2012-13
PROPOSED Kentucky Hunting &
Trapping Seasons
Deer Hunting
Archery Season
Archery
season for deer opens on the first Saturday in September and continues through
the third Monday in January.
This
season the dates are: Sept. 1, 2012-Jan. 21, 2013.
Crossbow Season
Crossbow season
for deer is October 1 through the end of the third full weekend of October, and
the second Saturday in November through December 31.
This
season the dates are: Oct. 1-21, 2012 and Nov. 10-Dec. 31, 2012.
Youth-Only Firearms Season
The
Youth-Only Firearms Season is on the second weekend of October.
This
season the dates are: Oct. 13-14, 2012.
Free
Youth Deer Hunting
The Free Youth Deer Hunting Weekend is two consecutive days beginning on the
Saturday after Christmas.
This season the dates
are: Dec. 29-30, 2012.
Early Muzzleloader Season
The early Muzzleloader season
is for two consecutive days beginning the third Saturday in October.
This
season the dates are: Oct. 20-21, 2012.
Late Muzzleloader Season
The
late Muzzleloader season is
for nine consecutive days beginning the second Saturday in December.
This season the dates are:
Dec. 8-16, 2012.
Modern Gun Season
Zones 1 and 2:
In Zones 1 and 2 Modern Gun season for deer begins on the second Saturday in
November and continues for sixteen (16) consecutive days.
This season the
dates are: Nov. 10-25, 2012.
Zones 3 and
4:
In Zones 3 and 4 Modern Gun season for deer begins on the second
Saturday in November and continues for ten (10) consecutive days.
This season the
dates are: Nov. 10- 19, 2012.
Elk
Hunting
Bull Archery
Sept.
15-Oct. 5, Oct. 20-Dec. 7, Dec. 22-Dec. 31, and Jan. 1-21, 2013
Archery Cow
Oct.
20-Dec. 7, Dec. 22-31, and Jan. 1-21, 2013
Youth-Only Quota
Sept. 29-Oct.
1, 2012
Firearms Bull
Week 1 Oct.
6-12, 2012, and Week 2 Oct. 13-19, 2012
Firearms Cow
Week 1 Dec.
8-14, 2012, and Week 2 Dec. 15-21, 2012
Crossbow Bull
Oct.
20-21, Nov. 10-Dec. 7, and Dec. 22-31, 2012
Crossbow Cow
Oct.
20-21, Nov. 10-Dec. 7, and Dec. 22-31, 2012
Black
Bear
Black
bear season opens on the second Saturday in December and runs for two (2)
consecutive days or until the harvest quota is reached.
This
season the dates are: Dec. 8-9, 2012.
Fall Wild Turkey
Archery Season
Archery season for
fall turkey begins on the first Saturday in September and continues through the
third Monday in January.
This season the
dates are: Sept. 1, 2012 -Jan. 21, 2013.
Crossbow Season
Crossbow season for
fall turkey is Oct. 1 through the third full weekend in October, and the second
Saturday in November through Dec. 31.
This season the
dates are: Oct. 1 -21, 2012, and Nov. 10 -Dec. 31, 2012.
Shotgun Season
Shotgun season for
fall turkey is the fourth Saturday in October for seven (7) consecutive days and
the first Saturday in December for seven (7) consecutive days.
This season the
dates are: Oct. 27-Nov. 2, and Dec. 1-7, 2012.
Small Game Hunting
Squirrel:
Aug. 18 –Nov. 9, 2012 and Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 28, 2013
Rabbit:
Eastern Zone Nov. 1-9, 2012 and Nov. 12, 2012-Jan. 31,
2013
Western Zone Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 10, 2013
Quail:
Eastern Zone Nov. 1-9, 2012 and Nov. 12, 2012-Jan. 31,
2013
Western Zone Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 10, 2013
Grouse:
November 1-9, 2012 and November 12, 2012 - February 28, 2013
Small Game Trapping
Squirrel Trapping:
Noon, Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 28, 2013
Rabbit Trapping:
Eastern Zone Nov. 1-9, 2012 and Nov. 12, 2012-Jan. 31,
2013
Western Zone Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 10, 2013
Free Youth Small Game
Hunting & Trapping Week
Dec. 29, 2012 -Jan. 4, 2013.
Furbearer
Hunting
Raccoon and Opossum:
Oct.
1, 2012-Feb. 28, 2013
Opossum:
Nov. 1, 2012 -Feb. 28, 2013
Coyote:
Year-round
Bobcat:
Noon Nov. 24, 2012-February 28, 2013
River Otter, Muskrat, Mink,
Beaver, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Weasel and Striped Skunk:
Noon Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 28,
2013
Furbearer Trapping
Raccoon and Opossum:
Noon, Nov. 12, 2012-Feb. 28, 2013
Coyote, Bobcat, River
Otter, Muskrat, Mink, Beaver, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Weasel and Striped Skunk:
Noon Nov. 12,
2012-Feb. 28, 2013
Other
Hunting Seasons
Falconry Season
Falconry season is Sept. 1, 2012 - March 30, 2013.
Crow Season
Crow season is Sept. 1 -
Nov. 7, 2012 and Jan. 4 - Feb. 28, 2013.
Bullfrog Season
This season the dates are:
May 18 through Oct. 31, 2012.
Wild Pigs
Wild pigs
may be hunted statewide, year-round, with no bag limit.
Goundhogs
Groundhogs
may be hunted statewide, year-round, with no bag limit.
