Hunters who hunt in an area inside the deer reduction zone but are not interested in counting deer toward the zone bag limit or who are not using a license valid in a deer reduction zone should select that the deer will not count toward the reduction zone bag limit.
A hunter is not required to place the tag on the deer while dragging it out of the field as long as the hunter has filled out and is carrying the required information. A hunter must maintain immediate custody of and visual contact with the deer carcass unless the completed temporary transportation tag is attached. The tag must be attached to the deer before the hunter leaves the deer.
Hunters are required to register their harvested deer within 48 hours of the kill. This can be done one of three ways:. Once the deer is registered with the CheckIN Game system, a confirmation number will be generated.
The number must be recorded on a temporary transportation tag and kept with the deer until processing begins. The deer head must remain attached to the carcass until the deer is registered with CheckIN Game and a confirmation number is issued. Shotguns, handguns, rifles with legal cartridges, muzzleloading long guns, and muzzleloading handguns are legal during the firearms season.
Only muzzleloading firearms are legal during the muzzleloader season. Hunters may carry more than one type of legal firearm when hunting during the firearms, youth, and reduction zone in zones where local ordinances allow the use of a firearm seasons only.
While hunting, an individual may carry a handgun without a handgun license in accordance with Indiana Code found at iga. Deer can be taken with a handgun only when in compliance with DNR regulations and only during the firearms season, with muzzleloading handguns only in the muzzleloader seasons, and in deer reduction zones when and where local ordinances allow.
Carcasses of deer and other wild animals that are lawfully taken cannot be dumped in streams or other bodies of water. Rotting carcasses in a waterway can affect water quality downstream. Dumping dead deer and other wild animals in a waterway is considered littering and is a criminal offense punishable by a fine.
Carcasses should not be burned, as the act can cause air pollution. Carcasses cannot be left in the open for scavengers or people to see without permission from the landowner. Do not dump carcasses on public land. The DNR recommends all discarded carcasses and unwanted animal parts be bagged and sent to a landfill. In , a Special Antlerless Firearms season was implemented for the first time in 74 Indiana counties in which the DNR wanted to increase antlerless harvests.
The original rule opened the special season only in counties that had county bonus antlerless quotas CBAQs of four or more. The special season ultimately had little effect on annual antlerless harvests. In , an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease EHD across southern Indiana led to an emergency rule change that lowered all CBAQs to two or fewer.
Because of this, a temporary rule change was issued for the hunting season that opened the Special Antlerless Firearms season statewide, except in Benton and Tipton counties. A complete report of these analyses is in the Indiana White-tailed Deer Report deer.
A total of 5, deer were harvested during the Special Antlerless Firearms season, accounting for 8. No counties have CBAQs of four or more for the deer season. Per the original rule language, this means that no counties will be open for the Special Antlerless Firearms season. After reviewing hunter survey data and noting substantial opposition to the season, DNR determined that the original rule should be left unamended for the deer season.
You can find the complete season schedule on the Indiana DNR website. For more information on rifle requirements for deer hunting on private land, visit the DNR website. Indiana could be in for an active winter Fishers IKEA announces grand opening giveaways including sofas, armchairs, mattresses and more.
Indianapolis News and Headlines. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Deer hunters in Indiana can no longer use rifles on public land. Some additional rifle cartridges can be used only on private land during the firearms season, because of the law passed earlier this year by the Indiana General Assembly, House Enrolled Act The new legal cartridges include, but are not limited to, the.
The rifle must have a barrel length of at least 16 inches ; the rifle cartridges must have a cartridge case length of least 1. No cartridges with a bullet diameter between. Rifles with pistol cartridges that have been allowed in previous years may still be used to hunt deer on both private and public land. A partial list of cartridges that are not allowed includes the.
The new law is scheduled to expire after the deer season, at which time the DNR will submit an impact report to the Governor and the General Assembly. Buckmasters entertains and educates deer hunters with current strategies and technology from the most respected experts in the field.
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