I have my permit for Ford as my first choice and Champaign County as my second choice...are these the only two counties I can hunt in???

you will be issued a tag for only one or the other using a firearm , bow tags are statewide

What a gyp!
Indiana tags are all good statewide , you just record the county where the kill took place. Except for special hunts like park reduction and military refuge all of our tags are over the counter too .

no i think this is an appropriate way to do it ,this way they issue the firearm permits in a way that reflects the number of deer in that particular county . more deer population counties have more firearms permits issued