RE: Law banning "canned" hunts in Indiana...
Big country, Bill. 1 at 61 I am no fan of soccer, to me it is trying to bring europian ways into the United States. I also disagree with people teaching kids that losing does not matter, it does and unfortunatly they will find that out once the get to the labor arena.
As for the Hazardous waste dump that was in referance to someone saying in it is their property they can do what they want. IE. an example of how you can not do as you please. No comparison other than the leagality issue. Dig it?
As for high fenced deer farming like I said let them sell the urine, conduct school toors, nature hikes. High fenced hunting is in a gray area here. Neither leagle or illeagle as long as no other laws are broken. Feeders and salt blocks in and near hunting areas are illeagle, feed dumped on the ground is illeagle. Running deer with dogs is illeagle, so is baiting. Atlati is leagle (I beleive) and I have read about it and am amazed at the distances that are achieved.
For the person that asked about what I would do if I seen someone gut shoot a deer the night befor gun opener so that they could find a fresh kill and take it home. It is simple I would (have) call the 800 tip line and say where I seen it happen. I have talked to CO's about people that have put out salt blocks to attract deer. Do I feel bad if these people were ticketed or lost their hunting privilages? NO!!
Bill is it my business how the feed their animals? Probably not but if they are breaking the law with feeders out in their hunting area why not say?
You said something about hunting deer in a hundred acre area. The whole farm we are talking about is 117. Not the wilderness in Michigan. I drove by what I believe to be the wilderness when my son worked in Detroit. There is no comparrison.
What is being done on these smaller deer farms (less than 1500 acres) is not hunting it is killing. What I'am mainly against is overstocking and calling it hunting.
As for crossbows, I would not mind if they were leaglized for everyone. There is a cocking device out there that I would like to see leagleized for handicapped hunters. The Draw Lock??
Oh yeah the ones trying to force their ways on others is the high fenced operators. If you love your deer chasing dog hunt him where it is leagle. Cause if I see you I will take your plates and call the DNR. As it is not leagle.