White River Bend Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access
White River Bend Wildlife Management Area is 711 acres open to public hunting in Daviess and Knox counties, 2 miles from Wheatland, 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)White River Bend Wildlife Management AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 711 acres |
|---|---|
| Counties | Daviess County and Knox County |
| Deer harvest unit | Daviess County, Knox County |
| DNR lists for hunting | Waterfowl, Deer and Turkey |
| Managed by | the DNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife |
| DNR contact | Glendale FWA 812-644-7711 |
| Hunter check-in (DNR) | Required: self-serve |
| Nearest towns | Wheatland (2 mi), Ragsdale (4 mi) and Bicknell (5 mi) |
What can you hunt on White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
In the DNR's words: Waterfowl, Deer and Turkey must be drawn for.
What are the rules on White River Bend Wildlife Management 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 White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
White River Bend Wildlife Management Area lies in 2 counties. Hunters took 1,385 deer in Daviess County in 2025, against 1,425 in 2024.
| County | White River Bend Wildlife Management Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County | 696 | 1,385 | 1,425 | 1,303 |
| Knox County | 15 | 1,046 | 1,057 | 902 |
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 White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
Nearest towns: Wheatland (2 miles), Ragsdale (4 miles), Bicknell (5 miles) and Washington (5 miles). Highways within 5 miles: US 150 and US 50.
What other public land is near White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
Properties open to public hunting within 10 miles:
- Oak Grove Wildlife Management Area: 64 acres, 2.5 miles away
- Veale Creek Wildlife Management Area: 142 acres, 6.9 miles away
- White Oak Public Fishing Area: 123 acres, 7.2 miles away
- Straight Line Slough Wildlife Management Area: 179 acres, 9.8 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of White River Bend Wildlife Management Area
Counting White River Bend Wildlife Management Area itself, 775 of the 30,088 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (2.6%), 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) | 775 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
In Daviess and Knox counties, 2 miles from Wheatland.
What can you hunt on White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
The DNR lists: Waterfowl, Deer and Turkey must be drawn for.
How much public land is around White River Bend Wildlife Management Area?
775 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, White River Bend Wildlife Management Area included, by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries. The closest other public hunting property is Oak Grove Wildlife Management Area (2.5 miles).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, White River Bend Wildlife Management 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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