Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area: hunting and access
Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area is 8,116 acres open to public hunting in Daviess County, 3 miles from Alfordsville, managed by the DNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife. Hunters took 1,385 deer in Daviess County in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: the DNR's DNR property open to hunting data, read 2026-10. Harvest: Indiana DNR deer reports, 2021 to 2025.
Properties open to public hunting (DNR map)Other DNR landLand trusts and other open landGlendale Fish and Wildlife AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 8,116 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Daviess County |
| Deer harvest unit | Daviess County |
| DNR lists for hunting | Quail, Rabbit, Dove, Squirrel, Deer, Turkey, Woodcock, Waterfowl, Pheasant, Raccoon, Fox and Coyote |
| Managed by | the DNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife |
| DNR contact | Glendale FWA 812-644-7711 |
| On the property (DNR) | archery range and camping |
| Hunter check-in (DNR) | Required |
| Nearest towns | Alfordsville (3 mi), Otwell (4 mi) and Montgomery (6 mi) |
What can you hunt on Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
In the DNR's words: Quail, rabbit, dove, squirrel, deer, turkey, woodcock, waterfowl. Put-and-take pheasant hunting (fee is charged). Night hunting for raccoon, fox, and coyote.
What are the rules on Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
Antlerless deer may not be taken with a firearm during the firearms season on DNR Fish and Wildlife properties and at Mississinewa, Patoka and Salamonie lakes (DNR).
Hunters must check in at the property; the DNR's property page says how.
Indiana's statewide bag limit is 1 antlered and 6 antlerless deer, within each county's antlerless limit (DNR).
How many deer are taken around Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area lies in Daviess County. Hunters took 1,385 deer in Daviess County in 2025, against 1,425 in 2024.
| County | Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County | 8,116 | 1,385 | 1,425 | 1,303 |
Harvest for the whole county, not the property alone: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4).
How do you get to Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
Nearest towns: Alfordsville (3 miles), Otwell (4 miles), Montgomery (6 miles) and Haysville (6 miles).
What other public land is near Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
Properties open to public hunting within 10 miles:
- Oxbow Bottoms Wildlife Management Area: 151 acres, 3.9 miles away
- Veale Creek Wildlife Management Area: 142 acres, 4.6 miles away
- Straight Line Slough Wildlife Management Area: 179 acres, 6 miles away
- Hindostan Falls Public Fishing Area: 120 acres, 9.2 miles away
- Pike State Forest: 5,033 acres, 9.3 miles away
- Oak Grove Wildlife Management Area: 64 acres, 9.6 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area
Counting Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area itself, 8,147 of the 56,639 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (14.4%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries.
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| Properties open to public hunting (DNR map) | 8,116 |
| Other DNR land | 31 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
In Daviess County, 3 miles from Alfordsville.
What can you hunt on Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
The DNR lists: Quail, rabbit, dove, squirrel, deer, turkey, woodcock, waterfowl. Put-and-take pheasant hunting (fee is charged). Night hunting for raccoon, fox, and coyote.
How much public land is around Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area?
8,147 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area included, by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries. The closest other public hunting property is Oxbow Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (3.9 miles).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area; Indiana DNR properties with public hunting (managed lands layer).
- Boundary and acres: the DNR's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries.
- Deer harvest: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4).
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