier to take antlerless deer. It appears the regulations may be working.”
Originally posted by HooterHunter:
So why do you think there was a record harvest last year? In a year when EHD ran rampant.
- Was it because there are way too many deer?
- Way more hunters?
- A new bundle tag that encouraged the shooting of does?
- A new doe only season?
- The DNR hellbent on destroying the deer population?
From my point of view you cant compare last year to any other year because the rules of the game changed last year. The base lines aren't the same.
Help me understand.
