Deer of the Day 2026
Click the artwork above to visit Route 262 Outdoors' Facebook page.
Deer of the Day is back!!!
Buck or doe. Shotgun or bow. We are welcoming everybody’s nominations for the Eagle Country 99.3 Deer of the Day, presented by Route 262 Outdoors, located on....State Route 262 in Dillsboro, of course!
Route 262 Outdoors is Your Firearm and Ammunition Headquarters. For more information, visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063569681332.
The tri-state’s BEST and ORIGINAL deer photo contest is giving our listeners the chance to show off their prized whitetail harvested during the 2025-26 hunting season. Each day, we’ll publish on this page a photo and story submitted by a listener.
The Deer of the Day grand prize winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to Route 262 Outdoors!
We are welcoming your nominations now through December 31, 2026! There are some simple rules to follow:
- Email your medium to high resolution photo in JPEG or GIF file format to news@eaglecountryonline.com. Please include your name, city of residence, and location of the harvest along with a one paragraph story detailing your successful hunt.
- Keep your photo and story tasteful. Photos showing too much blood and/or guts won’t be considered (yuck!).
- The deer shown must have been hunted legally and ethically during the bow, firearms, muzzleloader, or youth hunting season in local areas of Indiana, Ohio, or Kentucky.
Events
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Keep Calm and … Try Mind Clearing Meditation
Join us in a group meditation to help clear the mind and quiet those ruminating thoughts with Jenny Flanner
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StoryWalk
In October, stroll down to Todd-Creech Park in Lawrenceburg to read the new StoryWalk story!
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Dearborn County Recycling Center Costume SwapBring a costume, take a costume. Community members are invited to shop sustainably and creatively by swapping gently used Halloween costumes.
at Dearborn County Recycling Center
Indiana is seeing its highest ever recorded price for diesel fuel at almost $7 a gallon.
Maxwell is reminding voters of a public question that will appear on the ballot this November
Work is scheduled the rest of this week and early next week, weather permitting.
Boys Tennis Sectional, Boys Soccer and Volleyball results
The event happens Saturday in Terre Haute
The IHSAA Boys Tennis State Tournament got underway on Tuesday.
