j-bird
Moderator
Indiana just released their deer harvest report for this past season. For any Hoosiers interested the full report is on the DNR website http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-2014deerharvestreport.pdf
Total deer harvest was roughly 120,000 statewide which is down roughly 4.5% from last year. Harvest totals have been in decline since 2012 when we harvested a record 136,000 animals. Indiana has not seen a harvest this low since 2003 when we killed roughly 107,000 and then in 2004 when we killed roughly 123,000 - anyone want to guess when the DNR really promoted killing antlered deer???? This latest figure is down nearly 12% from the record number set in 2012 - that's just a few years ago!
I'm not going to get on my soap-box here, but I am willing to bet the general deer hunting public is going to be rather pissed!
I have not had a chance to review the report in detail, but I will.
I do know my particular county showed a slight in crease in harvest (mostly in antlerless deer) over last year - so one would "assume" (and you know what they say about doing that) that this shows the population is relatively stable in my area.
Total deer harvest was roughly 120,000 statewide which is down roughly 4.5% from last year. Harvest totals have been in decline since 2012 when we harvested a record 136,000 animals. Indiana has not seen a harvest this low since 2003 when we killed roughly 107,000 and then in 2004 when we killed roughly 123,000 - anyone want to guess when the DNR really promoted killing antlered deer???? This latest figure is down nearly 12% from the record number set in 2012 - that's just a few years ago!
I'm not going to get on my soap-box here, but I am willing to bet the general deer hunting public is going to be rather pissed!
I have not had a chance to review the report in detail, but I will.
I do know my particular county showed a slight in crease in harvest (mostly in antlerless deer) over last year - so one would "assume" (and you know what they say about doing that) that this shows the population is relatively stable in my area.