301 KAR 2:111. Deer and turkey hunting on special areas.

301 KAR 2:111. Deer and turkey hunting on special areas.

RELATES TO: KRS 150.025(1), 150.170, 150.370, 150.390

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 150.025(1)

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 150.025(1) authorizes the department to promulgate administrative regulations relating to game and fish, including seasons and limits and designates areas where boating and fishing are permitted. This administrative regulation establishes deer and turkey hunting season frameworks and hunting procedures on federal 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 and the Big South Fork National River and Recreation 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;

(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 Ordnance Depot Activity, 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, and the Wendell H. Ford Regional 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 and the Wendell H. Ford Training Center may permit turkey hunting up to twenty-one (21) days between the last Saturday in March and the second Saturday in May.

(5) Land Between the Lakes, Fort Campbell, Fort Knox and Wendell H. Ford Training Center may permit firearm turkey hunting between October 15 and January 31, and archery or crossbow turkey hunting form the first Saturday in September through the third Monday in January.

(6) Use of tree stands. On a federal area, a person:

(a) Shall not use a nail, spike, screw-in device, wire or tree climber for attaching a tree stand or climbing a tree;

(b) May use a portable stand or climbing device that does not injure a tree;

(c) Shall not place a portable stand in a tree more than two (2) weeks before opening day, and shall remove it within one (1) week following the last day, of each hunting period;

(d) Shall plainly mark the portable stand with his name and address; and

(e) Shall not use an existing permanent tree stand.

Section 2. Land Between the Lakes. (1) A person shall not take more than:

(a) Two (2) deer during archery hunts, as stipulated by the USDA Forest Service;

(b) One (1) deer during quota hunts; and

(2) Quota hunters shall:

(a) Apply in advance at Land Between the Lakes; and

(b) Abide by the shooting hours of one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise until one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.

(3) A person harvesting deer or turkey shall:

(a) Check the carcass as required by the USDA Forest Service;

(b) Affix a Land Between the Lakes game check card as required by the USDA Forest Service; and

Section 3. Fort Campbell. (1) Turkey, either sex:

(a) Deer archery hunters may take turkey; and

(b) Turkeys taken at Fort Campbell shall be bonus birds.

(2) White turkey.

(a) A person may take one (1) white turkey of either sex during open Fort Campbell hunting seasons.

(b) Statewide and post limits and tagging requirements shall not apply to white turkey.

Section 4. Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge. (1) Bag limits.

(a) Zone 1 limits apply during the open archery hunt; and

(b) A person shall not take more than two (2) deer by firearms, only one (1) of which shall be antlered.

(2) Tagging and checking deer.

(a) A quota hunter shall tag deer with a tag issued by Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge.

(b) Quota hunters shall comply with the check-in requirements of Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge.

(c) An archery hunter shall take deer using the appropriate statewide or bonus antlerless deer permit and check harvested deer through the state telephone check system.

Section 5. Bluegrass Ordnance Depot Activity. A person shall not:

(a) Take an antlered deer whose outside antler spread is less than fifteen (15) inches, or

(b) Use bait, feed, minerals or other attractants.

Section 6. Fort Knox. (1) A person shall not take an antlered deer whose outside antler spread is less than twelve (12) inches; and

(2) Turkeys taken at Fort Knox shall be bonus birds.

Section 7. Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center. A person shall not:

(a) Take an antlered deer whose outside antler spread is less than fifteen (15) inches, or

(b) Use bait, feed, minerals or other attractants.

Section 8. Daniel Boone National Forest and Jefferson National Forest. A person shall not use bait, feed, minerals or other attractants. (6 Ky.R. 549; eff. 6-4-80; Am. 7 Ky.R. 831; eff. 6-3-81; 8 Ky.R. 1159; eff. 6-2-82; 9 Ky.R. 1233; eff. 6-1-83; 10 Ky.R. 1169; eff. 6-28-84; 12 Ky.R. 25; eff. 8-13-85; 1841; eff. 7-2-86; 13 Ky.R. 2031; eff. 7-2-87; 14 Ky.R. 2042; eff. 7-1-88; 15 Ky.R. 2418; eff. 7-26-89; 16 Ky.R. 2700; eff. 7-11-90; 18 Ky.R. 309; 682; eff. 8-28-91; 3498; eff. 7-22-92; 19 Ky.R. 2675; eff. 7-21-93; 20 Ky.R. 3225; eff. 7-27-94; 21 Ky.R. 3064; eff. 7-12-95; 22 Ky.R. 2325; 23 Ky.R. 430; eff. 8-1-96; 24 Ky.R. 138; 567; eff. 9-10-97; 25 Ky.R. 2934; eff. 8-16-99; 27 Ky.R. 202; 746; eff. 8-24-2000; 2872; eff. 6-8-01; 28 Ky.R. 2644; eff. 8-12-02; 29 Ky.R. 789; eff. 11-13-02; 29 Ky.R. 789; 2129; eff. 4-11-03; 2960; eff. 8-13-03; 30 Ky.R. 2554; eff. 8-26-04; 31 Ky.R. 828; eff. 1-4-05; 31 Ky.R. 1704, eff. 6-8-05; 32 Ky.R. 2094; eff. 7-12-06.)