The DNR will be putting forth a new deer proposal this coming year..
Email them your requests/wants.....
Thanks for the heads up.
Will do.
The DNR will be putting forth a new deer proposal this coming year..
Email them your requests/wants.....
Thanks for the news! Any specifics yet?The DNR will be putting forth a new deer proposal this coming year..
Email them your requests/wants.....
Thanks for the news! Any specifics yet?
I find it interesting that nobody talks about youth hunting in all of this. I have taken my two sons to Kentucky the past several years, and my oldest son shot his first deer with a youth model 243. Kentucky benefits economically from our deer regs - I spent quite a bit of money on lodging, food, deer license, etc...
It's easier for a 10-12 year old to accurately shoot a 243 than a 20 gauge slug gun. They can shoot more often, which increases their accuracy and they have fun doing it.
That's why I'm going to keep taking my boys to Kentucky for deer hunting until Indiana changes the archaic deer regs.
The push is for a deer hunting season to use a center fire rifle on private land. I cant see it mention for public land as well. I could see they creating the season for the use of centerfire rifles after muzzleloader season just to limit the use even more as a large number of hunters would already have filled their tags and it would be much colder which some hunters do not like so with this is making it only available on private land, would really limit the number of hunters using centerfire rifles. I would be ok with it as it would be the first step to allowing CF during the regular rifle season and on public land as well.
If a youth can't handle a .357 mag or a 45 LC than they probably should not be hunting until they can.
I believe the a youth should start with a 22LR first.
I moved to Indiana from West Virginia, were 30-30's, 35 Remingtons, 30-06's and my trusty 270 Winchester are legal. I understand both sides of this issue, it just seems to me the current law as written is very confusing. I love hunting with my 35 Remington, and also would love to us it here in Indiana. I just wish they would clean up the rules, so they are easier to understand. I would opt for areas or even particular counties to start of with, just to see if the dangers they speak of are fact or just political mumbo jumbo. I would sign a petition to change the rules to clean them up, even to allow modern center fire rifles. They need to fix the current rules and clean up the confusion.
35Rem is legal if you trim the case down to 1.8" or under. I would trim to 1.79" to be on safe side. If you don't reload maybe another member/reloader could help you out.
And that .30-06 for squirrel in trees nonsense.................horrible attempt at an argument. Drop it.
Makes one look like a moron for even mentioning it, as if what is legal always makes up for common sense.
BK Bullet Casting in Peru will load them for you (cut your cases too).
That reminds me, gotta go visit pops and pick up my new RCBS .35 Rem dies.