Deer Management Hunts This Fall At Versailles, Clifty Falls State Parks

The application deadline to participate is nearing.

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(INDIANAPOLIS) – The application deadline is nearing for state park deer management hunts.

Indiana DNR’s Division of State Parks is seeking volunteer hunters to participate in deer management hunts at 17 locations this fall.

The nearest state park where hunting will be allowed with firearms only is Versailles State Park.

Clifty Falls in Madison is on the list where hunting will be allowed by archery only.

Dates for deer management hunts are November 15-16 and November 29-30.

Volunteers can apply online at on.IN.gov/reservedhunt, where additional guidelines can be found under State Park Deer.

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on August 9.

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