BLUFFTON, Ind. (WOWO): It's that time again for deer hunts at the Indiana state parks. 

Several parks will be closed November 16 and 17 and November 30 and December 1. Only hunters drawn last September and those hunters they listed on their applications may participate in the hunts. Up to 1-thousand deer are expected to be taken. 

The state parks affected are Clifty Falls, Fort Harrison, Harmonie, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shades, Shakamak, Tippecanoe, Turkey Run and Whitewater Memorial. 

DNR biologists evaluate which parks require a reduction each year based on habitat recovery and previous harvest rates at each park.