KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT of
FISH & WILDLIFE RESOURCES

BEAR ZONES

McCreary County Zone

Letcher County Zone

Harlan County Zone

Bell County Zone

Wayne County Zone

Zone 2 West: Clinton, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell and Whitley counties

Zone 2 East: Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Leslie, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry and Pike counties

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.

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License and Permit needed:

• Annual* hunting license and Bear permit

*Included in Sportsman's and Disability/Senior License

Click here for exemptions and requirements and Fall Hunting Guide.

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Daily limit (noon to noon) is 15. Possession limit 30.

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License needed:

• Day (1 or 7 day) hunting license or annual* hunting license (If taken by gun or bow/arrow)
• Day (1 or 7 day) fishing license or annual* fishing license (If taken by pole and line)
• Fishing or Hunting license (If taken by gig or hand)

*Included in Sportsman's and Disability/SeniorLicense

Click here for exemption and requirements and Spring Hunting Guide.

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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.
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• License needed:

  
  Hunting:
  
  Younger than 12:

  • License exempt

   

  Youth 12-15:

  • Annual youth hunting license*

                  *Included in Youth Sportsman's License

  Ages 16 and older:

  • Day (1 or 7 day) hunting license or annual hunting license**

                  **Included in Sportsman's and Disability/Senior License

   

  Trapping:

  Younger than 12:

  • License exempt

  Youth 12-15:

  • Youth trapping license

  Ages 16 and older:

  • Trapping license

  
  

  Click here for exemptions and requirements and Spring Hunting Guide.
  
  Buy your license.

  
  

License needed:

Younger than 12:

• License exempt

Youth 12-15:

• Annual youth hunting license*

*Included in Youth Sportsman's License

Ages 16 and older:

• Day (1 or 7 day) hunting license or annual hunting license**

**Included in Sportsman's and Disability/Senior License

Click here for exemptions and requirements and Spring Hunting Guide.

Buy your license.