Welcome to 2026-27 Indiana Hunting

To Hunters & Trappers in the Hoosier State

Welcome to the 2026-2027 Indiana DNR Hunting & Trapping Guide. We hope you find it helpful as you prepare for the upcoming hunting and trapping seasons.

Any corrections or updates to information published in this guide will be made to the online version found at on.IN.gov/huntingguide.

This guide provides a summary of Indiana hunting and trapping regulations. If you need complete versions of Indiana rules and regulations for hunting and trapping, they can be found in Indiana Code, Title 14, Article 22 (iga.IN.gov) and Indiana Administrative Code, Title 312, Article 9, (iar.iga.in.gov/code).

Information in the guide includes season dates, bag limits, license requirements and costs, legal hunting hours, approved hunting equipment, and more. Articles found within this guide are written by Indiana DNR staff who are experts in their work.

All funds made from selling Indiana hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses go directly back to conservation. Your license funds are used for wildlife management and research, habitat management and restoration, land acquisition, public access, shooting ranges, fish stocking, DNR law enforcement, and more. We thank all hunters, anglers, trappers, and recreational shooters in Indiana for their continued support of the Division of Fish, Wildlife & Nature Preserves. The funding stream you provide helps make conservation of Indiana’s natural resources a success.

Finally, good luck this hunting and trapping season. We hope it’s your best one yet.

Activity Hub

The Division of Fish, Wildlife & Nature Preserves’ (DFWNP) Activity Hub completed its first year of serving hunters and anglers after replacing the previous license system in December 2024. Logging in through Access Indiana gives access to license sales, game check-in, HIP registration, donations, and other core functions. For resources helping navigate the new system, visit GoOutdoorsIN.com/help-support.

In 2026, DFWNP introduced a new mobile app, GoOutdoorsIN. Download now to purchase licenses and check in your harvest.

Customers who have questions regarding their accounts should call the DNR Customer Service Center at (317) 232-4200 or (877) 463-6367, or email [email protected].

Learn More

Stay up to date with regulation changes, projects, and wildlife news by following us on YouTube, Facebook @INFishandWildlife and Instagram @INFishWildlife and signing up for DFWNP newsletters in your Activity Hub account.