The Natural Resources Commission has scheduled three hearings to accept public comment on a package of proposed rule changes, including rules that would:
a) allow the use of high-powered rifles for deer hunting
b) a 25-fish daily bag limit on sunfish panfish (that includes bluegill)
c) suspension of the ruffed grouse hunting season.
Public comments can be
Submitted Online. Locate the “comment on this rule” link in the Rules Docket for the Fish & Wildlife Biennial Rules Amendment Package. Comments also can be mailed to: Natural Resources Commission, Indiana Government Center South, 100 North Senate Ave., Room N501, Indianapolis, IN 46204. The deadline for submitting public comments is midnight March 25.