BLACK DOE in Indiana

[JimH]

Because of the wasting disease, Jim?

Mostly because of excessive doe permits and summer depredation permits.I have hunted Ripley/Dearborn Co. for 45 years and honestly don't think we have 5% of the deer we had 20 years ago,yet they raised Ripley to 8 antlerless this year.I live by and have access to lots of land adjoining Versailles park,and would about bet I could show you more bald eagles in a day there than deer.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I would have to pass on that one. I would get far more enjoyment just watching it!

Me too. If it was the last DEER would you still shoot? Sometimes the conservationist should come first as sportsmen and stewards of the land.

Now If you were starving and had no other food source, I wouldn't blame you for shooting a rare color. I do have realistic priorities.

 

[FordMan08]

I'd shoot it, just don't let Al Sharpton find out.

 

[Willie]

The deer is going to die of something sooner or later . It might as well be from a well placed bullet or arrow by someone who will appreciate the uniqueness of it.

 

[CathyInBlue]

I would appreciate it for a long, long time, stuffed and mounted over my mantle.

 

[ISP 5353]

I would appreciate it for a long, long time, stuffed and mounted over my mantle.

Yep!

 

[buckhunterbb]

I'd let it walk. Cool animal.

+1, I'd let her walk also. Rare to see a black deer. Other does around I would harvest(only harvest 1 doe/season). Nice to see deer in my area hunting. Just hoping a nice buck gives me an opportunity to harvest him.

 

[mattyd]

Had it appeard previosly on any trail cam pics? Some would shoot and I completely understand..I would say I would be more interested in watching it.

 

[Ahburns]

Had it appeard previosly on any trail cam pics? Some would shoot and I completely understand..I would say I would be more interested in watching it.

I have never seen it on a cam, but I may have over looked it. Especially if it was one of the many night time infrared doe pictures.

 

[bowtech83]

man, if i shot that doe, I would do a full chest mount....beautiful

 

[Timjoebillybob]

I'd shoot a llama too. As far as I've read INDNR has no stipulation against it.

A lease I have in Mississippi is short distance from a high fence operation that handles exotics. A few weeks before the whitetail season they had some trees bring down their fences in a few places, so we had fallow deer running all over the place. They don't amount to much on the table, but we killed them anyway.

Actually there is regulations prohibiting the "taking" of llama, and armadillos and rhinoceros, and elephants, tree sloths and pretty much all "exotic" mammals. It was put into place from what I understand to ban exotic canned hunts.

312 IAC 9-3-18.5 Exotic mammals
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6; IC 14-22-32-6
Affected: IC 14-8-2-278; IC 14-22-20; IC 14-22-20.5; IC 15-17-5
Sec. 18.5. (a) An individual must not take, as defined by IC 14-8-2-278, an exotic mammal that is a species from any of the
following families of mammals:
(1) Bradypodidae (tree sloth).
(2) Bovidae (gazelle, bighorn sheep, antelope, and wildebeest), except for domestic cattle (genus Bos, including all dairy and
beef animals) and buffalo (Bison bison).
(3) Camelidae (camel and llama).
(4) Canidae (jackal, wild dog, and other exotic foxes).
(5) Cebidae (marmoset).
(6) Cercopithecidae (baboon and monkey).
(7) Cervidae (elk, moose, caribou, and other exotic deer).
(8) Dasypodidae (armadillo).
(9) Elephantidae (elephant).
(10) Equidae (wild horse and zebra), except for domestic horses.
(11) Felidae (mountain lion, lynx, tiger, and other exotic cats).
(12) Giraffidae (giraffe and okapi).
(13) Hippopotamidae (hippopotamus).
(14) Hyaenidae (hyaena).
(15) Macropodidae (kangaroo and wallaby).
(16) Myrmecophagidae (anteater).
(17) Orycteropodidae (aardvark).
(18) Pongidae (chimpanzee, bonobo, and gorilla).
(19) Procaviidae (hyrax).
(20) Protelidae (aardwolf).
(21) Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceros).
(22) Tapiridae (tapir).
(23) Tragulidae (chevrotain).
(24) Ursidae (bear).
(25) A hybrid or genetically altered mammal of any of these families.

 

[MattBrewer]

Smoke her!