150.390 Restrictions on hunting wild elk, deer, wild turkey, or bear -- Depredation
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permits -- Administrative regulations -- Methods to reduce deer and elk
populations that threaten agriculture or health and human safety.
(1)No person shall possess, take, pursue, or attempt to take or pursue or otherwise
molest any wild elk, deer, wild turkey, or bear in any manner contrary to any
provisions of this chapter or its regulations.
(2)No person shall use a dog to chase or molest wild elk or deer in any manner, at any
time, or at any place. Any game warden, peace officer, sheriff, or constable may
take necessary steps to stop, prevent, or bring under control any dog or dogs found
chasing or molesting wild elk or deer at any time.
(3)The department shall establish by administrative regulation the conditions under
which depredation permits may be issued without cost to persons suffering damage
from wild elk to allow the taking of wild elk.
(4)If Kentucky's wild elk population reaches a level that will sustain limited hunting,
the department may establish by administrative regulations the conditions and
permits that would allow the controlled taking of wild elk.
(5)The department shall identify areas where deer and elk pose a significant threat to
agriculture or to health and human safety from automobile accidents and may take
necessary steps to reduce the deer and elk population in those areas. Methods to
reduce the deer and elk population may include but are not limited to the following:
(a)Special hunts;
(b)Increasing the doe harvest; and
(c)Working with the Transportation Cabinet to make vegetation along highways
unpalatable to deer and elk.