Yeah.....what an a-hole, but I don’t know what the DNR would be able to do. He’s not doing anything illegal.
It is also illegal to intentionally disturb a game animal with the intent to prevent or hinder the legal taking of that game.
Scroll towards the bottom "Hunter Harassment Law"
https://www.hunter-ed.com/indiana/studyGuide/Indiana-Game-Laws/201016_120228/
Scroll towards the bottom "Hunter Harassment Law"
https://www.hunter-ed.com/indiana/studyGuide/Indiana-Game-Laws/201016_120228/
DNR, I'm sure like any other LE in indiana, have to witness either an infraction or misdemeanor, except for the misdemeanor exceptions, to be able to enforce infractions or misdemeanors. So, yeah, I can see them not being able to do anything about this. Based on my experience, video does not count as witnessing because our IC codes are out of date and don't account for it or make an exception for it.
They sure use security camera footage an awful lot.
It is pretty hard to prove that he is doing it intentionally (which he is more than likely doing). They have to build a case, maybe he doesn't do it frequently enough to warrant this.
I have an Ahole neighbor that got away with an awful lot before action was taken. He learned real quick to just accuse me of everything he was doing. He called the cops on me everytime I mowed my yard for 3 years, because he didn't like the way I do it. He then mounted a loudspeaker on the property line pointed at our back door and played music 24/7 for 3 months. The sheriff Dept finally hit him with disturbing the peace, and maintaining a common nuisance. No charges stuck, but he finally stopped.
We have remedies for these things. But I digress.
Oh I know, the officers were even helpful in recommending things to do. Lol. It was worse for the wife, I was at work most of the time so she took the brunt of it. Surprised me that they took so long to deal with it but there is a lot more to this story