I’ve grumbled about this before, but I’m going to do it again. Indiana doesn’t allow you to hunt deer with a regular rifle (note well: I could be wrong on this, but I don’t believe I am).
I could get a muzzle loader, but that doesn’t sound like my idea of a good time – Nor is bow-hunting, though I respect how many it makes some folks feel. Nope, where I come from, I didn’t know anyone that didn’t hunt deer with a rifle.
I asked an Indiana native about it, and he said that the preferred method here is sitting in a treestand, waiting for a deer to walk underneath (or within range of a 12ga slug), and then blowing it away. Apparently hunting with a rifle “wasn’t sporting” in this particular guy’s eyes.
Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t drive around in a motorhome with jars of my own urine and a sniper rifle (I’m Australian but not that Australian) – but how is sitting in a treestand any more sporting?
Apparently if I pick up enough private property for it to be considered “safe” I’m allowed to do whatever the hell I want, I just need to get rich enough for that to be an option. 