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Indiana Peeps-

If anyone is looking for a 358 x 1.8 just hunt rifle. I got a line on a nice used one.

I wonder how long it will take for this issue to resurface? Can't believe this is the end if it.

It'll be back in 2 years when they look to redo the rules again. It won't go away and someday we'll be hunting with rifles in Indiana. Just pandering to the squeaky, arrow flinging, wheel right now. I'm guessing if the last few years had been a bit better harvests it would have went through this year.

How would a better harvest increase opportunity for rifles?
Not sure I understand your point?

Too many folks in IN equate the harvest numbers to herd/population size. Record harvest = record population size. The harvest numbers have been down a bit the past few years, so some folks see that as a sign that we don't need to make killing deer "easier" by allowing rifles.

I have lived in several states and been through more than 40 and Indiana has the thickest deer numbers I have ever experienced. Seeing 3-12 is no rarety in a 15 minute drive even at midday.

That's certainly true in parts of the state. Unless land uses change, this will be gone eventually near the larger cities in the future. Indiana loses about 50,000 acres of farm/wild land per year to urban and suburban development.