What do I need to apply?
- A valid hunting license for the species you intend to hunt for that season/equipment.
- A valid email address for confirmation of application submission.
Results
- Hunters will be selected through a random computerized drawing.
- An email will be sent to applicants who are drawn, as well as those who are not drawn, once the draw has been completed.
- Results are available within two weeks after the application period has closed.
2024 Reserved Hunts
Areas participating in reserved hunts are managed by various agencies and may have unique restrictions that each hunter must follow. Please read each area’s information packet carefully before pursuing a hunt.
- Deer
Hunters have the choice of applying for one hunt period at any of the participating areas. Hunt periods, area maps, and property specific restrictions are included in the hunter information PDF packets below. Informational packets for state park early deer reduction hunts will be added later.
Fish & Wildlife Areas (FWA) (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
State Park Deer Management (Application period: 10/7 – 10/27/2024)
Participating Properties
- Brown County State Park
- Cave River Valley Natural Area
- Chain O’Lakes State Park
- Charlestown State Park
- Clifty Falls State Park (archery only)
- Fort Harrison State Park (archery only)
- Harmonie State Park
- Lincoln State Park
- McCormick’s Creek State Park
- O’Bannon Woods State Park
- Ouabache State Park
- Pokagon State Park
- Potato Creek State Park
- Prophetstown State Park
- Raccoon State Recreation Area
- Shades State Park
- Shakamak State Park
- Spring Mill State Park
- Summit Lake State Park
- Tippecanoe River State Park
- Trine State Recreation Area (archery only)
- Turkey Run State Park
- Versailles State Park
- Whitewater Memorial State Park
- Dove
Hunters have the choice of applying for one hunt period at any of the participating areas. Hunt periods, area maps, and property specific restrictions are included in the hunter information PDF packets below.
Atterbury FWA will only be able to honor those individuals who were drawn as guaranteed spots to hunt the day of the draw. This means that drawn hunters will not have a guaranteed spot for a hunting partner. Individuals who were not drawn but want to hunt on Sept. 1-2 can come to the standby drawing to fill any spots available those mornings. The number of standby spots will be determined by the number of reserved hunters that do not show. Standby drawing will occur immediately after all drawn hunters present have claimed their spot to hunt at 11 a.m. ET.
Fish & Wildlife Areas (FWA) (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
- Indiana Private Lands Access Program (IPLA)
Hunters have the choice of applying for one county at any of the participating private lands. PDF information packets outlining the details of each hunt type will be available later.
Spring Turkey (Application period: 2/19 – 3/17/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- LaPorte (1 property)
- Cass (1 property)
- Greene (4 properties)
- Sullivan (8 properties)
- Scott (3 properties)
- Harrison (1 property)
- Bartholomew (3 properties)
- Starke (1 property)
- Steuben
Deer Archery (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (3 properties)
- Cass (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- LaPorte (1 property)
- Scott (2 properties)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Early Small Game Squirrel (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- Scott (2 properties)
Teal and Early Goose (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Batholomew (1 property)
- DeKalb (1 property)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Youth Deer (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (3 properties)
- Cass (1 property)
- Greene (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- LaPorte (1 property)
- Scott (2 properties)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Deer Firearms (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (3 properties)
- Cass (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- LaPorte (1 property)
- Scott (2 properties)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Early Season Waterfowl (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (1 property)
- DeKalb (1 property)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Pheasant, Quail, and Woodcock (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- DeKalb (1 property)
- Greene (2 properties)
- Noble (1 property)
- Pike (1 property)
- Scott (1 property)
- Steuben (2 properties)
- Sullivan (8 properties)
Goose Only (Application period: 10/7 – 10/27/2024)
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (1 property)
- DeKalb (1 property)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Late season Deer Archery/Muzzleloader (Application period: 10/7 – 10/27/2024)
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (3 properties)
- Cass (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- LaPorte (1 property)
- Scott (1 properties)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Late Season Waterfowl (Application period: 10/7 – 10/27/2024)
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (1 property)
- DeKalb (1 property)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Late Season Rabbit and Squirrel (Application period: 10/7 – 10/27/2024)
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- Scott (2 properties)
- Sullivan (3 properties)
- Spring Turkey
Hunters have the choice of applying for one hunt period at any of the participating areas. Hunt periods, area maps, and property specific restrictions are included in the hunter information PDF packets below.
Fish & Wildlife Areas (FWA) (Application period: 2/19 – 3/17/2024) EXPIRED
- Atterbury
- Crosley
- Deer Creek
- Fairbanks
- Glendale
- Goose Pond
- Hillenbrand
- Hovey Lake
- J.E Roush Lake
- Jasper-Pulaski
- Kingsbury
- LaSalle
- Pigeon River
- Sugar Ridge
- Tri-County
- Willow Slough
- Winamac
Wetland Conservation Areas (Application period: 2/19 – 3/17/2024) EXPIRED
State Parks (Application period: 2/19 – 3/17/2024) EXPIRED
National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) (Application period: 2/19 – 3/17/2024) EXPIRED
- Waterfowl
Hunters have the choice of applying for five hunt periods at any of the participating areas. Hunt periods, area maps, and property specific restrictions are included in the hunter information PDF packets below.
Fish & Wildlife Areas (FWA) (Application period 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
- Youth Only
Spring Turkey
National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) (Application period: 2/19 - 3/17/2024) EXPIRED
Indiana Private Lands Access program (IPLA) (Application period: 2/19-3/17/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Starke County (1 property)
- Steuben County (1 property)
- LaPorte County (1 property)
- Sullivan County (7 properties)
- Bartholomew County (3 properties)
- Scott County (4 properties)
- Green County (4 properties)
- Harrison County (1 property)
- Cass County (1 property)
Deer
National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
Indiana Private Lands Access program (IPLA) (Application period: 07/08 - 08/04/2024) EXPIRED
Participating private lands by county:
- Bartholomew (3 properties)
- Cass (1 property)
- Greene (1 property)
- Harrison (1 property)
- LaPorte (1 property)
- Scott (2 properties)
- Sullivan (2 properties)
Game Birds
Youth Gamebird Habitat Areas (GHA) (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
Below are the names of participating Gamebird Habitat Areas.
(Areas are randomly assigned to drawn hunters. Maps and further information will be provided if the hunter is successfully drawn.)
- Carlson
- Cartmell
- Cattail Slough
- Deno
- Donohue
- Falwell
- Flora
- Geswein
- Goose Creek Unit 1
- Goose Creek Unit 2
- Goose Creek Unit 3
- Greenwood Ditch
- Hawkins
- Idaville
- Iroquois
- Jefvert
- Kirsch
- Knobview
- Lyons
- McGinnis-Lauerman
- Metro-60
- Mud Pine
- Nickel Plate
- Pine Creek #1
- Pine Creek #2
- Pine Creek #3
- Pine Creek #4
- Pine Creek #5
- Pine Creek #6
- Raub
- Roger McClellan
- Sandy Ridge
- Triplett
- Vinegar Hill
- Vinyard
- Watland
- White County One
- Willow Island
- Put and Take Pheasant
EXPIRED
Put and Take Pheasant hunts are by reservation only. Instructions for purchasing a reservation and other important details can be found in the PDF packet below.
Fish & Wildlife Areas (FWA)
- Atterbury
- Glendale
- J.E. Roush
- Pigeon River
- Tri County
- Willow Slough
- Winamac
- Gamebird Habitat Areas
Gamebird Habitat Areas (GHA) November (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
Gamebird Habitat Areas (GHA) December (Application period: 10/7 – 10/27/2024)
Youth Gamebird Habitat Areas (GHA) (Application period: 8/19 - 9/15/2024) EXPIRED
Below are the names of participating Gamebird Habitat Areas.
(Areas are randomly assigned to drawn hunters. Maps and further information will be provided if the hunter is successfully drawn.)
- Carlson
- Cartmell
- Cattail Slough
- Deno
- Donohue
- Falwell
- Flora
- Geswein
- Goose Creek Unit 1
- Goose Creek Unit 2
- Goose Creek Unit 3
- Greenwood Ditch
- Hawkins
- Idaville
- Iroquois
- Jefvert
- Kirsch
- Knobview
- Lyons
- McGinnis-Lauerman
- Metro-60
- Mud Pine
- Nickel Plate
- Pine Creek #1
- Pine Creek #2
- Pine Creek #3
- Pine Creek #4
- Pine Creek #5
- Pine Creek #6
- Raub
- Roger McClellan
- Sandy Ridge
- Triplett
- Vinegar Hill
- Vinyard
- Watland
- White County One
- Willow Island
