INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indiana DNR’s Division of State Parks is looking for volunteer hunters to participate in deer management hunts at 17 locations this fall.
Versailles State Park will be one of the properties where hunting will be allowed with firearms only.
Properties where hunting by archery only will be allowed include Clifty Falls State Park near Madison.
Hunting will be allowed on these properties on November 15 and 16 and November 29 and 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 pm Monday, August 9.
Management hunts are carried out exclusively to achieve an ecological objective — to ensure balanced and healthy natural communities for all plants and wildlife within park boundaries.
Successful applicants are allowed to take up to three deer, only one of which can be antlered. Deer harvested at a state park management hunt are not counted toward regular statewide bag limits. “Trophy hunting”, i.e., passing on does or smaller bucks to wait to take a larger buck, is counter to the ecological objective of state park management hunts and is strongly discouraged.
