Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s archery season for white-tailed deer opens Sept. 7, runs 136 Days
The most anticipated day of the year for bow hunters is just two weeks away. Kentucky’s 136-day archery deer season…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: WildTail’ documentary recalls one of country’s greatest conservation successes
From the swamps of Florida to the rolling hills of the Bluegrass State, the white-tailed deer has become a wildlife…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A history and guide to crossbow hunting white-tailed deer in Kentucky
Bow hunters in Kentucky have had a contentious relationship with the crossbow through the years. When archers hunted with traditional…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Wildlife habitat management is year-round, winter is a good time for many chores
Habitat work on a property being managed for wildlife is a year-round proposition. Weather permitting, winter is a good time…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Officials optimistic as Sept. 4 opening of 2021-22 Ky. deer season approaches
Kentucky’s 2021-22 white-tailed deer season opens with archery hunting on September 4 and state wildlife officials are optimistic. “I expect…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky hunters post another big harvest as deer season comes to close
Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer ended Monday and hunters posted another big harvest, inching closer to the all-time…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: News and observations as Kentucky’s white-tailed deer season set to begin
Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer opens tomorrow, with the beginning of archery hunting, a 136-day season that continues…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ky’s 2019-2020 white-tailed deer season opens Sept. 7, here’s what to expect
Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer opens in two weeks, with the beginning of archery hunting on Saturday, September…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A preview of Kentucky’s fall hunting seasons; update on tick activity across state
It’s summer, it’s hot, but Kentucky’s calendar of fall hunting seasons begins next week. Here are some details and observations:…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: For deer hunters across Kentucky ‘It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year’
The lyrics are from a Christmas song made famous by Andy Williams in 1963. But, for Kentucky deer hunters, November…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A look back at a half century of wildlife management milestones in Kentucky
The Baby Boomer Generation grew up hunting small game close to home — squirrels in groves of hickory trees in…
State testing deer for disease monitoring program after bovine tuberculosis found in Indiana
Kentucky is participating in a three-state effort to test white-tailed deer for the presence of bovine tuberculosis. While bovine tuberculosis…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Chronic wasting disease monitoring continues; now in five bordering states
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has not been found in free-ranging deer or elk in Kentucky, but the fatal, neurological disease…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: White-tailed deer population flourishes today as a relic of Kentucky’s pioneer past
This is the second article in a two-part series on white-tailed deer in Kentucky. Throughout the late 1960’s and early…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The white-tailed deer in Kentucky and the return of a native species
First of a two-part series on white-tailed deer in Kentucky — pre-settlement, remnant deer herds, deer hunting prohibited and early…