Put and take pheasant hunt registration opens Sept. 11

Registration for put-and-take pheasant hunts opens Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 7 a.m. ET and will continue to the end of the hunt period or until hunts are sold out. The hunts take place from Nov. 23 - Dec. 1. Hunters can register at on.IN.gov/reservedhunt.

Participating Fish & Wildlife areas include Atterbury, Glendale, J.E. Roush Lake, Pigeon River, Tri-County, Willow Slough, and Winamac. Hunters seeking information about the property on which they are interested in hunting should contact that respective property. Contact information is available at the website listed above.

Registration is first-come, first-served and costs $30 per registered hunter. Once the daily hunter quota is reached for each site, the location will be listed as unavailable. Hunters must possess a valid hunting license and a gamebird habitat stamp to hunt pheasant. The bag limit is two pheasants per person, per day. Hunters should print their registration confirmation sheet and bring it with them on the day of their hunts.

More information about put-and-take pheasant hunts and other reserved hunts is available at the website listed above.

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