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Rush County, Indiana: deer harvest and public hunting land

Rush County covers 408 square miles around Rushville. Hunters took 426 deer here in the 2025 season, 196 of them antlered, by the DNR's deer report. That is down 4% from 2024. Almost none of Rush County is public land (USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries), so most hunting here is on private land with permission.

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 Rush County: public land by manager, the counties around it, highways US 52; towns: Rushville, Carthage, Glenwood, Knightstown and Dunreith

Other DNR landCounty, city and regional landRush CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway

Rush County at a glance
Size261,412 acres (408 square miles)
Deer taken, 2025426 (196 antlered, 230 antlerless)
Public land0% (88 acres)
Public hunting propertiesNone mapped
Towns in and near itRushville, Carthage, Glenwood, Knightstown, Dunreith and Lewisville

How many deer are harvested in Rush County?

Hunters took 426 deer in Rush County in 2025: 196 antlered and 230 antlerless (54% antlerless).

SeasonDeer takenAntleredAntlerless
2025426196230
2024445211234
2023442202240
2022431176255
2021376187189

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

How much public land is in Rush County?

88 of Rush County's 261,412 acres are public land open to the public (0%). The biggest share is county, city and regional land: 88 acres.

ManagerAcresShare of Rush County
County, city and regional land88under 0.1%
All public land open to the public88under 0.1%

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 Rush County?

Highways through it: US 52 (about 21 miles inside). Towns inside: Rushville, Carthage, Glenwood, Arlington, Milroy and Homer. Nearby: Knightstown (on the line), Dunreith (on the line), Lewisville (on the line) and Straughn (2 miles).

Which counties border Rush County?

Rush County touches 6 other counties. Their latest DNR harvest and public land, for comparison:

CountyDeer harvestedYearPublic land
Henry County78520252.2%
Shelby County56720250.1%
Decatur County59320250.1%
Fayette County83120250.2%
Hancock County42220250.2%
Franklin County2,10820254.1%

Questions hunters ask

How many deer were harvested in Rush County in 2025?

426: 196 antlered and 230 antlerless (DNR). In 2024: 445.

Is there public hunting land in Rush County?

88 acres, 0% 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 county, city and regional land (88 acres).

What is the deer bag limit in Rush 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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