KDFWR now offering licenses, permits for 2025-26 license year; new license year begins today
Licenses and permits are available now to fish, hunt and trap in Kentucky in the coming license year, beginning March…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: A look back at Kentucky’s 2024 white-tailed deer season, harvest numbers
Despite bouts of extreme weather the harvest during Kentucky’s 2024 white-tailed deer season reached a five year high, and was…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Metropolitan Lexington Fishing in Neighborhoods lakes stocked with rainbow trout
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series on Fishing in Neighborhoods lakes in Kentucky’s major metropolitan areas…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Northern Kentucky Fishing in Neighborhoods lakes stocked with rainbow trout
Editor’s Note: The first in a three-part series on Fishing in Neighborhoods lakes in Kentucky’s major metropolitan areas stocked with…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Water conditions improving in Western Kentucky for start of waterfowl season
Unseasonably dry conditions in the western third of Kentucky during the late summer and early fall caused many small river…
KDFWR accepting online applications for public land quota hunts throughout month of September
Applications for quota hunts on public lands for deer, waterfowl and pheasants are being taken online during the month of…
Test drive a fishing license on Kentucky waterways during state’s free fishing weekend June 5-6
Try your hand at fishing in Kentucky at no charge June 5-6 during free fishing weekend. With summer nearly here,…
KDFWR reminding Kyians to avoid contact with young wildlife as they venture outdoors
As more people venture outdoors with the onset of warmer weather, encounters with newborn animals are likely to occur. Though…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: State record fish lists, angler awards programs recognize noteworthy catches
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) recognizes noteworthy catches of fish taken from the state’s farm ponds,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s 2020-2021 deer season results in fifth-highest harvest on record
The coronavirus pandemic had little if any impact on Kentucky’s 2020-2021 white-tailed deer season as hunters checked in 141,630 deer,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The striped bass is now present in Kentucky’s lakes, tailwaters and rivers
The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a sleek, powerful fish with firm, white flesh, has long been regarded as one of…
Ballard Wildlife Management Area closed until further notice because of flooding
Ballard Wildlife Management Area in Ballard County will remain closed until further notice due to flooded roads and predictions of…