GREENSBURG, Ind. – With deer season underway, DNR officials want citizens to know who to call when they see illegal hunting activity.
Conservation officers ask concerned citizens to keep two phone numbers handy and enter them into their cell phones.
The 24-hour Central Dispatch number is (812) 837-9536. It documents the caller’s name. The Turn in a Poacher (TIP) hotline number is 1-800-TIP-IDNR (4367). It allows the caller to remain anonymous.
Less than one percent of Indiana’s nearly 400,000 hunters are found to be violating the law while hunting.
If you see a suspected violation:
- Safely gather as much information as you can (vehicle description, plate number, clothing description, number of people, location, direction of travel, etc.) without approaching the subject.
- Immediately call the appropriate number.
- Do not communicate with the subject by yelling or informing them that you have called a Conservation Officer.
- Continue to stay out of the subject’s area — allow the Conservation Officer to approach the situation.
- Cooperate with the Conservation Officer.
