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Fayette County, Indiana: deer harvest and public hunting land

Fayette County covers 215 square miles around Connersville. Hunters took 831 deer here in the 2025 season, 447 of them antlered, by the DNR's deer report. That is up 26% from 2024. 0.2% of Fayette County is public land open to the public, the largest share other DNR land (108 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.

Map of Indiana's Fayette County: public land by manager, the counties around it; towns: Connersville, Everton, Glenwood and Straughn

Properties open to public hunting (DNR map)Federal land, mostly Corps of Engineers lakesOther DNR landCounty, city and regional landFayette CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway

Fayette County at a glance
Size137,673 acres (215 square miles)
Deer taken, 2025831 (447 antlered, 384 antlerless)
Public land0.2% (214 acres)
Public hunting propertiesNone mapped
Towns in and near itConnersville, Everton, Glenwood, Straughn and Milton

How many deer are harvested in Fayette County?

Hunters took 831 deer in Fayette County in 2025: 447 antlered and 384 antlerless (46% antlerless).

SeasonDeer takenAntleredAntlerless
2025831447384
2024659384275
2023411300111
2022565253312
2021892403489

Source: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4), Fayette County.

How much public land is in Fayette County?

214 of Fayette County's 137,673 acres are public land open to the public (0.2%). The biggest share is other DNR land: 108 acres.

ManagerAcresShare of Fayette County
Other DNR land1080.1%
County, city and regional land1050.1%
Federal land, mostly Corps of Engineers lakes1under 0.1%
All public land open to the public2140.2%

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 Fayette County?

No numbered highway crosses it. Towns inside: Connersville and Everton. Nearby: Glenwood (on the line), Straughn (on the line), Milton (on the line) and Mount Auburn (2 miles).

Which counties border Fayette County?

Fayette County touches 5 other counties. Their latest DNR harvest and public land, for comparison:

CountyDeer harvestedYearPublic land
Rush County42620250%
Henry County78520252.2%
Union County67620258.8%
Wayne County1,31020250.2%
Franklin County2,10820254.1%

Questions hunters ask

How many deer were harvested in Fayette County in 2025?

831: 447 antlered and 384 antlerless (DNR). In 2024: 659.

Is there public hunting land in Fayette County?

214 acres, 0.2% 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 other DNR land (108 acres).

What is the deer bag limit in Fayette 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

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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