Hunting in Indiana
18 game management units
Official agency resources
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish & Wildlife
- Buy a license ↗
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/licenses-and-permits/
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/hunting-and-trapping/hunting-trapping-guide/
- Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/hunting-and-trapping/reserved-hunts/
- GMU map ↗
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/wildlife-resources/animals/white-tailed-deer/deer-reduction-zones
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/hunting-and-trapping/indiana-checkin-game
- Hunter education ↗
https://www.in.gov/dnr/law-enforcement/education/outdoor-education/
Authoritative source
For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in Indiana, go straight to the issuing agency.
Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesLoading game management unit boundaries…
Game species in Indiana
See all species →Click any species to see every state where it's on the books.
Big Game
Wild Turkey
Upland Birds
Waterfowl
Small Game
Migratory
Game management units
18 units
- Unit Cordry-Sweetwater
Brown
- Unit Evansville
Vanderburgh
- Unit Fort Wayne
Allen
- Unit Griffy Lake Nature Preserve
Monroe
- Unit Indy Metro Boone County
Boone
- Unit Indy Metro Hamilton County
Hamilton
- Unit Indy Metro Hendricks County
Hendricks
- Unit Indy Metro Johnson County
Johnson
- Unit Indy Metro Marion County
Marion
- Unit Indy Metro Morgan County
Morgan
- Unit Lafayette
Tippecanoe
- Unit Lake County
Lake
- Unit Michigan City/LaPorte
LaPorte
- Unit Muncie
Delaware
- Unit Porter County
Porter
- Unit South Bend/Mishawaka/Elkhart
St Joseph
- Unit Warrick County
Warrick
- Unit Warsaw
Kosciusko
Huntable public lands in Indiana
Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
52,796 acres
Gory Hole Cave Purchase Unit
Conservation Area
19.94 acres
Hoosier National Forest
National Forest
204,303 acres
Hoosier National Forest
National Recreation Area
Hoosier Purchase Unit
Conservation Area
35.6 acres
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
7,847.9 acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
13,238.4 acres