Gator,
The archery season begins October 1st and firearms season will begin on November 18th and continue for fifteen days. I have attached some of the deer hunting laws and the website addresses.
Yes, as of now immediately upon kill you have to attach a piece of paper to the leg or antler of the deer with your name, address, date of kill and sex of kill. This serves as a temporary transportation tag. You then have 48 hours to take the deer to a check station and they will attatch a permanant metal tag to the deer. Then you may transport the deer out of state.
Good luck
www.in.gov/dnr/lawenfor/www.in.gov/legislative/iac/title312.html(f) Except as provided under IC 14-22-11-1 and IC 14-22-11-11, a person must not hunt deer unless the person possesses a completed and signed license bearing the person’s name. The license must be accompanied by a temporary transportation tag bearing the license number and the year of issuance. A person must not hunt with a deer license or tag issued to another person.
(g) The temporary transportation tag described in subsection (f) must, immediately upon taking a deer, be notched as to the sex of the deer and the month and day of the kill. A tag that is notched other than three (3) times is void. A person must not tag a deer other than with a tag issued to the person who took the deer. A deer leg must be tagged before leaving the field. A deer that is in the field is not required to be tagged if the person who kills the deer maintains immediate custody of, and constant visual contact with, the deer carcass.
(h) A person who takes a deer must cause delivery of the deer carcass to an official checking station for registration on the occurrence of the earlier of one (1) of the following:
(1) Within forty-eight (48) hours of taking of the deer.
(2) Before the deer is removed from this state.
The person who delivers the deer carcass to an official checking station for registration must provide accurate information for the check station logs.
(i) After the checking station operator records the permanent seal number on the log and collects the upper portion of the license, where applicable, along with the temporary transportation tag, the hunter is provided with that seal. The seal must be affixed by the hunter and sealed to prevent its removal (without cutting the seal or the body part to which it is affixed), before processing of the deer begins, by affixing the seal:
(1) between a tendon and bone;
(2) through a section of skin or flesh; or
(3) around a branched antler.
(j) The checking station operator must accurately and legibly complete all forms provided by the department and must make those forms available to department personnel upon request.
(k) An individual authorized to act under this subsection must attach to a deer carcass a paper that states the name and address of the individual and the date and sex of the deer taken. The requirements of subsections (f) through (g) also apply except to the extent those subsections identify the physical characteristics of a tag. The individuals authorized to act under this subsection are as follows:
(1) A lifetime license holder.
(2) A youth license holder.
(3) For a deer taken on a landowner’s land, each of the following:
(A) The resident landowner.
(B) The spouse of the resident landowner.
(C) A child of the resident landowner who is living with the landowner.
312 IAC 9-3-3 Hunting deer by firearms
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-11-1; IC 14-22-12-1; IC 35-47-2
Sec. 3. (a) This section is supplemental to section 2 of this rule and governs the activities of an individual who is either:
(1) issued a license to hunt deer by firearms under IC 14-22-12-1(12), IC 14-22-12-1(13), IC 14-22-12-1(15), or IC 14-22-12-1(16); or
(2) hunting by the use of firearms under IC 14-22-11-1.
(b) The season for hunting deer with firearms is as follows:
(1) The firearms season using shotgun, shotgun with rifled barrel, handgun, muzzle loading gun, or muzzle loading handgun is from the first Saturday after November 11 and continuing for an additional fifteen (15) days.
(2) The seasonal limit for hunting deer under this subsection is one (1) antlered deer.
(c) In addition to the season established under subsection (b), the season for using a muzzle loading gun or muzzle loading handgun only extends from the first Saturday after the firearms season established under subsection (b) and continues for fifteen (15) additional days. The seasonal limit for hunting deer under this extended season is one (1) deer of either sex.
(d) A person must not hunt deer except from one-half (½) hour before sunrise to one-half (½) hour after sunset.
(e) A person must not hunt deer unless that person wears hunter orange.
(f) A person must not possess bow and arrows while hunting under this section.
(g) The following requirements apply to the use of firearms under this section:
(1) A shotgun must have a gauge 10, 12, 16, 20, or .410 bore loaded with a single projectile. A shotgun may be possessed in the field outside lawful shooting hours only if there are no shells in the chamber or magazine.
(2) A handgun must:
(A) conform to the requirements of IC 35-47-2;
(B) have a barrel at least four (4) inches long; and
(C) fire a bullet of .243 inch diameter or larger.
All 38 special ammunition is prohibited. The handgun cartridge case, without bullet, must be at least one and sixteen-hundredths (1.16) inches long. A handgun must not be concealed. Full metal jacketed bullets are unlawful. A handgun may be possessed in the field outside lawful shooting hours only if there are no shells in the chamber or magazine. All 25/20, 32/20, 30 carbine, and 38 special ammunition is prohibited.
(3) A muzzle loading gun must be .44 caliber or larger, loaded with a bullet at least .357 inch or larger. A muzzle loading handgun must be single shot, .50 caliber or larger, loaded with bullets at least .44 caliber and have a barrel at least twelve (12) inches long. The length of a muzzle loading handgun barrel is determined by measuring from the base of the breech plug, excluding tangs and other projections, to the end of the barrel, including the muzzle crown. A muzzle loading firearm must be loaded from the muzzle. A muzzle loading firearm may be possessed in the field outside lawful shooting hours only if:
(A) for percussion firearms, the cap or primer is removed from the nipple or primer adapter; or
(B) for flintlock firearms, the pan is not primed.
(4) Over-and-under combination rifle-shotguns are prohibited.
(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-3-3; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2703; filed Nov 13, 1997, 12:09 p.m.: 21 IR 1272; filed Dec 26, 2001, 2:40 p.m.: 25 IR 1530; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Sep 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.: 28 IR 538)
312 IAC 9-3-4 Hunting deer by bow and arrows
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-11-1; IC 14-22-12-1
Sec. 4. (a) This section is supplemental to section 2 of this rule and governs the activities of an individual who is either:
(1) issued a license to hunt deer with bow and arrows under IC 14-22-12-1(14) or IC 14-22-12-1(17) and is supplemental to section 2 of this rule; or
(2) hunting by the use of bow and arrows under IC 14-22-11-1.
(b) The season for hunting deer with bow and arrows during the early bow season is from October 1 through the firearms season (set forth in section 3(b) of this rule) and during the late bow season from the first Saturday after the firearms season through the first Sunday in January.
(c) The urban deer season is from September 15 through the firearms season (set forth in section 3(b) of this rule) and during the late bow season from the first Saturday after the firearms season through the first Sunday in January.
(d) The seasonal limit for hunting under this section is one (1) deer of either sex. After August 31, 2007, a person must not take an antlered deer by means of a crossbow.
(e) A person must not hunt deer under this section except from one-half (½) hour before sunrise to one-half (½) hour after sunset.
(f) A person must not hunt deer under this section unless that person wears hunter orange. However, this subsection does not apply before the commencement of the firearms season set forth in section 3(b) of this rule and after the muzzle loading gun season set forth in section 3(c) of this rule.
(g) A person must not hunt under this section unless that person possesses only one (1) bow. A person must not possess a firearm while hunting under this section.
(h) The following requirements apply to the use of archery equipment under this section:
(1) No person shall use a long bow or compound bow of less than thirty-five (35) pounds pull.
(2) Arrows must be equipped with metal or metal-edged (or flint, chert, or obsidian napped) broadheads.
(3) Poisoned or explosive arrows are unlawful.
(4) Bows drawn, held, or released other than by hand or hand-held releases are unlawful.
(5) A long bow or compound bow may be possessed in the field before and after lawful shooting hours only if the nock of the arrow is not placed on the bow string.
(6) No portion of the bow’s riser (handle) or any track, trough, channel, arrow rest, or other device that attaches to the bow’s riser shall contact, support, or guide the arrow from a point rearward of the bow’s brace height.
(i) Notwithstanding subsection (h), a person may use a crossbow to take antlerless deer during the late bow season from the first Saturday after the firearms season through the first Sunday in January if the following restrictions are met:
(1) No person shall use a crossbow of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) pounds pull.
(2) No person shall use a crossbow that does not have a mechanical safety.
(3) A crossbow may be possessed in the field before and after lawful shooting hours only if the nock of the arrow is not placed on the bow string.
(j) As used in this rule, “crossbow” means a device for propelling an arrow by means of traverse limbs mounted on a stock and a string and having a working safety. The crossbow may be drawn, held, and released by a mechanical device. (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-3-4; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2703; filed Nov 5, 1997, 3:25 p.m.: 21 IR 930; filed Dec 26, 2001, 2:40 p.m.: 25 IR 1530; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Sep 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.: 28 IR 538)
312 IAC 9-3-5 Hunting deer with bow and arrows by authority of an extra deer license
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
ICO Winchell
