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 in 2007, harvest numbers for 2008 were third of all time. Even with almost record harvest for 2008 most hunters reported less than normal deer sightings. I don't think we have yet to see the full effects of the EHD outbreak of 2007. Some counties of Kentucky weren't hurt as bad as others, therefore their harvest numbers were very good. But in other counties, I think hunters were more apt to shoot deer that they normally wouldn't have, due to low deer sightings. In my opinion, the high harvest records doesn't mean high population numbers. Most hunters are going to try and fill their tags, regardless if they see 3 deer a trip or 10 deer a trip, and this is why the harvest records don't really dictate population numbers.
We are now in 2009 and it's time to start all over preparing for this year's season. Bucks will be dropping their antlers and shed hunting can begin. The off season is the best time to do some scounting. You can get into those bedding areas and find the trails leading in and out, that you couldn't locate during season (for fear of bumping those deer out and ruing your hunt). It is also a good time to find those rub lines that you might not have found while hunting. Typically deer will use the same areas year after year, so finding the sign in the off season will give you an idea of where to start looking during the next hunting season. Also the spring and summer months are good for 3-D archery shooting to sharpen your skills for the hunting woods.
Here at Bucks of the Bluegrass.com we promote kids in the outdoors. The overall hunting population is declining each year and it is very important to introduce new people to the outdoors, and there is nobody better than a kid. I personally used most of my season taking my son, trying to get him his first buck. We didn't succeed, but we sure had a good time trying. This year he is going to start bowhunting and I can't wait. Even if you don't have a kid of your own, find someone elses kid and introduce them into this great sport of hunting. All of you adults know how much we enjoy it, just think what it would be like for a kid.
Also at Buck of the Bluegrass.com we have put together a great group of guys as team members, so be sure and check out our hunting logs during deer and turkey seasons. Our hunting logs will include up to date hunting information. This way everyone can know what's going on in the woods, even if you don't get to spend much time out there.
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 in 2007, harvest numbers for 2008 were third of all time. Even with almost record harvest for 2008 most hunters reported less than normal deer sightings. I don't think we have yet to see the full effects of the EHD outbreak of 2007. Some counties of Kentucky weren't hurt as bad as others, therefore their harvest numbers were very good. But in other counties, I think hunters were more apt to shoot deer that they normally wouldn't have, due to low deer sightings. In my opinion, the high harvest records doesn't mean high population numbers. Most hunters are going to try and fill their tags, regardless if they see 3 deer a trip or 10 deer a trip, and this is why the harvest records don't really dictate population numbers.
We are now in 2009 and it's time to start all over preparing for this year's season. Bucks will be dropping their antlers and shed hunting can begin. The off season is the best time to do some scounting. You can get into those bedding areas and find the trails leading in and out, that you couldn't locate during season (for fear of bumping those deer out and ruing your hunt). It is also a good time to find those rub lines that you might not have found while hunting. Typically deer will use the same areas year after year, so finding the sign in the off season will give you an idea of where to start looking during the next hunting season. Also the spring and summer months are good for 3-D archery shooting to sharpen your skills for the hunting woods.
Here at Bucks of the Bluegrass.com we promote kids in the outdoors. The overall hunting population is declining each year and it is very important to introduce new people to the outdoors, and there is nobody better than a kid. I personally used most of my season taking my son, trying to get him his first buck. We didn't succeed, but we sure had a good time trying. This year he is going to start bowhunting and I can't wait. Even if you don't have a kid of your own, find someone elses kid and introduce them into this great sport of hunting. All of you adults know how much we enjoy it, just think what it would be like for a kid.
Also at Buck of the Bluegrass.com we have put together a great group of guys as team members, so be sure and check out our hunting logs during deer and turkey seasons. Our hunting logs will include up to date hunting information. This way everyone can know what's going on in the woods, even if you don't get to spend much time out there.
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2009 Proposed
Deer Season Dates:
Archery:
Sept. 5th-Jan. 18, '10
Modern Gun:
Zone 1 & 2-
Nov. 14-29
Zone 3 & 4-
Nov. 14-23
Crossbow:
Oct 1-18 &
Nov. 14-Dec. 31
Muzzleloader:
Oct. 17-18 &
Dec. 12-20
Youth only Firearms:
Oct. 10-11
Free Youth Weekend:
Dec. 26-27
Deer Season Dates:
Archery:
Sept. 5th-Jan. 18, '10
Modern Gun:
Zone 1 & 2-
Nov. 14-29
Zone 3 & 4-
Nov. 14-23
Crossbow:
Oct 1-18 &
Nov. 14-Dec. 31
Muzzleloader:
Oct. 17-18 &
Dec. 12-20
Youth only Firearms:
Oct. 10-11
Free Youth Weekend:
Dec. 26-27
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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