white-tailed deer season Archives

Art Lander’s Outdoors: 2023 KY deer season harvest drops 2.56 percent; chronic wasting disease detected

January 19, 2024January 19, 20240

The old saying “what goes up must come down” is certainly applicable to Kentucky’s white-tailed deer season harvest. During the…

November 3, 2023November 2, 20230

Modern gun season, the main event of Kentucky’s annual white-tailed deer season, opens next weekend. This year the 16-day statewide…

August 13, 2021August 12, 20210

Kentucky’s 2021-22 white-tailed deer season opens with archery hunting on September 4 and state wildlife officials are optimistic. “I expect…

February 12, 2021February 11, 20210

The coronavirus pandemic had little if any impact on Kentucky’s 2020-2021 white-tailed deer season as hunters checked in 141,630 deer,…

October 30, 2020October 29, 20200

Kentucky’s 2020-21 white-tailed deer season got off to a fast start as the main event, our statewide 16-day modern gun…

August 28, 2020August 26, 20201

In what must be characterized as the most unlikely juxtaposition of sport, Kentucky’s spring horseracing classic, the Kentucky Derby, will…

September 6, 2019September 3, 20190

Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer opens tomorrow, with the beginning of archery hunting, a 136-day season that continues…

August 23, 2019August 21, 20190

Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer opens in two weeks, with the beginning of archery hunting on Saturday, September…

January 4, 2019January 3, 20190

Kentucky’s 2018-19 white-tailed deer season closes at the end of shooting hours on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 21….