I used to live in Indiana and was never drawn either. I have a friend who moved to IN from OH and was drawn the first year he applied! Some folks just have the luck. Good luck on the draw I hear the hunting is great!
I think Pa. will go to something like this when they open the WPRA's for hunting.
Do you guys have any idea how many people apply vs. permits issued?
Frustrated at the lack of public information I emailed our DNR a few years ago and they responded that they receive about 5000 applicants for 220 available slots. To my knowledge they have never publicly released information on how many properties there are. I have heard there are about 70 properties that range in size from 40 to 80 acres each. There is a lack of information about these properties.
Frustrated at the lack of public information I emailed our DNR a few years ago and they responded that they receive about 5000 applicants for 220 available slots. To my knowledge they have never publicly released information on how many properties there are. I have heard there are about 70 properties that range in size from 40 to 80 acres each. There is a lack of information about these properties.
It's not the DNR in Indiana that controls these properties........I believe these are managed by Purdue University as far as habitat and food plots.....The state controls the hunts.....May want to give a shout out to Purdue...i'll do some checking as well
TB, I have never heard that about Purdue. A former co-worker of mine sold the state an 80 acre plot in the pheasant belt 20+ years ago for the pheasant preserve/draw area. I drive by it when I am in the area during season, every time I see the drawn guys there Roosters are running out of there on the road, darn good spot.
Possible. I am mainly concerned with the lack of information such as how many properties are owned, acreage, etc. If taxpayer money is used to purchase and maintain the land (Purdue is a state/public university) then why the secrecy? Several hunters on other boards have questioned the access to these properties?