Everyone,

I'd like to be the first to post from Indiana. While I think that overall our DNR is doing a good job, there are some changes I'd like to see to improve our BUCK hunting. First of all, they implemented a one buck per season rule a few years ago which I consider a positive. But I would like to see our firearms season cut back to one week, the week of thanksgiving. I know that won't sit well with most gun-hunters but really there is no reason we shouldn't be producing the class of animal that Illinois and Ohio are producing on a more consistant basis. IMO it is mainly because our firearms seasons are to long. This includes muzzleloading season. Between the two seasons, they are 32 days long. You take Wisconsin, which has nearly three times the deer we have, yet their rifle season is only nine days. I don't think the genetics are any better in Illinois, it's just that they have two, three day gun seasons that are split, and as far as I know, neither fall during the rut. But as I said in the beginning of my post, they, the DNR,are doing a good job. The things I mentioned are just what I'd like to see happen to improve things.

Blessings.....Pastorjim