Howard County, Indiana
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer
- Group
- Northern Indiana
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 488
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedHoward County centers on Kokomo in north-central Indiana, where the urban core limits huntable acreage but the agricultural fringe and Wildcat Creek corridor support solid white-tailed deer populations for hunters who secure private access. The county is predominantly agricultural outside of Kokomo proper, with flat to barely rolling terrain offering limited topographic variation. Wildcat Creek and its forks provide the most productive wooded hunting habitat available in the county.
Flat to barely rolling north-central Indiana agricultural land; Wildcat Creek and its forks provide the primary wooded corridors; the Kokomo metro occupies the county core and limits total huntable rural acreage.
Moderate to high; the urban core at Kokomo reduces total huntable acreage and concentrates demand on remaining rural parcels; private leases are actively sought.
OTC statewide license; Indiana antler restriction applies.
Wild turkey are occasionally present along Wildcat Creek timber corridors but Howard County is not a notable turkey destination; deer are the primary and most realistic target species for hunters in this county.
Wildcat Creek corridor provides the most productive deer habitat and stand locations in the county; agricultural fields flanking the creek timber hold deer with good body weights from corn and soybean forage.
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: IDNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.