Deer council meeting held, second scheduled later this month

The first of two public meetings for local deer hunters in Dubois County to express their views on the antlerless deer quota limits set by the Department of Natural Resources was held Wednesday evening at Reflections in Huntingburg.

Approximately 50 stakeholders attended the meeting put on by the newly formed County Deer Advisory Council. This is a pilot program under the Indiana Whitetail Deer Herd Management organization to give residents of Dubois County a voice to be heard by the DNR.

Deer council forming in Dubois County to help regulate antlerless deer kill limits

Overwhelmingly attendees at the meeting voted their desire to see the deer herd in Dubois County increase in population by lowering the bonus antlerless deer quotas.

The CDAC has a survey on their Facebook page and the organization encourages all interested stakeholders to go there and express your opinion a number of questions. The survey will be open until April 26.

On April 27 there will be another public meeting at 6:30 PM at Reflections in Huntingburg to give the results of that survey. The results will be given to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to help them determine the number of deer antlerless permits to issue for the upcoming Fall deer hunting season.

For more information you can visit the Dubois County Deer Advisory County or the Indiana Whitetail Deer Herd Management Facebook pages.