150.175 Kinds of licenses and tags -- Multiyear licenses or permits.
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The kinds of licenses and tags authorized by this chapter, and the acts authorized to be performed under the licenses and tags, subject to the other provisions of this chapter and subject to administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, shall be as follows:
(1)Statewide resident sport fishing license, which authorizes the holder to take fishes
by angling, or take crayfish by a minnow seine, or by hand, to take minnows by the
use of a minnow seine, minnow trap, or dip net, or to take fishes by grabbing,
gigging, snagging, snaring, jugging, and bow and arrow, and to take frogs and
turtles from any waters in any county of this state open for such purposes and
subject to the limitations in this chapter and additional limitations that the
department may from time to time prescribe. This license shall not authorize the
holder to sell fish;
(2)A short-term sport fishing license, which authorizes the holder to perform all acts
authorized by a statewide sport fishing license and subject to the same limitations or
prescribed administrative regulations. This license shall not authorize the holder to
sell fish;
(3)A resident commercial fishing license and a nonresident commercial fishing
license, which authorize a holder to perform any act authorized by a sport fishing
license and to take rough fishes from the waters of the state by the use of
commercial fishing gear as prescribed by administrative regulation. The license
shall also authorize the holder to sell rough fishes, other than those protected by
administrative regulation;
(4)A commercial fishing gear tag, which shall be attached to each piece of commercial
fishing gear including hoop nets, slat traps, trotline, wing nets, and to each one
hundred
(100)feet of linear gear or portion thereof in use, including commercial
seines, gill nets, or trammel nets. Commercial gear tags may be issued only to a
person holding a resident or nonresident commercial fishing license;
(5)Live fish and bait dealer's licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the
holder to sell bait and live fish as may be prescribed by administrative regulation;
(6)Musseling licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the holder to take
mussels for commercial purposes as may be prescribed by administrative
regulation;
(7)A statewide resident hunting license, which authorizes the holder to take or pursue
wild animals, wild birds, frogs, and turtles with gun, bow and arrow, dog, or falcon,
or to participate in a fox-hunting party engaged in the hunting or pursuing of foxes
with dogs for sport, according to the provisions of the laws and administrative
regulations of the department;
(8)A youth statewide hunting license, which may be issued to a person before he or
she has reached his or her sixteenth birthday, and which authorizes the holder to
exercise all the privileges authorized by a statewide hunting license;
(9)Trapping licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the holder to take wild
animals by trapping upon his or her own lands or upon the lands of another person,
if the holder of the license has first obtained oral or written consent as provided in
KRS 150.092 and administrative regulation;
(10)A taxidermist license, which authorizes the holder to engage in the act of preparing,
stuffing, and mounting the skins of wildlife;
(11)A guide's license, which authorizes the holder to assist an outfitter license holder's
client in taking or attempting to take fish or wildlife and is employed by or
contracted with an outfitter license holder as prescribed by the administrative
regulations of the department;
(12)Fur buyer's licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the holder to buy
raw furs from licensed trappers and hunters and to sell raw furs so purchased.
Applicants for the license shall state the number of premises to be used and shall
display at each a copy of the license as furnished by the department, except that the
commissioner may limit the number of copies furnished and may revoke the license
for violation;
(13)A fur processor's license, which may be issued only to a resident, a partnership,
firm, or corporation of this state and which authorizes the holder to buy raw furs
when in legal possession for processing, manufacture, or retention in cold storage or
for resale;
(14)A nonresident sport fishing license, which authorizes the holder to perform any act
authorized by a resident statewide sport fishing license. This license shall not
authorize the holder to sell fish;
(15)A nonresident annual hunting license, which authorizes the holder to perform any
act authorized by a resident statewide hunting license;
(16)Shoot-to-retrieve field trial permits, four
(4)day and single day, which authorize a
permit holder to conduct a shoot-to-retrieve field trial on private or government-
owned lands. With a four
(4)day permit, all participants, whether residents or
nonresidents, shall not be required to possess any other license to participate in the
permitted field trial, and the permit shall expire four
(4)days after the date on
which the field trial began. With the single day permit, the permit is valid for one
(1)day and all participants shall have a valid resident or nonresident annual
Kentucky hunting license. A permit is not required to conduct a shoot-to-retrieve
field trial on a licensed shooting preserve; however, all participants that take or
attempt to take game shall have in their possession a resident or nonresident annual
Kentucky hunting license;
(17)Game permits and youth game permits, which, in combination with a valid
statewide hunting license or a valid youth statewide hunting license, authorize the
holder to take or pursue the specified game species in any designated open area of
this state, during the open season and according to the provisions of the laws and
administrative regulations governing the hunting;
(18)A combination hunting and fishing license, which authorizes only resident holders
to perform all acts valid under either a sport fishing or hunting license;
(19)A trout permit, which in combination with a valid statewide fishing license,
authorizes the holder to take trout by angling or as may be prescribed by
administrative regulation;
(20)A commercial waterfowl permit, which authorizes the holder to establish and
operate a commercial waterfowl hunting preserve;
(21)A short-term hunting license, which authorizes the holder to perform all acts
authorized by a statewide hunting license according to the provisions of the laws
and administrative regulations of the department;
(22)A joint statewide resident sport fishing license issued to a husband and wife which
authorizes them to take fish as provided in subsection
(1)of this section. The
license fee for this joint license shall be ten percent (10%) less than the license fee
set by the commission for two
(2)statewide resident sport fishing licenses;
(23)A Kentucky migratory bird permit, which in combination with a valid statewide
hunting license and compliance with applicable federal law, authorizes the holder to
take or pursue waterfowl and migratory shore or upland game birds;
(24)A pay lake license which authorizes the holder to operate privately owned
impounded waters for fishing purposes for which a fee is charged;
(25)A senior sportsman's hunting and fishing license, which authorizes the holder to
perform all acts valid under a sport fishing license, a sport hunting license, or a state
permit to take deer, turkey, trout, waterfowl, or migratory shore or upland game
birds, and which shall be available to a Kentucky resident who is sixty-five
years of age or older. The senior sportsman's hunting and fishing license shall not
be valid unless the holder carries proof of residency and proof of age, as the
department may require by administrative regulation, on his or her person while
performing an act authorized by the license;
(26)A senior lifetime sportsman's hunting and fishing license, which remains valid until
the death of the holder and authorizes the holder to perform all acts valid under a
sport fishing license, a sport hunting license, and a state permit to take deer, turkey,
trout, waterfowl, and migratory shore and upland game birds, and which shall be
available to a Kentucky resident who is sixty-five
(65)years of age or older;
(27)A disabled sportsman's hunting and fishing license, which authorizes the holder to
perform all acts valid under a sport fishing license, a sport hunting license, and a
state permit to take deer, turkey, trout, waterfowl, and migratory shore and upland
game birds, and which shall be available to a Kentucky resident who is:
(a)An American veteran at least fifty percent (50%) disabled as a result of a
service-connected disability; or
(b)Declared permanently and totally disabled by the federal Social Security
Administration, the United States Office of Personnel Management, the
Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, the Department of Workers' Claims
or its equivalent from another state, or the United States Railroad Retirement
Board.
The disabled sportsman's hunting and fishing license shall not be valid unless the
holder carries proof of residency, as the department may require by administrative
regulation, on his or her person while performing an act authorized by the license;
(28)A sportsman's license and youth sportsman's license for residents that include
annual hunting and fishing licenses and such permits as allowed by administrative
regulations promulgated by the department;
(29)A special license for residents and nonresidents for the purpose of hunting on
licensed shooting areas. This license shall be valid only for the shooting areas for
which it was issued and shall remain in effect for one
(1)year. If the hunter holds
either a nonresident or resident statewide hunting license for the current year, the
special license shall not be required;
(30)A resident outfitter license and a nonresident outfitter license, each of which
authorizes the holder to solicit for guiding services or provide guiding services for
clients in taking or attempting to take fish or wildlife and which may have a guide
authorized to assist clients on behalf of the license holder as prescribed by the
administrative regulations of the department; and
(31)A shooting range permit, which authorizes the holder to use both department-owned
or managed shooting ranges and affiliated partner shooting ranges. The department may offer multiyear licenses or permits for any of the annual licenses or permits authorized in subsections (1), (7), (9), (14), (15), (17), (18), (19), (23), and
(28)of this section. A multiyear license or permit shall authorize the holder to perform all acts authorized by the same license or permit if purchased annually and shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the administrative regulations promulgated hereunder. Any multiyear licenses or permits offered by the department relating to the annual licenses or permits authorized in subsections (1), (7), (9), (14), (15), (17), (18), (19), (23), and
(28)of this section shall be implemented by administrative regulation and may be discontinued at any time.