We can already deer hunt in December, and at the rate the herd is growing January hunting isn't so far fetched in the forseeable future.

The reason the gun seasons are wrapped around the main and secondary ruts, as explained to me by a state deer biologist, is simply that this is the time when both the most deer and the most hunters can be put together for maximum effect. If the bow hunters were culling the deer more effectively than the gunners the gun season would be shortened or moved to a later period, do you see that ever happening? Moving the gun season or shortening it solely for some pipe dream of producing booner bucks behind evey tree would seriously impede their ability to manage the herd, and that's something they will never allow. It doesn't matter what Iowa or Illinois do with their herd, they don't manage Indiana's, we do. Our DNR manages for maximum opportunity for all outdoor users, not just hunters. They don't practice trophy management as some other states do, and according to the DNR officials whom I've spoken with at NRC meetings they have no plans to . Go to Indy sometime and attend one of those meetings, you'll get the same chance I did to speak with those same people and learn why things work, then you'll understand why they do things the way they do. It's sort of like your civics class come to life, I think you'd gain a lot from it.