Deer Hunting Statistics (2024)

*Please Note: Statistics include male fawn havest.

STATEWIDE

SQ Miles of
SuitableHabitat

Total Harvest

Successful Hunters

Successful Hunters perSQMile

Doe Harvest

Buck Harvest*

Doe Harvest perSQMile

Buck Harvest perSQMile*

TOTALS

38,199

144,493

107, 281

2.8

65,334

79,079

1.7

2.1

COUNTY: ADAIR - BUTLER

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
Adair	400.6	1597	1234	3.1	686	911	1.7	2.3
Allen	338.4	1495	1101	3.3	626	869	1.8	2.6
Anderson	196.9	1931	1388	7.0	929	1002	4.7	5.1
Ballard	249.0	554	441	1.8	264	290	1.1	1.2
Barren	476.2	1389	1038	2.2	648	741	1.4	1.6
Bath	271.8	768	641	2.4	295	473	1.1	1.7
Bell	348.9	543	489	1.4	137	406	0.4	1.2
Boone	207.2	1419	984	4.7	716	703	3.5	3.4
Bourbon	282.3	274	233	0.8	96	178	0.3	0.6
Boyd	135.7	804	608	4.5	355	449	2.6	3.3
Boyle	173.8	449	381	2.2	166	283	1.0	1.6
Bracken	198.5	1718	1190	6.0	883	835	4.4	4.2
Breathitt	486.0	366	337	0.7	63	303	0.1	0.6
Breckinridge	567.0	2863	2156	3.8	1335	1528	2.4	2.7
Bullitt	277.8	1792	1315	4.7	834	958	3.0	3.4
Butler	424.2	1541	1174	2.8	671	870	1.6	2.1

COUNTY: CALDWELL - ESTILL

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
Caldwell	342.5	1852	1257	3.7	900	952	2.6	2.8
Calloway	375.6	1742	1115	3	869	873	2.3	2.3
Campbell	132	1014	708	5.4	553	461	4.2	3.5
Carlisle	188.5	714	538	2.9	365	349	1.9	1.9
Carroll	123.7	720	494	4	360	360	2.9	2.9
Carter	395.9	1245	983	2.5	495	750	1.3	1.9
Casey	441.2	1281	1014	2.3	497	784	1.1	1.8
Christian	694.8	3471	2219	3.2	1706	1765	2.5	2.5
Clark	238.4	373	332	1.4	119	254	0.5	1.1
Clay	460.6	725	683	1.5	135	590	0.3	1.3
Clinton	191.3	466	396	2.1	137	329	0.7	1.7
Crittenden	358.9	2707	1782	5	1410	1297	3.9	3.6
Cumberland	303.1	981	756	2.5	445	536	1.5	1.8
Daviess	431.5	933	728	1.7	420	513	1	1.2
Edmonson	300.1	695	567	1.9	258	437	0.9	1.5
Elliott	230.5	406	366	1.6	141	265	0.6	1.1
Estill	246.4	576	487	2	210	366	0.9	1.5

COUNTY: FAYETTE - GREENUP

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
Fayette	218.5	246	196	0.9	101	145	0.5	0.7
Fleming	342.4	932	742	2.2	369	563	1.1	1.6
Floyd	373.6	516	498	1.3	78	438	0.2	1.2
Franklin	194.3	1251	874	4.5	622	629	3.2	3.2
Fulton	203.4	348	253	1.2	144	204	0.7	1
Gallatin	93.4	776	554	5.9	394	382	4.2	4.1
Garrard	226.3	600	518	2.3	220	380	1	1.7
Grant	252.5	1723	1291	5.1	833	890	3.3	3.5
Graves	542.8	2289	1449	2.7	1257	1032	2.3	1.9
Grayson	495.7	2614	1908	3.8	1349	1265	2.7	2.6
Green	284.3	2065	1401	4.9	996	1069	3.5	3.8
Greenup	327.8	1223	951	2.9	508	715	1.5	2.2

COUNTY: HANco*ck - KNOX

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
*Hancock**	183.9	691	526	2.9	338	353	1.8	1.9
Hardin	595	3390	2342	3.9	1612	1778	2.7	3
Harlan	454	458	420	0.9	84	374	0.2	0.8
Harrison	302	1599	1177	3.9	773	826	2.6	2.7
Hart	408.9	2699	1932	4.7	1341	1358	3.3	3.3
Henderson	421.7	1453	1046	2.5	747	706	1.8	1.7
Henry	284	1705	1222	4.3	866	839	3	3
Hickman	240.7	505	363	1.5	254	251	1.1	1
Hopkins	529.9	2606	1812	3.4	1257	1349	2.4	2.5
Jackson	338.7	762	690	2	181	581	0.5	1.7
Jefferson	215.3	1233	855	4	614	619	2.9	2.9
Jessamine	161.6	421	339	2.1	180	241	1.1	1.5
Johnson	251.2	599	524	2.1	224	375	0.9	1.5
Kenton	131.4	1001	697	5.3	544	457	4.1	3.5
Knott	343.1	632	569	1.7	147	485	0.4	1.4
Knox	371.1	711	647	1.7	164	547	0.4	1.5

COUNTY: LARUE - MUHLENBERG

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
LaRue	259	1035	773	3	492	543	1.9	2.1
Laurel	402.1	1374	1149	2.9	632	742	1.6	1.8
Lawrence	404.4	924	766	1.9	360	564	0.9	1.4
Lee	205.3	310	289	1.4	50	260	0.2	1.3
Leslie	398.4	473	431	1.1	97	376	0.2	0.9
Letcher	326.7	527	489	1.5	111	416	0.3	1.3
Lewis	475.1	1344	1058	2.2	546	798	1.1	1.7
Lincoln	327.5	1287	993	3	602	685	1.8	2.1
Livingston	309.4	1713	1140	3.7	897	816	2.9	2.6
Logan	542.9	1995	1437	2.6	934	1061	1.7	2
Lyon	211.1	1168	843	4	513	655	2.4	3.1
Madison	405.4	772	631	1.6	311	461	0.8	1.1
Magoffin	302.6	301	282	0.9	57	244	0.2	0.8
Marion	339.8	1490	1115	3.3	675	815	2	2.4
Marshall	293.5	1066	816	2.8	500	566	1.7	1.9
Martin	222.7	273	262	1.2	42	231	0.2	1
Mason	232.1	1025	726	3.1	497	528	2.1	2.3
McCracken	227.9	1030	744	3.3	526	504	2.3	2.2
McCreary	420.6	506	467	1.1	120	386	0.3	0.9
McLean	249.1	889	614	2.5	471	418	1.9	1.7
Meade	301.5	1298	991	3.3	596	702	2	2.3
Menifee	199.7	202	195	1	23	179	0.1	0.9
Mercer	245	1309	953	3.9	618	691	2.5	2.8
Metcalfe	287.7	1432	1052	3.7	686	746	2.4	2.6
Monroe	324.9	1104	793	2.4	510	594	1.6	1.8
Montgomery	186.3	426	346	1.9	166	260	0.9	1.4
Morgan	373.8	618	534	1.4	210	408	0.6	1.1
Muhlenberg	458.6	2340	1656	3.6	1176	1164	2.6	2.5

COUNTY: NELSON - RUSSELL

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
Nelson	408.9	2617	1794	4.4	1351	1266	3.3	3.1
Nicholas	192.6	793	646	3.4	344	449	1.8	2.3
Ohio	581.1	2339	1811	3.1	1081	1258	1.9	2.2
Oldham	175.6	802	559	3.2	401	401	2.3	2.3
Owen	347.8	2282	1622	4.7	1163	1119	3.3	3.2
Owsley	194.7	286	251	1.3	61	225	0.3	1.2
Pendleton	274.8	2812	1895	6.9	1517	1295	5.5	4.7
Perry	326.7	664	581	1.8	173	491	0.5	1.5
Pike	754.2	1239	1128	1.5	252	987	0.3	1.3
Powell	172.2	298	257	1.5	108	190	0.6	1.1
Pulaski	629.4	2212	1837	2.9	925	1287	1.5	2
Robertson	98.5	733	552	5.6	316	417	3.2	4.2
Rockcastle	307.4	583	538	1.8	100	483	0.3	1.6
Rowan	270.1	522	469	1.7	176	346	0.7	1.3
Russell	250.8	456	419	1.7	90	366	0.4	1.5

COUNTY: SCOTT - WOODFORD

COUNTY	SQ Miles of SuitableHabitat	Total Harvest	Successful Hunters	Successful Hunters perSQMile	Doe Harvest	Buck Harvest*	Doe Harvest perSQMile	Buck Harvest perSQMile*
Scott	269.3	1151	911	3.4	534	617	2	2.3
Shelby	370.1	2926	1957	5.3	1510	1416	4.1	3.8
Simpson	226.2	537	407	1.8	212	325	0.9	1.4
Spencer	182.7	1785	1278	7	833	952	4.6	5.2
Taylor	262	1420	1043	4	687	733	2.6	2.8
Todd	369.7	1759	1157	3.1	879	880	2.4	2.4
Trigg	438.2	2315	1551	3.5	1121	1194	2.6	2.7
Trimble	145.4	690	493	3.4	358	332	2.5	2.3
Union	336.3	1125	794	2.4	599	526	1.8	1.6
Warren	513.1	1486	1176	2.3	595	891	1.2	1.7
Washington	295.5	2697	1804	6.1	1385	1312	4.7	4.4
Wayne	449	1099	906	2	427	672	1	1.5
Webster	327.9	2129	1338	4.1	1123	1006	3.4	3.1
Whitley	419.5	941	865	2.1	201	740	0.5	1.8
Wolfe	216.3	339	296	1.4	125	214	0.6	1.9

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