Indiana deer hunting.

[Zim]

I wasted 30 years chasing bucks like that on public land and even my own private, before I learned 99% of them are nocturnal after the first week of October. And nothing I was going to do would ever change that. Only after I abandoned my comfort zones, the higher profile IL & IN public, and changed my properties & strategy did everything change. Now I no longer hunt nocturnal bucks. And I don't look at night time cam photos of them. In fact I don't even need or use trail cams any more. They only got stolen at hunter saturated public anyway. I have quality hunts regularly now, and never goin back. Lol

 

[Appalachia]

Little late, but I had a very successful 2021 deer season here for Indiana. Helped a close friend of my bag his first buck on public land, and then a week later, I got this guy in the same area. Not bad for a public land buck

 

[SFC B]

Very nice!!!

 

[nwihunter]

Heck yeah! Nice deer.

 

[RealMuddyboots]

Posted this one up earlier from northern Indiana.

Deer - lets see em

Malcom, a wounded warrior I hunt with got this awesome Sika for a great Christmas present. Blackwater hunt Md.

www.hunttalk.com

 

[Appalachia]

Posted this one up earlier from northern Indiana.

Deer - lets see em

Malcom, a wounded warrior I hunt with got this awesome Sika for a great Christmas present. Blackwater hunt Md.

www.hunttalk.com

That was a really nice/unique buck

 

[GCox]

my wife and I were blessed again this year in our home state.

 

[GCox]

Photos: This Buck Might Crush the Indiana State Record

On November 4 at 6:40 p.m., Dustin Huff of Greensburg, Indiana, shot a caliber of whitetail that normally only occupies a hunter's dreams. The raw score of the behemoth buck is 212 inches. “It all happened within three minutes. From seeing him to when I shot him it was a three-minute thrill ride...

www.themeateater.com

I had some pictures of this deer sent to me from a family friend, then I found this write up on meat eater. Looks like it will be the new state record.

This deer was killed less than a mile from my house!! Talk about a mega giant

 

[nwihunter]

my wife and I were blessed again this year in our home state.

Congrats. Both of them are great bucks !

 

[nwihunter]

This deer was killed less than a mile from my house!! Talk about a mega giant

I think if I killed that one I would just quit.

 

[GCox]

Congrats. Both of them are great bucks !

Thank you!

 

[Jasher]

Unfortunately I haven't been able to hunt my home state in awhile. With all the land being leased anymore it's cheaper to go out of state and hunt. The closest public land to me is 2 hours away and the last time I went there you needed to bring your own rock to have a place to stand.

 

[Redman]

Unfortunately I haven't been able to hunt my home state in awhile. With all the land being leased anymore it's cheaper to go out of state and hunt. The closest public land to me is 2 hours away and the last time I went there you needed to bring your own rock to have a place to stand.

Yep leasing has been a down fall to many local hunters here in the Hoosier state. My wife and I were on a walk the other day and I noticed some No Trespassing signs with leased by outfitters name on them stapled to every telephone pole the length of the field. There was a field and 10 trees just outside of town...that is it! I have lived in this area all my life and have never once laid eyes on a deer there. I used to have more places to hunt than I could count..now I have 2 and thankfully I am the land manager for one of them.
I let people hunt it for free and control the number of hunters. I give out permission on a first come/ask first serve basis. I ticked a lot of people off when I took it over but it has been working out and the deer and other wildlife have been thriving and quality has improved.