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The Natural Resources Commission will conduct a public hearing Oct. 4 in Plainfield on whether to permanently approve a rule package that includes allowing hunters to check-in deer and wild turkeys electronically.
The electronic harvest reporting system, also called CheckIN Game, allows hunters to check in a deer or wild turkey using a computer or other Internet-capable device, or by telephone, and receive a unique confirmation number.
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Whitetail DeerThe last thing you want to worry about when deer hunting is if you have the right license for the right deer season.
The new deer license bundle makes such worries a thing of the past. With it, one license can be used in multiple seasons. The bundle can be used in youth, archery, firearms, muzzleloader, and special antlerless seasons, and allows for the harvest of one antlered and two antlerless deer. All legal equipment that can be used in these seasons may be used withthe deer bundle, including crossbows.
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Registration for the second season of DNR’s GiveIN Game program starts Sept. 1.
GiveIN Game is a free donation program for people who would like venison to feed their families. The program allows hunters who have extra venison and people who want venison to connect on their own time and set up an exchange. Selling, bartering or trading for venison is prohibited.
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St. Joseph County Parks will continue the deer management program at Spicer Lake Nature Preserve in New Carlisle this November.
Spicer Lake consists of 320 acres, much of which is wetland. The uniqueness of the kettle hole lake habitat harbors a number of threatened plant and animal species. Evie Kirkwood, County Parks Director, says that park staff has noted a decrease in key indicator plant species such as trillium and sweet cicely correlating to an increase in the white-tailed deer population.
The deer management hunt will take place on November 17 and 18, 2012. To emphasize deer population reduction, the management program will be an antlerless hunt.
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Bucky Hauser is the Mossy Oak Whitetail Regional Pro Staff Manager for the states of Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina.