Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 301 - TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 2 - Game › Section 301 KAR 2:178 - Deer hunting on Wildlife Management Areas, state parks, other public lands, and federally controlled areas

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				150.010,
				150.170,
				150.340,
				150.370(1),
				150.990
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				148.029(5) authorizes the
				Department of Parks, in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife
				Resources, to implement wildlife management plans on state parks.
				KRS
				150.025(1) authorizes the
				department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish open seasons
				for the taking of wildlife, to regulate bag limits, and to make these
				requirements apply to a limited area.
				KRS
				150.390(1) prohibits the
				taking of deer in any manner contrary to any provisions of KRS Chapter 150 or
				KAR Title 301.
				KRS
				150.620 authorizes the department to
				promulgate administrative regulations for the maintenance and operation of the
				lands it has acquired for public recreation. This administrative regulation
				establishes deer hunting seasons, application procedures, and other matters
				pertaining to deer hunting on Wildlife Management Areas, state parks, other
				public lands, and federally controlled areas that differ from statewide
				requirements.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Adult" means a person who is at least
			 eighteen (18) years of age.
(2)
			 "Bait" means a substance composed of grains, minerals, salt, fruits,
			 vegetables, hay, or any other food materials, whether natural or manufactured,
			 that may lure, entice, or attract wildlife.
(3) "Centerfire" means a type of gun that
			 detonates a cartridge by the firing pin striking a primer in the middle of the
			 end of the cartridge casing.
(4)
			 "Ground blind" means a structure consisting of a frame and a top that is placed
			 on the ground to completely enclose a hunter while hunting deer.
(5) "In-line muzzleloader" means a gun:
(a) Capable of being loaded only from the
			 discharging end of the barrel or cylinder; and
(b) That is equipped with an enclosed
			 ignition system located directly behind the powder charge.
(6) "Mentor hunt" means a quota youth hunt in
			 which the adult who accompanies a youth may legally take a deer.
(7) "Mobility-impaired" means an individual
			 who meets the requirements of
			 301
			 KAR 3:026, Section 2(1).
(8) "Modern gun" means an air gun, rifle,
			 handgun, or shotgun that is loaded from the rear of the barrel.
(9) "Modern gun season" means the sixteen
			 (16) consecutive day period beginning the second Saturday in November during
			 which a modern gun may be used to take deer pursuant to
			 301 KAR
			 2:172.
(10) "Muzzleloader" means a rifle, shotgun,
			 or handgun that is loaded from the discharging end of the barrel or discharging
			 end of the cylinder.
(11) "Quota
			 hunt" means a hunt in which a participant is selected by a random
			 drawing.
(12) "Quota youth hunt"
			 means a quota hunt in which a youth is the only person who can legally take a
			 deer.
(13) "Statewide requirements"
			 mean the season dates, zone descriptions, and other requirements for deer
			 hunting as established in
			 301 KAR
			 2:172.
(14) "Wildlife management area" or "WMA"
			 means a tract of land:
(a) Controlled by the
			 department through ownership, lease, license, or cooperative agreement;
			 and
(b) That has "Wildlife
			 Management Area" or "WMA" as part of its official name.
(15) "Youth" means a person under the age of
			 sixteen (16) by the date of the hunt.
(16) "Youth gun seasons" means the October
			 youth gun season and the December free youth weekend, as established in
			 301 KAR
			 2:172.