County Antlerless Deer Bag Limit

Bonus antlerless quotas are determined using a variety of population indicators such as trends in county population estimates, hunter harvest 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.

In addition to the basic bag limits for the license that was purchased, hunters can purchase bonus antlerless licenses if they wish to take additional antlerless deer. Hunters can also purchase and use bonus antlerless licenses without purchasing any other license. No more than one deer can be taken per bonus antlerless license. Bonus antlerless licenses can be used in any season, except the Deer Reduction Zone Season.

Hunters must use the equipment that is legal during the season that is being hunted. Bonus licenses may be used in any county, but you may not take more than the county quota for bonus antlerless deer in any specific county. The map on the right indicates county quotas for bonus antlerless deer. Bonus antlerless licenses may not be used on DNR-managed Fish & Wildlife areas but may be used on some other DNR properties. See a list of properties below where bonus antlerless licenses are not allowed.

Antlerless deer harvested with the deer license bundle must be used toward the bag limit for bonus antlerless deer in that county as well as the archery and muzzleloader bag limits. For example, during archery season, the third antlerless deer harvested counts toward the bonus antlerless county quota. In firearms season, any antlerless deer harvested must count toward the antlerless quota. During muzzleloader season, the second antlerless deer counts toward the county quota.

Hunters are not allowed to take an antlerless deer with a firearm on the following Indiana DNR properties during the 2024-2025 deer season. This prohibition includes bonus antlerless deer with a lifetime license, bonus antlerless license, resident youth hunt/trap combo license, or deer license bundle, as well as deer taken on farmland under the license exemption. Please contact the property if you have any questions. View a list of all Fish & Wildlife properties.

2024-2025 County Bonus Antlerless Quotas

The 2024 and 2025 county bonus antlerless quotas were adjusted in Porter, Wabash, and Allen counties due to epizootic hemorrhagic disease. This will take effect prior to the start of archery season.

• Anspaugh Wetland Conservation Area
• Ashcraft Wildlife Management Area
• Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area
• Aukiki Wetland Conservation Area
• Austin Bottoms Conservation Area
• Beaver Dam Wetland Conservation Area
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Funcheon 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
• Hovey Lake Fish & Wildlife Area
• Howatt 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 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 (including adjacent lands administered by the DNR)
• Modoc Wildlife Management Area
• Morgan Bluff Wildlife Management Area
• 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 (including adjacent lands administered by the DNR)
• Salt Creek Public Fishing Area
• Sandy Ridge Gamebird Habitat Area
• Scott Mill Pond Public Fishing Area
• Sorenson Gamebird Habitat Area
• Splinter Ridge Fish & Wildlife Area
• Sprig Slough Wetland Conservation Area
• Steiner Gamebird Habitat 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
• 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
• 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