2 04, 2015

Indiana: Ban Hunts for Drugged Deer

2020-06-10T09:19:38-04:00April 2nd, 2015|BigDeer, Hunting News|13 Comments

 From the INDYSTAR: Owners of Indiana's fenced hunting preserves would be forbidden from selling a deer for a hunt within 24 hours of it being sedated, and only animals born and raised on Indiana deer farms could be hunted. So read two new additions to a bill that would set regulations for captive-deer hunting in Indiana. The bill passed the Indiana Senate's Natural Resources Committee on a 6-3 vote Monday. I have 3 questions: Who are the 3 committee members that voted against this? Who in his right mind would sedate a deer to be sold and hunted? Does greed have no bounds? And the biggest one: Who in the hell would pay money to “hunt” a drugged buck? Who could hang a [...]

9 03, 2015

South Carolina Deer Hunting: First Statewide Buck Limits

2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00March 9th, 2015|BigDeer, Deer Management, Hunting News|3 Comments

If you’re not from anywhere near South Carolina, it will probably be hard for you to believe that in most parts of the state, there has never been a limit on the number of whitetail bucks a hunter can shoot. I repeat, no limit, ever! That might be about to change. State bill S454 would establish a limit of four bucks and four does per hunter per year. The potential changes in deer management are just what Charles Ruth, Deer and Wild Turkey Program Coordinator for the S.C. DNR, has been in favor of for years. “This is looking at the future of deer management in South Carolina. We’re trying to get something more mainstream here like other states have from [...]

5 03, 2015

Obama, ATF Propose AR-15 Bullet Ban—Gun Owners and Hunters Take Action!

2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00March 5th, 2015|BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Hunting News|1 Comment

From Washington Examiner:  As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including…Cabela’s to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president. The AR-15 is among the firearms that the Obama Administration has unsuccessfully sought to outlaw. Since they can’t ban the rifle, they are going for the .223 ammo [...]

25 02, 2015

Petition: Should Michigan Become A One-Buck State?

2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00February 25th, 2015|BigDeer, Deer Management, Hunting News|18 Comments

I just saw this new online petition that will be delivered to the Michigan DNR and it got me to thinking: Limit buck kill to one per year, end all special seasons…begin hunting with Archery October 1st…change Gun Season to 3 day hunt starting on first Friday in December annually… To put an end, once and for all, to the gross mismanagement of the deer herd in the name of revenues. Too many immature bucks and too many does are harvested annually because of overzealous resource commissioners making laws with revenues in the forefront, manipulation of herd numbers to reach financial goals, and to pander to the insurance lobby. The creation of youth seasons, no age-limit hunting, liberal crossbow rules and [...]

13 10, 2014

Hunt Dilemma: Shoot Dogs Chasing Deer?

2020-06-10T09:19:54-04:00October 13th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Management, Hunting News|13 Comments

One topic floating around the Interweb right now: If you are in your stand and all of a sudden deer burst out, chased by a dog or dogs, do you shoot the dogs? In one discussion I read, a guy said he was having this problem with stray dogs in Penn. years ago. He called the game commission and the people there told them point-blank that if you see a dog chasing deer on your property, not only should you shoot the dog but you have an obligation to do so. They also told the guy that if you shoot a dog, with or without a collar, you have to report it to a game warden within 48 hours. They went [...]

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