County Antlerless Deer Bag Limit
The county antlerless bag limit is the total number of antlerless deer that can be harvested in a given county during youth, archery, firearms (with the proper license), and muzzleloader seasons combined.
The map indicates the current county bag limits for antlerless deer. Bag limits may change in the event of a disease outbreak prior to the deer hunting season. Hunters should check the bag limit in the weeks before the season begins.
Opportunities to harvest antlerless deer in addition to county bag limits, including deer reduction zones and federal land hunts, are detailed below.
Statewide Antlerless Deer Bag Limit
The statewide antlerless bag limit is 6 antlerless deer. Hunters may harvest up to 6 antlerless deer across the regular deer hunting season (youth, archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons), regardless of the licenses or exemptions a hunter uses or the counties they hunt in. For example, a hunter may reach the county antlerless bag limit in one county and then harvest additional antlerless deer in a second county, not to exceed 6 antlerless deer total.
Deer reduction zones, state park hunts, and hunts on military or wildlife refuge properties provide opportunities to harvest additional antlerless deer under specific regulations.
Licenses to Harvest Antlerless Deer
Hunters may use the following licenses to harvest antlerless deer to reach the county’s antlerless bag limit:
- Archery License (1 deer per license)
- Muzzleloader License (1 deer per license)
- Multi-season Antlerless License (1 deer per license)
- Youth License
- License Bundle (allows 2 antlerless deer)
- Lifetime License
- License Exemption
Firearms licenses are “buck only” and cannot be used to harvest antlerless deer. To harvest an antlerless deer during firearms season, a hunter needs a multi-season antlerless license, youth license, license bundle, lifetime license, or license exemption.
Antlerless deer harvested with the deer license bundle must count toward the county’s antlerless bag limit in the county where the deer was harvested.
Archery, muzzleloader, multi-season antlerless, youth, and lifetime licenses can be used to harvest all antlerless deer allowed by the county bag limit. A separate archery, muzzleloader, or multi-season antlerless license is needed for each deer a hunter harvests.
2026-2027 County Antlerless Bag Limits
Where to Harvest Antlerless Deer
Antlerless deer can be harvested on private land and some public land with the proper license during youth, archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons.
Antlerless deer cannot be harvested on DNR-managed Fish & Wildlife areas and some other DNR properties with a firearm during firearms season. This includes using muzzleloaders during firearms season. See the list below of properties with restrictions.
Properties where youth can only take one antlerless deer during youth season
Youth may only take one antlerless deer during youth season on DNR-managed Fish & Wildlife areas and some other DNR properties listed below. Please contact the property if you have any questions.
Properties where antlerless deer cannot be taken with a firearm
Hunters are not allowed to take an antlerless deer with a firearm on the following Indiana DNR properties during the deer firearms season. This prohibition includes antlerless deer with a lifetime license, multi-season antlerless license, resident youth hunt/trap combo license, or deer license bundle. Please contact the property if you have any questions. View a list of all Fish & Wildlife properties.
- Anspaugh Wetland Conservation Area
- Ashcraft Wildlife Management Area
- Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area
- Aukiki Wetland Conservation Area
- Austin Bottoms Conservation Area
- Barnes Seng Wetland Conservation Area
- Beaver Dam Wetland Conservation Area
- Beaver Lake Nature Preserve
- Big Barbee Wetland Conservation Area
- Bittern Bog Wetland Conservation Area
- Blue Grass Fish & Wildlife Area
- Bob Kern Nature Preserve
- Boones Pond Public Fishing Area
- Brownstown Public Fishing Area
- Busseron Creek Fish & Wildlife Area
- Carlson Gamebird Habitat Area
- Cartmell Gamebird Habitat Area
- Cattail Slough Gamebird Habitat Area
- Cedar Swamp Wetland Conservation Area
- Center Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Chinook Fish & Wildlife Area
- Chustak Public Fishing Area
- Conrad Savanna Nature Preserve
- Crosley Fish & Wildlife Area
- C. Triplett Gamebird Habitat Area
- Curtis Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Cypress Lake Public Fishing Area
- Deer Creek Fish & Wildlife Area
- Deniston Resource Area
- Deno Gamebird Habitat Area
- Dick Blythe Wetland Conservation Area
- Doak Wildlife Management Area
- Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area
- Driftwood Wildlife Management Area
- Durham Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Eagle Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Elk Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Eller Pond Wetland Conservation Area
- Fairbanks Landing Fish & Wildlife Area
- Falwell Gamebird Habitat Area
- Fish Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Flora Gamebird Habitat Area
- Galena Marsh Wetland Conservation Area
- Geswein Gamebird Habitat Area
- Glendale Fish & Wildlife Area
- Goose Creek Gamebird Habitat Area
- Goose Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area
- Green Valley Wildlife Management Area
- Greenwood Ditch Gamebird Habitat Area
- Grouse Ridge Wildlife Management Area
- Hawkins Gamebird Habitat Area
- Hillenbrand Fish & Wildlife Area
- Hindostan Falls Wildlife Management Area
- Horseshoe Bend Wildlife Management Area
- Hovey Lake Fish & Wildlife Area
- Howat 80 Wildlife Management Area
- Hufford Trust Area
- Huston Ditch Wildlife Management Area
- Idaville Gamebird Habitat Area
- Interlake State Recreation Area
- Iroquois Gamebird Habitat Area
- Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area
- Jefvert Gamebird Habitat Area
- Jimmerson Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Judy Burton Nature Preserve
- Kankakee Fish & Wildlife Area
- Kankakee Meander Lands Wetland Conservation Area
- Kankakee Sands (The Nature Conservancy)
- Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Area
- Kirsch Gamebird Habitat Area
- Knob View Gamebird Habitat Area
- Koontz Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Knop Lake Public Fishing Area
- LaSalle Fish & Wildlife Area
- Little Chapman Wetland Conservation Area
- Little Pigeon Creek Wetland Conservation Area
- Lost Hill Wetland Conservation Area
- Lyons Gamebird Habitat Area
- Mallard Roost Wetland Conservation Area
- Manitou Island Wetland Conservation Area
- Maxinkuckee Wetland Conservation Area
- Marsh Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Martindale Public Fishing Area
- Martinsville Public Fishing Area
- McGinnis-Lauerman Gamebird Habitat Area
- Meander Lands Wetland Conservation Area
- Mendenhall Wetland Conservation Area
- Menominee Public Fishing Area
- Menominee Wetland Conservation Area
- Metro-60 Gamebird Habitat Area
- Mississinewa Lake
- Modoc Wildlife Management Area
- Morgan Bluff Wildlife Management Area
- Mud Lake Waterfowl Unit
- Mud Pine Gamebird Habitat Area
- Nickel Plate Gamebird Habitat Area
- Nipsco Beach Public Fishing Area
- Norway Dam Public Fishing Area
- Oak Grove Wildlife Management Area
- Oxbow Bottoms Wildlife Management Area
- Paragon Wildlife Management Area
- Patoka Lake
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Area
- Pine Creek Gamebird Habitat Area
- Place Trail Marsh Gamebird Habitat Area
- Pointer Ridge Gamebird Habitat Area
- Port of Indiana Public Fishing Area
- Province Pond Wetland Conservation Area
- Prudential Gamebird Habitat Area
- Raccoon Creek Public Fishing Area
- Randolph County Wildlife Management Area
- Raub Gamebird Habitat Area
- Reynolds Creek Gamebird Habitat Area
- Roger McClellan Gamebird Habitat Area
- Rome City Wetland Conservation Area
- Ropchan Wetland Conservation Area
- Round Lake Wetland Conservation Area
- Roush Lake Fish & Wildlife Area
- Salamonie Lake
- Salt Creek Public Fishing Area
- Sandy Ridge Gamebird Habitat Area
- Scott Mill Pond Public Fishing Area
- Splinter Ridge Fish & Wildlife Area
- Sprig Slough Wetland Conservation Area
- Straight Line Slough Wildlife Management Area
- Stucker Fork Fish & Wildlife Area
- Sugar Creek Conservation Area
- Sugar Creek Public Fishing Area
- Sugar Ridge Fish & Wildlife Area
- Swamper Bend Wildlife Management Area
- Three Rivers Public Fishing Area
- Trail Creek Public Fishing Area
- Trail Creek Forks Public Fishing Area
- Trail Creek Johnson Road Public Fishing Area
- Trail Creek West Branch Public Fishing Area
- Tri-County Fish & Wildlife Area
- Turkey Creek Wetland Conservation Area
- Turkey Foot Wetland Conservation Area
- Veale Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Vinegar Hill Gamebird Habitat Area
- Vinyard Gamebird Habitat Area
- Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area
- Wabash River Conservation Area
- Watland Gamebird Habitat Area
- Wawasee Public Fishing Area
- Wawasee Wetland Conservation Area
- Westerkamp Wildlife Management Area
- Whirledge Wetland Conservation Area
- White County One Gamebird Habitat Area
- White Oak Wildlife Management Area
- White River Bend Wildlife Management Area
- Wilbur Wright Fish & Wildlife Area
- Williams Dam Public Fishing Area
- Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife Area
- Winamac Fish & Wildlife Area
How are County Antlerless Bag Limits Determined?
County antlerless bag limits are determined using a variety of population indicators such as trends in deer population estimates, hunter harvest success rate trends, deer observation rates, crop damage reports, deer-vehicle collision rates, and hunter surveys that measure individual satisfaction level with deer populations in each county.
