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Indiana Hunting & Trapping Guide

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2024-2025 Hunting & Trapping Guide

This guide provides a summary of Indiana hunting and trapping regulations. This guide is not intended to be a complete digest of regulations. If you need complete versions of Indiana rules and regulations for hunting, they can be found in Indiana Code or in Indiana Administrative Code Title 312. See changes to Deer Regulations below.

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  • Deer
  • NOTE: AS of September 15, 2024, a new Deer Hunting Interim Rule (Indiana Administrative Code) for the 2024-25 season is in effect, and these changes are included in the 2024-2025 Hunting & Trapping Guide. The changes include the following provisions:

    • Changes the definition of the deer license bundle to include only one (1) antlered deer and two antlerless deer;
    • Sets forth the bonus county antlerless limits;
    • Prohibits taking an antlerless deer with a firearm on Division of Fish & Wildlife-managed properties, as well as Salamonie, Mississinewa, and Patoka lakes;
    • Changes the dates on which ground or tree blinds may be placed on certain department properties in deer reduction zones to being able to set them up starting at noon on Sept. 1 (this is only for properties in a deer reduction zone); and
    • Allows hunters to use an infrared sensor to retrieve a legally taken (dead) deer.
  • Wild Turkey
  • Furbearers
  • Small Game
  • Waterfowl & Migratory Birds
  • Other Game Birds
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  • Hunting Guide Disclaimer

    The Indiana Hunting & Trapping Guide is available on eRegulations, a third party online service. The guide is a summary of Indiana hunting regulations. It is designed as a service to hunters and is not intended to be a complete digest of all hunting and trapping regulations. Most regulations are subject to change by administrative rule. New editions of the guide appear in mid-August. The eRegulations website has different privacy and security policies and contains advertising. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources neither endorses products or services listed or claims made; nor accepts any liability arising from the use of products or services listed.

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