Kentucky Elk Hunting

[maninthemaze]

I was just wondering how many people would be putting for the elk tags in Ky? Did you put in for all 4 hunts (gun bull, gun cow, bow bull, bow cow)? And do you have a place lined up in case you manage to draw a golden ticket?

 

[Timnterra]

I lived in KY for 5 years and never got a chance to draw one. I assume it is possible but I've never met anyone who has drawn a tag. I have a good friend who is a retired game warden in Barren county who has put in every year since the elk tags were offered and has never drawn. Good luck!!

 

[duckhunter175]

I put in for all 4.... I'll worry about a spot when I draw. But living here in the state I'm not as concerned because I'll be able to scout and make multiple trips.

If I snag a bull rifle tag maybe I'll look at LMO or someone.

Good luck to all those who applied!

 

[dstegjas]

Good luck guys. Living in Ohio I always thought it would be nice to pull one of the Elk tags in Kentucky. Not sure how I would get it out of the woods if I did get one, but it would be fun.

Jim

 

[maninthemaze]

Doesn't Pennsylvania have an elk hunt? They even have a preference point system, unlike Kentucky, where it's lottery only.

 

[Frank in the Laurels]

We have a points system but it's not like a real points system....I've been applying since the beginning, about 13 years or so, that means I have 13 chances in the bucket..you have just as good a chance your first time. We've never had a winner from within 50miles of me in PA..

 

[sambo3006]

I'm in for archery and rifle bull tags. I can think of worse things to throw away money on.

 

[maninthemaze]

I put in for all four. I'm like you, there are other things that I've wasted more money on. And I'm close enough, still 4 hours away though, that I can make several scouting trips before the season opens.

 

[Travis1971]

I wanted to start to apply yearly, but if I drew a tag I wouldn't even know were to begin, I would have to find a guide???

 

[maninthemaze]

Just from what research I've done, there is quite a bit of public land to hunt on. Private land owners who enroll 5000 acres or more in a WMA get a free elk tag to do with what they want. Several coal companies and a few other companies with large parcels of land have enrolled in the program.

 

[lwebb47]

I am looking for a good rifle

 

[Travis1971]

If I'm reading correctly the rifle has to be 270 cal or larger for Kentucky?

 

[maninthemaze]

Kentucky told me I was a lower again this year. I haven't heard of anyone in my area getting drawn. Maybe one of these years I'll get to hunt elk in my home state.

 

[scf]

After many, many years (every year since the draw began), I got the news that I had been drawn for a bull archery tag. Already got a new crossbow and started practicing. Crossbows are legal for those 65 and older. Hunt starts September 17.