Dear Friends, This year God’s Outdoors Disciples Ministry has agreed to take fifty whitetail deer that are being harvested as a way of controlling over population in a portion of the county. After the fifty are received we will reevaluate our freezer room, demand and money and may take more. This is all being organized [...]

While poachers don’t wait for legal hunting times, hunting season increases the likelihood that licensed, ethical hunters will encounter poaching, which is the illegal taking of fish, game or non-game wildlife. When that happens, DNR Law Enforcement urges hunters to use the TIP hotline to file a complaint. TIP is an acronym for Turn in [...]

Two dozen new conservation officers officially joined the Indiana DNR Division of Law Enforcement during graduation ceremonies Friday at the State Capitol. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller administered the oath of office to the recruits, who will fill positions in various locations around the state. “It takes a special individual who is willing to make [...]

If a sunrise over fog laden water paints the picture of your hunting passion, then gather your decoys and dust off your gun for the opening of waterfowl season, Oct. 17. Indiana waterfowl hunters have a lot to be excited about this year, according to DNR waterfowl biologist Adam Phelps. “Conditions have been good this [...]

A cool, wet summer followed by an even cooler and wetter fall makes excellent conditions for deer breeding and produces lots of deer foods and cover. Whether this bounty makes for good hunting on the Nov. 14 opening day of modern gun deer season remains to be seen.