At any time, you can drop off down a ridge and go looking for more deer sign. Feb 16, 2015 #3 C Chadx1981 Senior Member Sweet what's the name lol Location: Breckinridge, Grayson & Hardin Counties, Total Harvest 2020: 39 Bucks: 24 Does: 15, Terrain: Moderate;; Most hunting areas consists of hills and ridges. West Kentucky WMA deer hunt spots reduced because of flooding Dave Baker/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife 800-858-1549 KY FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2020) High water from the Ohio River continues to impact portions of West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in McCracken County. They're well equipped to fill buck tags at the time of year when antlered deer are most vulnerable. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. Thanks! Kentucky Hunting is the leading online community for outdoors enthusiasts to discuss hunting, fishing, archery, and life in Kentucky. The changes are necessary to ensure the health and safety of hunters and WMA staff. Yes it was. Honestly man and I dont mean this in a bad way but Ive been very fortunate and taken nice deer on public land in a couple different states so I feel like my advice might help you. In this edition of "Big Buck Profile," Gordon Whittington talks with young whitetail hunter Reid Crawford about his trophy buck taken in 2017. Ballard Wildlife Management Area Location: west Kentucky Size: 8,600 acres ZIP: 42056 Ballard has the best buck-to-doe ratio of any By JavaScript is disabled. If I had a choice of hunting Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri or IllinoisKentucky would be my last pick. Now Kentucky taxidermists stay plenty busy mounting big bucks. Iowa Bowhunter Goes Stealth Mode with a Tree Saddle to Bag 194-inch Non-typical, Missouri Hunter Shoots 25-point Ozark Giant with Limited Time to Hunt, Hunters Must Lead the Fight Against Invasive Species, Understanding Non-Verbal Whitetail Communication, A Look Back at No. The report *will be* updated to include results for bear-only and bear/deer hunts at a later date. Kentucky is one of the premier deer hunting states in the country, with many regions experiencing a year-by-year increase in deer population and harvest. Nevertheless, whenever this resident of western Kentucky has an opportunity to turn loose his pack of beagles in prime swamp rabbit habitat, deer hunting usually becomes a secondary priority. "So it's productive habitat. Hunters must have an annual hunting license for hunting grouse in Kentucky. This WMA is vast, covering more than 16,000 acres in Osage County. The hunter tipped off his local game warden after tracking down the poached deer's gut pile deep in Idaho backcountry. West Kentucky WMA open deer hunt procedures changed Guided Hunts In KY | Salt River Outfitters Homepage Any info would be greatly appreciated. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I remember some of them you get an extra preference point or something for taking does. For a long time it's been a consistent producer of quality bucks on both public and private land. 100 Best Public-Land Hunts: Tennessee | Field & Stream They are strict on their rules, so read up. lol did not realize i didn't put the name of the wma but yes the one I was talking about is west kentucky wma. The Pennyrile State Forest is the largest public land area on this list and that is why it is at number one. I harvested a doe at Rich in late September, and had a chance at a few small bucks that I passed one. FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 20, 2018) Apply for deer, waterfowl, pheasant and sandhill crane quota hunts offered by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources at state wildlife management areas and other public lands now through the end of September. Wildlife Management Areas | eRegulations - Official Hunting & Fishing Look forward to hearing how y'all do! Kentucky wma's | GON Forum Whitley's articles have appeared in various print and online magazines, including "GQ," "Details," "Southern Living" and "Cooking Light. All stands are community so you get to hunt the full 16000 acres. Try Fort Campbell. There is alot of deer down there. For one thing, the state doesn't limit buck tags in any way. Do your own research and scout some of the places you come up with. Kleber in Franklin and Owen co. Is good! Pendleton, Shelby, Grant and Boone round out the top five counties in this region, each with harvests of between 2,324 and 3,484 during the season. Check kdfwr website for harvest results over several years. During quota hunts, all deer hun ting seasons on this WMA are closed, except to drawn hunters. best wma to hunt for 1st hunt to kentucky (bowhunters) - Kentucky Hunting West Kentucky WMA Get Directions Return to Search WMA Overview Size: 6425 acres Location: McCracken Contact: (270) 488-3233 Elevation: minimum 297 feet, maximum 451 feet. Breckinridge and Grayson Counties are also known as two of the best counties in the state. If you travel down the road between the A area and area 4 there will be a creek that you cross, right after you cross the creek there is a field that has a small strip of woods on the south side and big hardwoods on the north side. If I remember right, the WMA list on kdfwr has what you can kill, limitations etc. Within Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, there are four designated hunt areas. Most hunters will use the roads that lead to parking areas. There are deer in there, but the horse people screwing around with their dogs will likely increase the difficulty of a hunt. It may not display this or other websites correctly. As well as Clay wma in nicholus co. Yah, just send everyone to Owen County the second week of Novemberplenty of land, deer, and hardly any hunters! The Deer Tour has begun! Dog-Deer "We have a lot of veteran hunters who aren't necessarily eager to shoot the first buck they see anyway," Yancy points out. Bring your knee boots to reach secluded areas: Fertile bottomlands dotted with the oak trees and row-crop agriculture that keep deer in top nutritional shape are broken up by many bald cypress sloughs. With nearly a third of the area covered in water, you can bet that youll find bucks bedded near some swampy, nasty places. While some places around the lake are limited, there are sizable parcels of land that offer land features that attract deer. This will allow you to hunt areas of Pennyrile that are nearly impossible to get to by foot and should open up a good opportunity to hunt a more mature buck on the property. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Lots of deer, nice bucks. Location: west Kentucky We take our hunter's comfort seriously and that's why we try to provide each of our guests with their own private, cabin style room. Published Oct 24, 2007 6:19 PM EDT, Ballard Wildlife Management Area There were tracks that were open to hunting and others closed to hunting. (10) If a hunter has purchased the appropriate permits, a hunter may take unlimited antler-less deer in: (a) The West Kentucky WMA gun hunt; (b) WMA quota hunts in Zone 1; and (c) State Park quota hunts in Zone 1, except as established in Section 8 of this administrative regulation. That's where i'd hide if I was a deer! I bowhunted 10 days in a row there last year and saw 4 deer. Kentucky Afield Outdoors: September is Quota Hunt Application Month Hulah WMA is in the heart of big deer country. It may not display this or other websites correctly. A drive through the access points may afford some glassing during early August and give you a good idea of what youre dealing with. Rich WMA consists of ridge after ridge, with some low bottom areas where deer like to travel. You must log in or register to reply here. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The deadline to register by phone is 3:30 p.m. (CST) on Jan. 5. The Blue Grass Region is the best area in the state of Kentucky for deer hunting, with Owen county leading the pack. Hunters may only Its also home to the No. Lots of thick cover. We hunt all over Alabama (private and public). We will be hunting the quota hunt as well but where will depend a lot on where other people are hunting. My best advice would be to go to the area and scout it before you hunt..after reviewing the maps. I also missed 1 of the 2 bucks I have shot at with a bow in that small strip of woods. Total Harvest 2020: 25 Bucks: 13 Does: 12. Fall 2020-'21 harvest: 24,809 mule deer, 24,849 whitetails Overall outlook: Rick Ward, deer and elk coordinator for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, says the statewide mule deer outlook is fair to good and improving depending on the area. In the eastern half of Kentucky deer numbers tend to be much lower, with far less acreage devoted to row crops. . Gordon Whittington talks with Steven Sprout about the trophy buck he took back in 1998 while bowhunting public land in Illinois. Or you could shoot 216 does and no bucks. The deer are so abundant in the Blue Grass Region that hunters harvested more deer in this area than in the northeast and southeast regions combined. You are using an out of date browser. Mike Clerkin heads to the legendary Buffalo County, Wisconsin, in search of early season whitetail action. "Camera use facilitates trophy whitetail production in two ways," he points out. Begley of Clay County, Ky harvested a 217 2/8-inch buck on Nov. 14, 2020 in Fayette . One of the reasons Pennyrile sustains a nice deer herd is because hunting access to the park is not easy. "In much of western and central Kentucky we have fertile land with a good balance of cover and crops," the biologist says. Kentucky public land deer hunting can be rewarding and Rich WMA is where I spent a lot of time last year, and I saw a lot of deer. You must log in or register to reply here. While over the last 20 years we've seen our trophy whitetail production become more evenly distributed across the state, the west-central portion east of Land Between The Lakes and west of I-65 remains our most consistent yielder of trophy contenders. 5 Underdated Forests and Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) for Deer Hunting In Kentucky.
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