Pike County, Indiana: deer harvest and public hunting land
Pike County covers 341 square miles around Petersburg. Hunters took 1,482 deer here in the 2025 season, 719 of them antlered, by the DNR's deer report. That is about the same as 2024. 9.5% of Pike County is public land open to the public, the largest share properties open to public hunting (DNR map) (19,904 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.
Properties open to public hunting (DNR map)National wildlife refugesOther DNR landCounty, city and regional landPike CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway
| Size | 218,304 acres (341 square miles) |
|---|---|
| Deer taken, 2025 | 1,482 (719 antlered, 763 antlerless) |
| Public land | 9.5% (20,749 acres) |
| Public hunting properties | 5 (19,906 acres inside Pike County) |
| Towns in and near it | Petersburg, Winslow, Spurgeon, Oakland City, Holland and Lynnville |
How many deer are harvested in Pike County?
Hunters took 1,482 deer in Pike County in 2025: 719 antlered and 763 antlerless (51% antlerless).
| Season | Deer taken | Antlered | Antlerless |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,482 | 719 | 763 |
| 2024 | 1,477 | 632 | 845 |
| 2023 | 1,590 | 785 | 805 |
| 2022 | 1,687 | 820 | 867 |
| 2021 | 1,663 | 775 | 888 |
Source: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4), Pike County.
How much public land is in Pike County?
20,749 of Pike County's 218,304 acres are public land open to the public (9.5%). The biggest share is properties open to public hunting (DNR map): 19,904 acres.
| Manager | Acres | Share of Pike County |
|---|---|---|
| Properties open to public hunting (DNR map) | 19,904 | 9.1% |
| National wildlife refuges | 753 | 0.3% |
| Other DNR land | 92 | under 0.1% |
| All public land open to the public | 20,749 | 9.5% |
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.
Properties open to public hunting in Pike County
Properties open to public hunting in Pike County, largest first, with the acres of each inside it:
- Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area: 6,897 acres
- Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge: 6,115 acres
- Pike State Forest: 4,946 acres
- Interlake Off-Road State Recreation Area: 1,769 acres
- Straight Line Slough Wildlife Management Area: 179 acres
How do you get to Pike County?
Highways through it: I-69 (about 30 miles inside). Towns inside: Petersburg, Winslow, Spurgeon, Otwell, Glezen and Arthur. Nearby: Oakland City (2 miles), Holland (2 miles), Lynnville (2 miles) and Somerville (3 miles).
Which counties border Pike County?
Pike County touches 5 other counties. Their latest DNR harvest and public land, for comparison:
| County | Deer harvested | Year | Public land |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County | 1,046 | 2025 | 0.4% |
| Dubois County | 2,018 | 2025 | 4.4% |
| Gibson County | 1,273 | 2025 | 2.5% |
| Daviess County | 1,385 | 2025 | 4% |
| Warrick County | 1,254 | 2025 | 3.5% |
Questions hunters ask
How many deer were harvested in Pike County in 2025?
1,482: 719 antlered and 763 antlerless (DNR). In 2024: 1,477.
Is there public hunting land in Pike County?
20,749 acres, 9.5% 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 properties open to public hunting (DNR map) (19,904 acres). The DNR's map shows 5 properties open to public hunting here.
What is the deer bag limit in Pike 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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