Outdoors

Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources report

Wildlife watchers can help researchers track and monitor the health of Kentucky’s deer herd.

“For years, the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study Group has tracked outbreaks of EHD – or epizootic hemorrhagic disease – in deer,” said Tina Brunjes, deer and elk program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “The public can assist researchers by reporting sick animals and pinpointing locations.”

By Art Lander, Jr.

Ky. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Establishing small plots of clover throughout your hunting area can pay big dividends during deer and wild turkey seasons.

Summer is a good time to start preparations for an initial planting in the fall.

By Art Lander, Jr.

Ky. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Late May is a prime time to catch catfish from Kentucky's reservoirs, small lakes, rivers and farm ponds.

"The water is warming into the 70s and catfish are about to spawn," said Gerry Buynak, assistant director of the Fisheries Division for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "Beginning in late spring and throughout the summer, catfish settle into daily patterns and feed aggressively."

By Dave Baker

Ky. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources

The deadline to apply for Kentucky's hunt of a lifetime is fast approaching. 
   

Hunters have until midnight, Monday, April 30 to apply for a Kentucky elk hunt. The quota hunt drawing for an elk permit is open to residents and non-residents. 
   

Kentucky will issue 900 general quota hunt permits this year, an increase of 100 permits over the 2011 season. Kentucky's elk herd is expected to surpass 10,000 animals by fall.