Furbearer Hunting Licenses & Permits
RESIDENTS:
Ages 12-15: Youth Hunting License*Ages 16-64: Annual or 1-Day Hunting LicenseAges 65+/Disability: Senior/Disabled Sportsman’s License
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Ages 12-15: Youth Hunting License*Ages 16 and older: Annual, 1-Day or 7-Day Hunting License
Bobcat permit required for bobcat hunters
* included in Youth Sportsman’s License**Included in Sportsman’s and Disability/Senior License
Furbearer Trapping Licenses & Permits
RESIDENTS
Ages 12-15: Annual Youth Trapping LicenseAges 16-64: Annual or Landowner/Tenant Trapping LicenseAges 65+/Disability: Annual or Landowner/Tenant Trapping License
NONRESIDENTS
Ages 12-15: Annual Trapping LicenseAges 16 and older: Annual Trapping License
Legal Furbearer Hunting Arms & Gear
- Centerfire or rimfire guns
- Muzzle-loading rifles or handguns
- Shotguns (max 10 gauge, plugged for max 3 shells; no shot size limit, shoulder-fired only)
- Shotshells with single projectiles (slugs) during daylight only
- Bows and crossbows
- Air guns (.22 caliber pellets or larger)
- Hand/mouth operated or electronic calls/attracting devices
- Falconry
Legal Trapping Methods
- Use of lights from boats or vehicles for trap checks allowed.
- Setting traps in commonly used trails or paths is prohibited.
- No restrictions on the size/type of water set traps, except:
- Body-gripping traps >20 inches wide must be fully submerged.
- Permitted equipment for dry land sets (trap doesn’t touch water):
- Deadfall
- Wire cage or box trap
- Foothold traps (max jaw spread of 6 inches perpendicular to the hinges)
- On private land, body-gripping traps (max jaw spread of 7½ inches parallel to the trigger)
- On WMAs and outdoor recreation areas, body-gripping traps (max jaw spread of 5¼ inches)
- Snare (wire, cable, or string with a knot, loop, or closing device, spring-assisted or not; but spring assistance must not be for applying tension to the closing device)
- Dry land sets spacing requirements:
- Not closer than 10 feet apart on WMAs and outdoor recreation areas.
- On private land, same spacing unless written permission is obtained for up to three traps within 10 feet.
- Spacing rule doesn’t apply to wire cage/box traps or properties ≤5 acres.
- Special trapping restrictions:
- Traps must have a metal tag with the trapper’s name and address or a unique ID number issued by the department plus the 1-800-25-ALERT number.
- Untagged traps are subject to immediate confiscation by the department without a court order.
- Traps must be checked and cleared of animals every 24 hours.
- Coyote trapping is allowed only during furbearer seasons.
- Trappers must harvest captured furbearers unless holding a captive wildlife permit from Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.
- Spotted skunks are protected all year; incidental captures should be reported to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.
- Obstructing or disrupting lawful wildlife trapping is illegal.
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