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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.


 

 

 

 

 

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