(WTWO/WAWV) — One local state park has been closed to the public since December 2 for a deer reduction hunt. These reduction hunts are performed by nearly 60 selected hunters at Shakamak.

“The pool at Shakamak State Park will be open this year,” confirmed Holly Lawson, Director of the Division of Communications for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

I recently made a trip down to Shakamak State Park. Shakamak, the seventh state park in Indiana, was established in 1929 on a tract of land donated to the state by Clay, Greene and Sullivan counties.

But there is just something about November. I decided on a trip down to hike in Shakamak State Park and to see the late fall colors. Shakamak is the seventh state park in Indiana and was ...