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

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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

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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

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• 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.

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

Zone 1

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

Zone 2

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

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

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.

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.

License and permit needed:

Younger than 12

• License and permit 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
• Kentucky Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit**

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

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License and permit needed:

Younger than 12

• License and permit 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
• Kentucky Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit**

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

Click here for exemption and requirements and Hunting Guide.

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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.

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

License and permit needed:

Younger than 12

• License and permit 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
• Kentucky Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit**
• Federal Duck Stamp

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

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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.

License and permit needed:

Younger than 12

• License and permit 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
• Kentucky Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit**

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

Click here for exemption and requirements and Hunting Guide.

Buy your license.

License and permit needed:

Younger than 12

• License and permit 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
• Kentucky Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit**

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

Click here for exemption and requirements and Hunting Guide.

Buy your license.