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HUNTING

Wheelchair allows hunters with disabilities to hunt standing up!

A new wheelchair is available for hunters with disabilities. It comes in a
camouflaged color and is very unique. It allows someone who is usually
confined to a wheelchair in the seated position to stand up with ease, and
safety, any time, any place, over and over again.

Call PHV for more information.

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HUNTING PERMIT APPLICATION

Dear Applicant:

Applying for a “Persons with Disabilities Hunting Permit” requires
completion of an application form and a physicians' statement of
disability form. It is very important that you completely describe in your
words your disability in the spaces provided. This will provide us with
information on how you want to hunt. Please describe the weapons you
will be using, whether or not you need to hunt from a vehicle and any other
aspect of hunting that would currently be illegal.

Your physician must fill out the physician's statement of disability form
completely ,

since we cannot interview you personally or have you examined by the
physician on our review committee. Your physician must describe your
disability fully. We must know the extent of your disability. The following
list includes types of facts we need to know.

1. Walking difficulties: Can you walk? If so, how far? Are you confined to
a wheel chair? Do you need crutches or other walking devices to walk?
Does your medical condition(such as heart disease) limit walking? How
far? What is the cause of your walking difficulties? Is your disability
permanent?
2. Upper body problems: Do you have a weight lifting limitation
prescribed by your physician? Do you have problems holding and pulling
a bow? If so, what are they and what is the cause? What joints are
involved with movement problems? Is your condition or disability
improved with medication? Is your disability permanent?

When completing the forms, please keep the following information in
mind:

1. The physician's statement of disability form must be completed and
signed by your physician . It must be legible. If it is not legible, your
application will be sent back to you.
2. In addition to completing the forms, please send any other supporting
documentation, which may describe your physical problems more
completely.
3. All forms must be completely filled out. Do not leave any blank spaces.
4. Your completed forms must be returned to us by July 1 st to be
considered for the fall hunting season. Applications received after that
date may not be processed in time for the fall hunting season.
5. The three most common persons with disabilities hunting permits
issued are hunting from a vehicle, using a vehicle or access(no hunting
from a vehicle) and using a crossbow for deer hunting during archery
season.
6. Handicapped hunting permits can only be issued to those individuals
who would have great difficulty being in a position to take game without
special privileges.

To prevent processing problems, please call our Wildlife Secretary or me
if you have any questions about the application process. Our division
telephone number is 317-232-4080.

Sincerely,

Roger Neal

Wildlife Staff Specialist

Division of Fish and Wildlife

HUNTING REGULATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

INDIANA CODE 14-22-12-6

Sec.6. The department may issue a special permit for the taking of
wildlife by a person with a disability of such a nature that it is difficult or
impossible for the individual to be in a position to take wildlife unless the
individual is given special consideration. Statutes and rules may be
waived only as necessary to give effect to this section.

312 IAC 9-10-10 Handicapped hunter permit

Authority: IC 14-11-2-1; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 10(a) The department may issue a permit under this section to a
handicapped individual to take wildlife, if the handicap would otherwise
make the taking of wildlife by the individual difficult or impossible. The
permit applies from August 15 th through the last day of the wild turkey
hunting season established under 312 IAC 9-4-11.

(b) A permit application under this section shall be made as follows:

• The initial application shall be made on a departmental form and
delivered to the division by July 1 st for the current year hunting season.
The application form may be obtained from the division hunting season
beginning on May 1 st of each year.

• A statement of disability completed by a physician must accompany
the initial application. Under no circumstances will we accept a copy or
fax. They must be originals.

• The division reviews each completed application. The director may
issue a permit under this sectionby August 1 each year. If an application
is not recommended for approval, the applicant will be notified by mail.

• Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, no renewal
application isrequired for a handicapped permit. An application with a
temporary permit may be required by the division to submit, on an annual
basis, additional documentation from a physician and a renewal
application.

(c) A person issued a permit under this section may hunt wild animals
from a stationary motor driven conveyance subject to the following
restrictions.

(1) The permit holder must abide by all other hunting laws.

(2) The permit holder must possess a valid hunting license and the permit
issued under this section:

(3) The permit holder must obtain in advance the permission of the
manager of public property (local, state or federal) to gain vehicular
access to lands or roads that are otherwise closed to vehicular traffic.

(4)The permit holder may display a windshield identification placard
supplied by the division of Fish and Wildlife while hunting from a vehicle.
The placard must be displayed in such a way as to be visible from at
least fifty (50) feet.

(d) An individual may be designated to assist a person issued a permit
under this section in the retrieval of wild game harvested by the permit
holder.

(e) The director may waive other provisions of 312 IAC 9-3 for an
individual permit holder. The use of a crossbow may be specially
authorized during archery season for hunting deer. (Natural Resources
Commission: 312 IAC 9-10-10; filed May 12, 1997 10:00am.:20IR 2731;
filed May 2, 1998, 5:14pm.:21 IR 3729

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