KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT of
FISH & WILDLIFE RESOURCES

BEAR ZONES

Bear Zone 1: Bell, Harlan and Letcher counties and private land in McCreary County

Bear Zone 2: Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Leslie, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley County

Bear Zone 3: Adair, Bath, Boyd, Carter, Casey, Clark, Cumberland, Elliot, Estill, Fleming, Garrard, Greenup, Lee, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Rowan and Wolfe.

Coyotes may be hunted year-round with no bag limit.

Coyotes may be hunted after daylight hours using lights or night-vision equipment from Feb. 1 - May 31.

Other items of note:

• Artificial lights and night-vision equipment shall not be connected to or cast from a mechanized vehicle.
• Only shotguns may be used to hunt coyotes after daylight hours.
• Single projectiles (slugs) are prohibited at night.
  

• A hunter may take up to four (4) deer with a statewide deer permit. In order to harvest more than four (4) deer, an Additional Deer Permit is required. The Additional Deer Permit allows for the take of up to two (2) deer.

• A hunter is limited to one (1) deer with visible antlers (excluding button bucks) per license year regardless of what zone it is taken. The one antlered deer can be taken under the statewide deer permit or the Deer Management Permit.

• Bag limits by zone are listed below.

Zone 1

• Unlimited antlerless deer may be taken with the proper permits.

• Hunters shall abide by the equipment restrictions in place for each season.

Zone 2

• A hunter may take no more than four (4) deer total.

• All four (4) deer may be taken with any weapon.

• Hunters shall abide by the equipment restrictions in place for each season.

Zone 3

• A hunter may take no more than four (4) deer total.

• A hunter may take no more than one (1) antlerless deer with a firearm. Firearm means a breech or muzzle-loading rifle, shotgun or handgun .

• All four (4) deer may be taken with archery or crossbow equipment.

• Hunters shall abide by the equipment restrictions in place for each season.

Zone 4

• A hunter may take no more than two (2) deer total.

• A hunter may take no more than one (1) antlerless deer.

• Antlerless deer may be taken during the archery season, crossbow season, both youth seasons or the last three days of the December muzzleloader season.

• Hunters shall abide by the equipment restrictions in place for each season.

Four (4) birds total, either sex:

• No more than two (2) of which may be taken with a shotgun.
• No more than one (1) bird may have a beard length of three (3) inches or longer.
• No more than one (1) bird may be taken per day.