Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 301 - TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 2 - Game › Section 301 KAR 2:111 - Deer and turkey hunting on special areas

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				150.025(1),
				150.170,
				150.370,
				150.390
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				150.025(1) authorizes the
				department to promulgate administrative regulations relating to game and fish,
				including seasons, limits, and areas where taking is allowed. This
				administrative regulation establishes deer and turkey hunting season frameworks
				and hunting procedures on special areas.
Section
			 1. General Requirements.
(1)
			 Unless otherwise stipulated in this administrative regulation, the provisions
			 of
			 301 KAR
			 2:172 and
			 301 KAR
			 2:140 shall apply.
(2) Except on the Daniel Boone National
			 Forest, the Jefferson National Forest, the Big South Fork National River and
			 Recreation Area, and Hidden Valley Training Area, on the areas listed in this
			 administrative regulation, a hunter shall:
(a) Obtain a permit from the area before
			 hunting;
(b) Not hunt deer or
			 turkey except on assigned hunting dates;
(c) Remain in assigned areas;
(d) Unless otherwise specified in this
			 administrative regulation, tag deer with area tags issued on the
			 area;
(e) Keep the area tag
			 attached to the deer until the carcass is processed; and
(f) Check deer at a designated check station
			 before leaving the area.
(3) Land Between the Lakes, Fort Campbell,
			 Fort Knox, Bluegrass Army Depot, Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge, Clark's
			 River National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge,
			 the Daniel Boone National Forest, the Jefferson National Forest, the Big South
			 Fork National River and Recreation Area, the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training
			 Center, and the Hidden Valley Training Center may allow firearm, crossbow, or
			 archery hunting for antlered or antlerless deer from September 1 through
			 January 31.
(4) Land Between the
			 Lakes, Fort Campbell, Fort Knox, Bluegrass Army Depot, and the Wendell H. Ford
			 Training Center may permit turkey hunting up to twenty-three (23) days between
			 the last Saturday in March and the second Saturday in May.
(5) Land Between the Lakes, Fort Campbell,
			 Fort Knox, Bluegrass Army Depot, and the Wendell H. Ford Training Center may
			 permit firearm turkey hunting between October 15 and January 31, and archery or
			 crossbow turkey hunting from the first Saturday in September through the third
			 Monday in January.
(6) Use of tree
			 stands.
(a) On a special area, a person may
			 use portable stands and climbing devices that do not injure trees.
(b) On a special area, a person shall:
1. Not use nails, spikes, screw-in devices,
			 wire, or tree climbers for attaching tree stands or for climbing
			 trees;
2. Not use an existing
			 permanent tree stand;
3. Not place
			 a portable stand in a tree more than two (2) weeks prior to the opening day,
			 and shall remove it within one (1) week following the last day of each hunting
			 period; and
4. Plainly mark the
			 portable stand with the hunter's name and address.