Application Deadline For State Park Deer Management Hunts Is Nearing

Friday, August 14, 2020 at 10:19 AM

By Indiana Department of Natural Resources, news release

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on August 17.

(Indianapolis, Ind.) - Indiana State Parks is seeking volunteer hunters to participate in deer management hunts at 17 locations later this year.

Properties where hunting is allowed with firearms only (i.e., any firearm legal to take deer on public land in Indiana) are: Brown County, Chain O’Lakes, Charlestown, Harmonie, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shades, Spring Mill, Turkey Run, Versailles, and Whitewater Memorial state parks.

Properties where hunting is allowed by archery only (i.e., any archery equipment legal to take deer in Indiana) are: Fort Harrison State Park and Trine State Recreation Area.  

The dates on which the hunts will take place are November 16-17 and November 30-December 1.

Volunteers can apply online at wildlife.IN.gov/5834.htm, where additional guidelines can be found under State Park Deer Management Draw. 

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on August 17.

Management hunts are carried out exclusively to achieve an ecological objective – to ensure balanced and healthy natural communities for all plants and wildlife within park boundaries. 

Successful applicants are allowed to take up to three deer. Only one of those deer can be antlered. Deer harvested at a state park management hunt are not counted toward regular statewide bag limits. Trophy hunting, or passing on does or smaller bucks to wait for a larger buck, is counter to the ecological objective of state park management hunts and is strongly discouraged.

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