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