Public Hunting Areas

The map below shows the general location of public hunting areas in Indiana. The numbers on the map correspond to the chart below that lists each property and a phone number.

The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife manages 25 fish and wildlife areas that have a combined 135,800 acres of public hunting opportunities. Some of the fish and wildlife areas manage satellite units with hundreds of additional acres open to hunting.

The DNR Division of Forestry manages 14 properties, all open to hunting. State forests represent some of the largest properties in the system with four of them — Morgan-Monroe, Clark, Harrison-Crawford and Yellowwood — having more than 23,000 acres apiece.

Eight reservoir properties under management of the DNR Division of State Parks & Reservoirs add even more public land hunting opportunities.

Indiana also is home to several federally managed sites that allow hunting — the Hoosier National Forest, and Big Oaks, Muscatatuck and Patoka River national wildlife refuges.

For more information on areas in Indiana that are open to public hunting, visit the Where to Hunt page on the DNR website at IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/5427.htm.

• PUblic hunting areas
  	PROPERTY	SUB-UNITS	MANAGED BY	PHONE
  1	Atterbury FWA			812 526-2051
  2	Blue Grass FWA		Sugar Ridge	812 789-2724
  3	Brush Creek FWA	(Note: Closed to hunting)
  4	Chinook FWA		Wabashiki	765 653-0453
  5	Crosley FWA	Stucker Fork		812-346-5596
  6	Deer Creek FWA		Wabashiki	765-653-0453
  7	Fairbanks Landing FWA		Wabashiki	765-653-0453
  8	Glendale FWA			812-644-7711
  9	Goose Pond FWA			812-659-9901
  10	Hillenbrand FWA		Goose Pond	812-659-9901
  11	Hovey Lake FWA			812-838-2927
  12	Jasper-Pulaski FWA	Aukiki WCA		219-843-4841
  13	Kankakee FWA	Dick Blythe WCA, Koontz Lake WCA, Round Lake WCA		574-896-3522
  14	Kingsbury FWA	Fish Lake WCA, Galena WCA		219-393-3612
  15	LaSalle FWA	Badal Trust Area		219 992-3019
  16	Minnehaha FWA		Goose Pond	812 659-9901
  17	Pigeon River FWA	Cedar Swamp WCA, Jimmerson Lake WCA, Marsh Lake WCA, Turkey Creek WCA		260 367-2164
  18	Roush FWA			260 468-2165
  19	Splinter Ridge FWA		Crosley	812 346-5596
  20	Sugar Ridge FWA	Little Pigeon		812 789-2724
  21	Tri-County FWA	Deniston Resource Area, Eagle Lake WCA, Mallard Roost WCA, Mendenhall WCA, Rome City WCA		574 834-4461
  22	Wabashiki FWA			765 653-0453
  23	Wilbur Wright FWA	Modoc WMA, Providence Pond WCA, Randolph County WMA		765 529-9581
  24	Willow Slough FWA	Kankakee Sands		219 285-2704
  25	Winamac FWA	Eller Pond WCA, Judy Burton Nature Preserve, Manitou WCA & Nature Preserve, Maxinkuckee WCA, Menominee WCA		574 946-4422
  26	Brookville Lake			765-647-2657
  27	Cagles Mill Lake	Lieber State Recreation Area		765-795-4576
  28	Harden Lake	Raccoon State Recreation Area		765-344-1884
  29	Hardy Lake			812-794-3800
  30	Mississinewa Lake			765-473-6528
  31	Monroe Lake			812-837-9546
  32	Patoka Lake			812-685-2464
  33	Salamonie Lake	Salamonie River State Forest		260-468-2125
  34	Clark SF			812-294-4306
  35	Deam Lake SRA			812-246-5421
  36	Covered Bridge SF Retreat	(Note: By reservation only)	Greene-Sullivan SF	812-648-2810
  37	Ferdinand SF			812-367-1524
  38	Greene-Sullivan SF			812-648-2810
  39	Harrison-Crawford SF			812-738-7694
  40	Jackson-Washington SF			812-358-2160
  41	Martin SF			812-247-3491
  42	Morgan-Monroe SF			765-342-4026
  43	Owen-Putnam SF			812-829-2462
  44	Pike SF			812-367-1524
  45	Selmier SF			812-346-2286
  46	Starve Hollow SRA			812-358-3464
  47	Yellowwood SF			812-988-7945
  48	Hoosier National Forest			812-275-5987
  49	Big Oaks NWR			812-273-0783
  50	Muscatatuck NWR			812-522-4352
  51	Patoka River NWR			812-749-3199