A couple area state parks are on the participating properties list.
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(Versailles, Ind.) – Applications open Monday, October 7 for hunters to participate in Indiana State Park deer management draw hunts.
These hunts follow science-based wildlife management to maintain healthy deer populations in the regions where the hunts are hosted.
Participating properties include Brown County, Chain O’Lakes, Charlestown, Clifty Falls (archery only), Fort Harrison (archery only), Harmonie, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, O’Bannon Woods, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shades, Shakamak, Spring Mill, Summit Lake, Tippecanoe River (archery only), Turkey Run, Versailles, and Whitewater Memorial, as well as Cave River Valley Natural Area, Raccoon State Recreation Area (SRA), and Trine SRA.
Hunters can apply starting at 12:01 a.m. ET at on.IN.gov/reservedhunt, which is the only way to apply and is the one-stop shop for all pertinent information. Hunters will be selected through a random computerized drawing.
A link to view drawing results will be posted at the website listed above after the results are complete.
Firearm hunts include any firearm legal to take deer on public land in Indiana. Archery hunts include any archery equipment legal to take deer in Indiana, including crossbows.
Early hunts are November 18-19 and late hunts are December 2-3.
Applicants must possess any valid license to take a deer in Indiana at the time of the application. By the date of the first hunt, applicants must be Indiana residents or possess a valid lifetime license to take deer in Indiana and be 18 years of age.
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