The Indiana Department of Natural Resources offers put-and-take hunting for ring-necked pheasants, Nov. 20-28, at Atterbury, Glendale, Pigeon River (west of SR 3), Tri-County, Willow Slough and Winamac Fish and Wildlife Areas and Roush Lake.
The hunts are $15 per person and the bag limit is two birds. Hunters need a valid hunting license to apply.
Hunters [...]
Reserved waterfowl hunts are held at Goose Pond, Hovey Lake, Kankakee, Kingsbury, LaSalle, and Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Areas, and at Brookeville and Monroe lakes. Hunters need a valid hunting license and can apply online beginning Aug. 23, and ending Sept. 24, 2010, atwww.hunting.IN.gov.
Hunters can choose up to five property and date combinations. Successful [...]
A special youth deer hunt will take place at Big Walnut Nature Preserve, near Bainbridge, during the Youth Deer Season, which is Sept. 25 and 26, 2010.
Youth hunters may apply through the online reserved hunt system (www.hunting.IN.gov) beginning Aug. 23. The deadline to apply for this hunt is Sept. 3. Youth hunters must have a [...]
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has scheduled five open house meetings to share information about proposed changes to deer hunting regulations.
A rules package put forth by the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife received preliminary approval from the Natural Resources Commission in July. The rules package is open to public comment and will be [...]
The DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife is partnering with Purdue Cooperative Extension Service to conduct a series of venison workshops throughout the state in September.
During each workshop demonstrations of complete deer processing will be held, showing skinning, butchering and packaging techniques. Outdoor cooking will be demonstrated using a grill and Dutch oven. Participants can [...]
A series of changes will be in effect for the fall wild turkey hunting season, including adding 16 new counties for the fall firearms turkey season and opening all counties for the fall archery turkey season.
Other changes include:
adding seven days to the early archery portion of the fall turkey season
adding a second (late) archery turkey [...]
The Natural Resources Commission gave preliminary adoption to the proposed changes to the deer hunting rules on July 20. These proposed changes are a result of an extensive review by DNR fish and wildlife and law enforcement staff, in addition to review and input from a group of stakeholders that included representatives from the following: [...]
Starting July 1, deer hunters who want to help landowners or farmers remove antlerless deer from private property during the regular deer hunting seasons can sign up online at www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild.
Using an online form, each hunter will be able to select up to two counties that he or she would be willing to hunt. Landowners [...]
ATTERBURY PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGE UPDATE
The Atterbury shooting range is under new management as of 5/13/2010. Please visithttp://atterburyshootingcomplex.com/ for information on hours and pricing.
Atterbury State Fish & Wildlife Area is dedicated to providing quality hunting and fishing opportunities while maintaining 6,206 acres of upland game habitat, marsh, running creeks and shallow impoundments.
NOTICE
The Fish and Wildlife Area [...]
Two out of three people responding to a recent Department of Natural Resources online survey said they use both archery and firearms to hunt deer, and 91 percent said they would be willing to harvest one or more additional antlerless deer if money were not an issue.
Respondents also expressed strong support for a variety of [...]
