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Deer-hunting rules changes gain preliminary approval
The Indiana Natural Resources Commission gave preliminary approval yesterday to a comprehensive package of proposed changes to deer-hunting rules in Indiana.
The DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife developed the rules proposal to focus deer-herd reduction in a strategically targeted manner to more adequately balance the ecological, recreational and economic needs of the state’s citizens.
Key points of the proposal include:
–Changing the deer firearms season to nine days beginning the Saturday before Thanksgiving
–Adding a two-day antlerless-only firearms season in October in counties that have a bonus antlerless quota of four or more
–Adding a statewide antlerless-only firearms season from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1
–Shortening the muzzleloader season to nine days
–Extending the urban zone season through Jan. 31
–Allowing the use of crossbows during archery season by hunters 64 years old or older
–Allowing the use of crossbows by hunters of any age during firearms season
–Allowing a hunter of any age to use a crossbow in an urban deer zone during the urban deer season
–Requiring hunters to take at least one antlerless deer prior to taking an antlered deer in an urban deer zone
“For the last several years, Indiana deer management and associated deer rules were designed to stabilize or slightly grow the deer herd,” said Mitch Marcus, wildlife section chief for the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife. “We are now experiencing record-setting harvests, record numbers of deer damage complaints, constituent complaints to legislators, and record numbers of deer-vehicle collisions. The intent of this deer rule proposal is to move Indiana toward a focused, strategically targeted deer-herd reduction.”
Deer-hunting rules changes gain preliminary approval
The Indiana Natural Resources Commission gave preliminary approval yesterday to a comprehensive package of proposed changes to deer-hunting rules in Indiana.
The DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife developed the rules proposal to focus deer-herd reduction in a strategically targeted manner to more adequately balance the ecological, recreational and economic needs of the state’s citizens.
Key points of the proposal include:
–Changing the deer firearms season to nine days beginning the Saturday before Thanksgiving
–Adding a two-day antlerless-only firearms season in October in counties that have a bonus antlerless quota of four or more
–Adding a statewide antlerless-only firearms season from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1
–Shortening the muzzleloader season to nine days
–Extending the urban zone season through Jan. 31
–Allowing the use of crossbows during archery season by hunters 64 years old or older
–Allowing the use of crossbows by hunters of any age during firearms season
–Allowing a hunter of any age to use a crossbow in an urban deer zone during the urban deer season
–Requiring hunters to take at least one antlerless deer prior to taking an antlered deer in an urban deer zone
“For the last several years, Indiana deer management and associated deer rules were designed to stabilize or slightly grow the deer herd,” said Mitch Marcus, wildlife section chief for the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife. “We are now experiencing record-setting harvests, record numbers of deer damage complaints, constituent complaints to legislators, and record numbers of deer-vehicle collisions. The intent of this deer rule proposal is to move Indiana toward a focused, strategically targeted deer-herd reduction.”
