Kentucky Elk News

Bull Elk Season Revisited This Weekend On ?Kentucky Afield? TV - Dec. 20, 2010
?Kentucky Afield? television travels to eastern Kentucky for opening day of bull elk season with a hunter who won his permit by surprise. Watch the story on ?Kentucky Afield? television this weekend, Dec. 25 and 26.

Twenty-five Kentucky Residents Drawn For Late Season Quota Cow Elk Hunt - Dec. 14, 2010
Twenty-five hunters from Middlesboro, Whitesburg, Hazard, Lynch, Hindman and other areas in southeastern Kentucky have a second chance to hunt elk in Kentucky.

Cow Elk Firearms Season Opens Dec. 11 - Dec. 06, 2010
Kentucky?s quota firearms hunt for cow elk opens in southeastern Kentucky?s 16-county elk zone this Saturday, Dec. 11.The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources issued 600 quota hunt cow permits this year.

Elk Season Opens With A Surprise This Weekend On "Kentucky Afield" TV - Oct. 04, 2010
We travel to eastern Kentucky for opening day of bull elk season with a hunter who won his permit by surprise. Watch the story on ?Kentucky Afield? television this weekend, Oct. 9 and 10.

Youth Elk Hunt Has Cameras Seeing Double This Weekend On "Kentucky Afield" TV - Sep. 28, 2010
Twin brothers have a one-of-a-kind experience during the state?s youth elk hunt last weekend. Follow the details on ?Kentucky Afield? television this weekend, October 2 and 3.

Nearly 45,500 Apply For Kentucky Elk Hunt; Results To Be Posted Online - May. 04, 2010
FRANKFORT, Ky. ? Nearly 45,500 people from throughout the United States applied for this year?s quota elk hunts in Kentucky. Results will be available to applicants after 5 p.m. May 5 at fw.ky.gov, the Web site of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Kentucky will issue 800 elk permits through its quota hunt lottery this year.

New State Record Certified For Bull Elk With Non-typical Antlers; Taken On Public Access Land - Feb. 15, 2010
Harrodsburg resident Terrell Royalty's 7x7 elk scored 372 6/8 in the Boone and Crockett Club scoring system, besting the old record of 367 7/8 taken in Harlan County in 2008. Royalty took his record elk from a wildlife management area in Knott County on Oct. 4, 2009.

Late Season Quota Cow Elk Hunt Drawing Results Posted Online - Dec. 17, 2009
Frankfort, Ky. - A list of hunters drawn for the late season quota elk hunt on private land is now posted online at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources? Web site at fw.ky.gov. The hunt opens Jan. 23, 2010 and closes Feb. 5. Drawn hunters also will be notified by mail.