Griffy Lake Nature Preserve Closed for Deer Hunt Dec. 2-3

Bloomington, Ind.—Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, 3400 N. Headley Rd., is closed to the public during the final weekend of deer hunting in 2023, Dec. 2-3, beginning at 11 p.m. Dec. 1 through 5 a.m. Dec. 4.  .

Only hunters who applied and were selected to participate in the hunt are permitted to hunt at Griffy Lake Nature Preserve. The nature preserve remains closed to public hunting.

The goal of the annual deer hunts is to remove enough deer from the nature preserve to reduce deer browse pressure on understory plants and seedling trees to the point that these species are able to recover, and to continue reproducing within the preserve.

Twenty-five deer were harvested from Griffy Lake Nature Preserve during the first deer hunt weekend Nov. 18-19.

Parks and Recreation has actively managed the deer population at Griffy Lake with sharpshoots or hunts since 2017. See the deer harvest data, and plant height study results, online at bloomington.in.gov/boards/deertaskforce/griffy-lake.

For updated information, follow City of Bloomington, IN - Parks and Recreation on Facebook or call the Parks and Recreation office at 812-349-3700.

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