Hunting in Southern Indiana

Arrowslinger · October 14, 2009, 08:31:00 AM

I will be in Crawford County from 11-25 through 11-30 visiting in laws and was wanting to find somewhere close to there to hunt. Any suggestions?

Thanks

John Nail · October 14, 2009, 08:37:00 AM

do an online search for "Turkey ticks" They are seriously bad this year

Passthru · October 14, 2009, 09:29:00 AM

That's the tail end of our firearms season...not the best time.

The ticks are gone by November.

trapperDave · October 14, 2009, 09:33:00 AM

Hoosier National Forest

John Scifres · October 14, 2009, 09:39:00 AM

Go to DNRs site and see "Places to Hunt" for public ground. There is a lot of it down there. It will be pounded during gun season especially on the weekends but get away from the roads, find a saddle in a one of the ridges and hang a stand and you might be surprised. If you are gun hunting, just join in the fun. About anything can happen then.

Afraid a snake · October 14, 2009, 10:21:00 AM

I live and hunt in Crawford County.I will pm you my phone# and you can give me a call.

Arrowslinger · October 14, 2009, 01:21:00 PM

trapperDave thanks. I am going to try to get some maps on the HNF. I see it is over 24,000 acres any suggestions on where to start?

John plan to hunt with a bow. I know it can get wild up there during that time. I guess it would be like that in GA if there was only two weeks to hunt with a gun.

Mike thanks for the info. I look forward to meeting you.

wharvey · October 14, 2009, 09:18:00 PM

I'd also be interested in finding some good S. Indiana locations. I'm thinking about trying some of the Hoosier National forest south of Paoli. I'm live much closer to the Clark State Forest but last year deer seem few and far between.

trapperDave · October 15, 2009, 12:34:00 AM

HNF is over 200,000 acres

Arrowslinger · October 15, 2009, 06:51:00 AM

Not in Crawford County

John Scifres · October 15, 2009, 08:18:00 AM

Deer densities are normally pretty low in many areas of the HNF that are just big woods. The areas hit by EHD a couple years ago are starting to rebound but it will be a year or two more to get back to normal. Areas bordering ag land have a bit higher densities though. I hunt Martin County near ag land and last year was pretty slow. No matter how you slice it, it requires more work than hunting on a farm or a broken piece of public land like a WMA. It's still a blast and the most beautiful part of our state.

Arrowslinger · October 15, 2009, 08:25:00 AM

Thanks John.

Arrowslinger · October 15, 2009, 08:56:00 PM

Mike here is my address thanks for the info.

Jeff Kitchens
130 Cedar Creek Ct.
Fayetteville, GA 30215

Arrowslinger · November 19, 2009, 08:35:00 PM

I will be there this Saturday. Mike I will give you a call tomorrow or Saturday. Look forward to meeting you.