While deer season has been ongoing since September in Kentucky with archery and crossbow hunting—this Saturday marks the opening of modern gun deer season.
This is Kentucky’s biggest hunting season for deer, opening on November 8 and running through November 23. Hunters are reminded to make sure you have your updated hunting licenses and permits and keep those harvest limits in mind, as under Kentucky’s statewide deer permit, hunters can take up to four deer—but only one buck a year can be taken, regardless of zone.
Hunters harvested nearly 150,000 deer last year, with modern gun season accounting for the most deer harvested annually.
Learn about public lands available for hunting, season dates, licenses needed and more by going online to fw.ky.gov and searching under the keywords, “Deer Hunting.”