Boone County, Indiana: deer harvest and public hunting land
Boone County covers 423 square miles around Zionsville. Hunters took 552 deer here in the 2025 season, 305 of them antlered, by the DNR's deer report. That is up 2% from 2024, and the most in the 5 years shown. 0.6% of Boone County is public land open to the public, the largest share land trusts and other open land (1,044 acres), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries.
Data updated October 2026. Harvest: the DNR's deer reports, 2021 to 2025. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property layer.
Other DNR landCounty, city and regional landLand trusts and other open landBoone CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway
| Size | 270,846 acres (423 square miles) |
|---|---|
| Deer taken, 2025 | 552 (305 antlered, 247 antlerless) |
| Public land | 0.6% (1,587 acres) |
| Public hunting properties | None mapped |
| Towns in and near it | Zionsville, Lebanon, Whitestown, New Ross, Kirklin and Colfax |
How many deer are harvested in Boone County?
Hunters took 552 deer in Boone County in 2025: 305 antlered and 247 antlerless (45% antlerless).
| Season | Deer taken | Antlered | Antlerless |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 552 | 305 | 247 |
| 2024 | 541 | 288 | 253 |
| 2023 | 469 | 256 | 213 |
| 2022 | 500 | 276 | 224 |
| 2021 | 464 | 245 | 219 |
Source: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4), Boone County.
How much public land is in Boone County?
1,587 of Boone County's 270,846 acres are public land open to the public (0.6%). The biggest share is land trusts and other open land: 1,044 acres.
| Manager | Acres | Share of Boone County |
|---|---|---|
| Land trusts and other open land | 1,044 | 0.4% |
| County, city and regional land | 503 | 0.2% |
| Other DNR land | 40 | under 0.1% |
| All public land open to the public | 1,587 | 0.6% |
Measured by FilledTag inside the county line from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries. Hunting rules differ by manager: properties on the DNR's public hunting map are open under the DNR's rules for each; national forest is open; refuges follow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules; Corps of Engineers lake land is open in many places under each project's own rules; state parks hold only special hunts; city and county land sets its own rules.
How do you get to Boone County?
Highways through it: US 52 (about 55 miles inside), I-65 (about 44 miles inside), US 421 (about 17 miles inside), I-74 (about 15 miles inside) and I-865 (about 10 miles inside). Towns inside: Zionsville, Lebanon, Whitestown, Jamestown, Thorntown and Advance. Nearby: New Ross (on the line), Kirklin (on the line), Colfax (on the line) and Sheridan (on the line).
Which counties border Boone County?
Boone County touches 5 other counties. Their latest DNR harvest and public land, for comparison:
| County | Deer harvested | Year | Public land |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County | 418 | 2025 | 6% |
| Clinton County | 557 | 2025 | 0% |
| Hamilton County | 626 | 2025 | 2% |
| Hendricks County | 802 | 2025 | 0.7% |
| Montgomery County | 1,215 | 2025 | 1% |
Questions hunters ask
How many deer were harvested in Boone County in 2025?
552: 305 antlered and 247 antlerless (DNR). In 2024: 541.
Is there public hunting land in Boone County?
1,587 acres, 0.6% of the county, are public land open to the public by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries, the largest share land trusts and other open land (1,044 acres).
What is the deer bag limit in Boone County?
Indiana's statewide limit is 1 antlered and 6 antlerless deer; each county has its own antlerless limit within that, on the DNR's county antlerless bag limit list.
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Where these numbers come from
- Deer harvest: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4).
- Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries. DNR properties open to hunting: Indiana DNR properties with public hunting (managed lands layer).
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 cartographic county boundaries. Highways and towns: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 primary and secondary roads; U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, places.
FilledTag is not part of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Numbers are copied from the DNR and the federal sources above, or measured from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag.
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