The cost for an Out-of-Zone elk permit is $30 for residents or $400 for non-residents. But all hunters can now purchase an Out-of-Zone elk permit instead of - or in addition to - entering the annual elk draw.
#Kentucky elk hunting license
No elk can be harvested in Kentucky without a hunting license and appropriate permit, regardless of geographic location. No more than 10 percent of elk permits can be awarded to non-residents each year. Source: Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources The 2020 Kentucky elk draw odds - the most recent year for which KDFWR has released numbers - were as follows: 2020 Kentucky Elk Draw Odds ELK PERMIT TYPE Odds of being drawn for an elk permit vary according to the number of applicants in each draw. Complete regulations are available on the KDFWR website. (Map by Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources)įor all permit types, the quota is one animal. Kentucky’s 16-county Elk Restoration Zone is divided into seven elk hunting units, six of which are currently open for hunting. Six of these units are currently open for hunting (see map below). The zone is divided into seven different elk-hunting units, totaling 4.1 million acres. Kentucky elk may be hunted on public land within the unit or on private land with the landowner’s permission.Įastern Kentucky’s Elk Restoration Zone includes all of 16 counties: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Perry, Pike and Whitley. Once selected for a unit, each individual hunter is responsible for finding their own place to hunt within that unit. Hunters will have the opportunity to select up to five choice and a random draw will determine their assignment. Elk hunters 11 and younger don’t need a Kentucky hunting license, but those aged 12 through 15 do.Īfter being selected for an elk quota hunt, a second draw is held to determine which of six geographic units a hunter will be assigned to within the 16-county Elk Restoration Zone. The cow elk firearm permit is $60 for residents or $400 for non-residents.Ī youth elk permit is $30 for residents or $200 for non-residents. Kentucky’s bull elk Firearm permit and archery/crossbow permit (either sex) are currently $100 for Kentucky residents or $550 for non-residents. If a hunter’s name is drawn in the computer-randomized elk lottery, he or she will be given an option to purchase one elk permit for which they applied.
You can only draw one.4 About Kentucky’s elk herd About the 2022 Kentucky elk drawīig-game hunters hoping to bag a majestic Kentucky elk can enter the state’s 2022 elk hunt permit drawing through April 30. Entries are $10 per application.Ī total of 594 elk permits will be issued in 2022, according to the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources: 244 cow firearm permits, 175 archery/crossbow (either sex) permits, 150 bull firearm permits and 25 youth permits for hunters aged 15 and younger. For $10, every self respecting elk hunter should give Kentucky a shot. $10 bucks, can you believe that! If you are drawn, then you have to purchase a resident or non-resident tag. The cost to put your name in the lottery is a mere $10 per tag. The drawing period for 2014 is January 1 through April 30 (midnight Eastern time). That leaves 999 for the rest of you because I plan on drawing one of them. For 2014 the number of available tags will increase from 900 to 1000. Tags are very limited compared to western elk states but they are not impossible to obtain. The result is as of 2014 KY hosts some really nice bulls in the 350++ class.
Winters are relatively mild, there is little to no predation by carnivores and hunting so far has not had a significant adverse impact on the herds. Elk have thrived in the mountains of Eastern KY as evidenced by the numbers stated above. In 2010, we relocated to Central Kentucky which puts me about a two-hour drive from the largest elk herd east of the Mississippi River. I lived in Colorado and hunted elk all over the Rockies most of my adult life. If you are a die hard elk hunter, you don't care where you find 'em. The elk releases were halted in 2002 and future releases will not be necessary. The population growth is well ahead of the original model. It is estimated by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife personnel that the herd has grown to 10,000. The Kentucky elk herd established in Eastern Kentucky in 1997 is flourishing.
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