Whether your looking to plan your next hunt or decide what county to buy some deerhunting property in Kentucky, you'll find what your looking for here. Currently ranked 7th on the Boone & Crockett list Kentucky is an up and coming sleeper state of the whitetail world. Kentucky offers excellent private land and public land deerhunting opportunities. It is a state that offers archery, modern gun, muzzleloader and crossbow seasons.
There are several Kentucky counties that produce an annual deer harvest rate of 2000 deer or more. Although Owen and Crittenden counties have proven themselves the top leaders in harvest numbers, don't overlook Christian, Pendleton, Shelby and Graves counties for very good deer numbers. The Bluegrass and the Purchase Regions, as a whole, offer the counties with the highest deer numbers but any county is capable of producing a great deer.
Although Kentucky suffered a large outbreak of EHD last year (2007) and most counties had a lower than usual harvest, I think hunter's will still have a good chance at one of those monster Bucks of the Bluegrass this year (2008). Rainfall amounts have been low this summer but it didn't affect the mast crop. There are plenty of acorns in most places and this should mean healthy deer this fall and winter, and a good fawn crop for next year.
November is here, and rubs and scrapes are appearing. The seek and chase phase has started in most areas of Kentucky and most hunters are reporting that they are starting to see more bucks on their feet. The daytime deer movement has been picking up, and some of the older deer are starting to become visible. Now is the time to start spending as much time as you can in the woods. As each day passes in November, the peak of the rut gets closer. The good thing about November is that the does will come into estrus anytime from the first day of the month all the way to the last. Now is the time to hunt where the does are, including their feeding and bedding locations. Try to find funnells and pinch points between these places to hunt, because most of the time now, bucks will be constantly moving and checking the doe groups for any estrus ones.
Here at Bucks of the Bluegrass.com we promote kids in the outdoors. My main focus this year, is to get my 10 year old son his first buck. He has hunted the last two years and harvested several antlerless deer, but no chance at a buck. He is a wonderful hunting parnter and a very good shot. I've got him setup with a Rossi youth model .243 and that seems to be perfect for him in size and recoil. He is also learning how to shoot a bow with his Genesis Pro at 25 pounds. I hope to move him up to a 40 pound bow soon so that I will have the confidence he can make a humane kill.(Kentucky does not have a minimum draw weight, but I feel that you should use at least 40 pounds.)
Be sure to check out the team member section, the team members will be keeping a hunting log of this season. Their logs will contain up to date information about what's going on with the deer, including their movement and feeding patterns. I hope this site proves useful for everyone, I try to incorporate as much about Kentucky and Kentucky hunting as I can.
There are several Kentucky counties that produce an annual deer harvest rate of 2000 deer or more. Although Owen and Crittenden counties have proven themselves the top leaders in harvest numbers, don't overlook Christian, Pendleton, Shelby and Graves counties for very good deer numbers. The Bluegrass and the Purchase Regions, as a whole, offer the counties with the highest deer numbers but any county is capable of producing a great deer.
Although Kentucky suffered a large outbreak of EHD last year (2007) and most counties had a lower than usual harvest, I think hunter's will still have a good chance at one of those monster Bucks of the Bluegrass this year (2008). Rainfall amounts have been low this summer but it didn't affect the mast crop. There are plenty of acorns in most places and this should mean healthy deer this fall and winter, and a good fawn crop for next year.
November is here, and rubs and scrapes are appearing. The seek and chase phase has started in most areas of Kentucky and most hunters are reporting that they are starting to see more bucks on their feet. The daytime deer movement has been picking up, and some of the older deer are starting to become visible. Now is the time to start spending as much time as you can in the woods. As each day passes in November, the peak of the rut gets closer. The good thing about November is that the does will come into estrus anytime from the first day of the month all the way to the last. Now is the time to hunt where the does are, including their feeding and bedding locations. Try to find funnells and pinch points between these places to hunt, because most of the time now, bucks will be constantly moving and checking the doe groups for any estrus ones.
Here at Bucks of the Bluegrass.com we promote kids in the outdoors. My main focus this year, is to get my 10 year old son his first buck. He has hunted the last two years and harvested several antlerless deer, but no chance at a buck. He is a wonderful hunting parnter and a very good shot. I've got him setup with a Rossi youth model .243 and that seems to be perfect for him in size and recoil. He is also learning how to shoot a bow with his Genesis Pro at 25 pounds. I hope to move him up to a 40 pound bow soon so that I will have the confidence he can make a humane kill.(Kentucky does not have a minimum draw weight, but I feel that you should use at least 40 pounds.)
Be sure to check out the team member section, the team members will be keeping a hunting log of this season. Their logs will contain up to date information about what's going on with the deer, including their movement and feeding patterns. I hope this site proves useful for everyone, I try to incorporate as much about Kentucky and Kentucky hunting as I can.
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"Hunting Kentucky"
2008
Deer Season Dates:
Archery:
Sept. 6th-Jan. 19, '09
Modern Gun:
Zone 1 & 2-
Nov. 8-23
Zone 3 & 4-
Nov. 8-17
Crossbow:
Oct 1-19 &
Nov. 8-Dec. 31
Muzzleloader:
Oct. 18-19 &
Dec. 13-21
Youth only Firearms:
Oct. 11-12
Free Youth Weekend:
Dec. 27-28
Deer Season Dates:
Archery:
Sept. 6th-Jan. 19, '09
Modern Gun:
Zone 1 & 2-
Nov. 8-23
Zone 3 & 4-
Nov. 8-17
Crossbow:
Oct 1-19 &
Nov. 8-Dec. 31
Muzzleloader:
Oct. 18-19 &
Dec. 13-21
Youth only Firearms:
Oct. 11-12
Free Youth Weekend:
Dec. 27-28
Kentucky's Top 10
Non-Typicals 2007:
Score / County
1. 218 2/8 - Owen
2. 214 7/8 - Leslie
3. 210 7/8 - Union
4. 206 1/8 - Harlan
5. 205 6/8 - Casey
6. 204 4/8 - Ohio
7. 203 1/8 - Pendleton
8. 201 1/8 - Bracken
9. 200 1/8 - Estill
10. 197 2/8 - Christian
Kentucky's Top 10
Typicals 2007:
Score / County
1. 180 4/8 - Breathitt
2. 178 4/8 - Henderson
3. 177 4/8 - Hart
4. 176 3/8 - Estill
5. 175 6/8 - Ballard
6. 173 3/8 - Jessamine
7. 172 5/8 - Pulaski
8. 172 2/8 - Oldham
9. 172 1/8 - Hart
10. 171 1/8 - Oldham
Non-Typicals 2007:
Score / County
1. 218 2/8 - Owen
2. 214 7/8 - Leslie
3. 210 7/8 - Union
4. 206 1/8 - Harlan
5. 205 6/8 - Casey
6. 204 4/8 - Ohio
7. 203 1/8 - Pendleton
8. 201 1/8 - Bracken
9. 200 1/8 - Estill
10. 197 2/8 - Christian
Kentucky's Top 10
Typicals 2007:
Score / County
1. 180 4/8 - Breathitt
2. 178 4/8 - Henderson
3. 177 4/8 - Hart
4. 176 3/8 - Estill
5. 175 6/8 - Ballard
6. 173 3/8 - Jessamine
7. 172 5/8 - Pulaski
8. 172 2/8 - Oldham
9. 172 1/8 - Hart
10. 171 1/8 - Oldham
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