Pokagon State Park closed for deer reduction hunt

ANGOLA, Ind. (WANE) Pokagon State Park in Steuben County is closed Monday and Tuesday for the first of two controlled hunts intended to reduce the deer population. The park will be closed again for a second deer hunt on November 28 and 29.This is the 29th year the Indiana Department of Natural Resources has held controlled hunts at parks across the state. The first management hunt was held in 1993 as an effort to reduce damage to vegetation and unique habitat by an overpopulation of white-tailed