Hunters may apply for a reserved hunt online only by visiting www.IndianaOutdoor.IN.gov and clicking on the “Register for a Reserved Hunt” link beginning July 1.
All applicants must possess a pertinent hunting license for the hunt for which they apply. All applications must be completed by the application deadline to be eligible for the drawing. Hunters will be selected through a random drawing. All drawing results will be posted at www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild (or www.wildlife.IN.gov) within a week after application deadlines.
Dove Hunt Draw
Online application must be completed by July 31, 2009
Military/Refuge Deer Hunt Draw
Online application must be completed by Aug. 28, 2009
Indiana State Park Deer Reduction Hunts
Online application must be completed by Aug. 28, 2009
Pheasant Hunt Draw
Online application must be completed by: Oct. 2, 2009
Wild Turkey Hunt Draw
Online application must be completed by: March 26, 2010
*Applications for waterfowl draw hunts typically begin in late August. Pheasant put-and-take will be available Sept. 1.
Additional Military/Refuge hunts this year include a firearm hunt at Naval Support Activity Crane, and archery and firearm hunts at Newport Chemical Depot. Permit allotments and/or dates for other military and refuge areas are also being expanded. For answers to questions about military/refuge hunt opportunities, call (812) 334-3795 from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on weekdays. Note that this is not a toll-free call.
See more information in the Hunting & Trapping Guide online.
The hard copy version of the guide will be available in the next week or two, free of charge, at most DNR properties, various sporting goods stores, hunting license vendors and other locations around the state.
The 44-page publication’s cover shows a hunter participating in a deer reduction hunt last winter at Tippecanoe River State Park.
In addition to providing hunting and trapping rules and regulations, the guide includes articles on the 10 “unwritten” rules of hunting; why Kade Carter, 6th-grade son of DNR director Robert E. Carter Jr., likes to hunt; and how science plays a role in determining hunting rules and seasons.
More information on reserved hunts:
Kevin Hoffman
DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
(317) 234-5904
More information on guide:
Phil Bloom
DNR director of communications
(317) 232-4003
