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 (Hunting/Sportsman's/Disability/Senior)
• Bear Permit

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.

A person may take a coyote after daylight hours, except that:

• (a) It shall not be allowed in a county or area where a deer or elk firearm season is open;
• (b) A person shall not use artificial light or other means designed to make wildlife visible at night from June 1 through November 30;
• (c) Any artificial light or other means designed to make wildlife visible at night shall not be connected to or cast from a mechanized vehicle;
• (d) A person shall not use any weapon other than a shotgun on public land;
• (e) A person shall not use any weapon other than a shotgun, or a rifle of 6.5mm Creedmoor caliber or smaller (equivalent to a .264 caliber; .223 and .243 calibers may be used) on private land from December 1 through March 31;
• (f) A person using a shotgun shall not use a shell with a single projectile.

Hunting

Trapping

Additional Information

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.

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