{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-150.390","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 150.390","heading":"Restrictions on hunting wild elk, deer, wild turkey, or bear -- Depredation","body":"permits -- Administrative regulations -- Methods to reduce deer and elk\npopulations that threaten agriculture or health and human safety -- Taking of\nanterless deer.\n(1) No person shall possess, take, pursue, or attempt to take or pursue or otherwise\nmolest any wild elk, deer, wild turkey, or bear in any manner contrary to any\nprovisions of this chapter or its regulations.\n(2) No person shall use a dog to chase or mole st wild elk or deer in any manner, at any\ntime, or at any place. Any game warden, peace officer, sheriff, or constable may\ntake necessary steps to stop, prevent, or bring under control any dog or dogs found\nchasing or molesting wild elk or deer at any time.\n(3) The department shall establish by administrative regulation the conditions under\nwhich depredation permits may be issued without cost to persons suffering damage\nfrom wild elk to allow the taking of wild elk.\n(4) If Kentucky's wild elk population rea ches a level that will sustain limited hunting,\nthe department may establish by administrative regulations the conditions and\npermits that would allow the controlled taking of wild elk.\n(5) The department shall identify areas where deer and elk pose a sign ificant threat to\nagriculture or to health and human safety from automobile accidents and may take\nnecessary steps to reduce the deer and elk population in those areas. Methods to\nreduce the deer and elk population may include but are not limited to the following:\n(a) Special hunts;\n(b) Increasing the doe harvest; and\n(c) Working with the Transportation Cabinet to make vegetation along highways\nunpalatable to deer and elk.\n(6) The commission shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing an\nadditional seven (7) to ten (10) day season allowing the taking of antlerless deer in\noverpopulated areas, as designated by the department, until the population density\nis sufficiently decreased.\n(7) With exception to the taking of any wild elk, the department s hall allow an entry\ninto the department's special agency fundraising permit drawing process to any\nindividual who:\n(a) Has taken and reported to the department a minimum of four (4) female\nantlerless deer from a designated overpopulated area during the previous\nhunting season in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the\nadministrative regulations promulgated by the department;\n(b) Provides a time-stamped photograph of each harvested female antlerless deer\nthrough the department's telecheck review system as required by\nadministrative regulation; and\n(c) Submits a request to the department for entry into the spec ial agency\nfundraising permit drawing and confirms that the requester matches the name\nof the individual carrying out the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of\nthis subsection.\n(8) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing  objectives\nfor circumstances in which the deer density of an overpopulated area meets or falls\nbelow the population objective.","path":["KRS Chapter 150"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56989","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:44Z","sha256":"9201867a445fd045e098e7281f301dc8f07da7fec825cf57eb9b7db015a61fda","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-150.380","next":"us-ky/krs-150.395"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}