Kentucky Deer Harvest Numbers Indicate It Was a Good Season

After Kentucky’s deer harvest totals fell below the 10-year average in 2021, the Bluegrass state notched its fourth-best season ever in 2022.

For the 2021 season, Kentucky saw 132,296 deer harvested, including 75,158 bucks (57%). Those numbers saw a sharp increase in 2022, with 144,504 deer harvested. Of those, 79,167 were bucks (55%) and 65,337 were does (45%).

The top 10 counties were:
1. Christian - 3,471 deer; 1,765 bucks
2. Hardin - 3,393 deer; 1,781 bucks
3. Shelby - 2,929 deer; 1,419 bucks
4. Breckinridge - 2,864 deer; 1,528 bucks
5. Pendleton - 2,816 deer; 1,299 bucks
6. Crittenden - 2,707 deer; 1,297 bucks
7. Hart - 2,701 deer; 1,360 bucks
8. Washington - 2,700 deer; 1,315 bucks
9. Nelson - 2,618 deer; 1,267 bucks
10. Grayson - 2,615 deer; 1,266 bucks

The bottom five counties were:
1. Menifee - 202 deer; 179 bucks
2. Fayette - 247 deer; 146 bucks
3. Martin - 273 deer; 231 bucks
4. Bourbon - 274 deer; 178 bucks
5. Owsley - 286 deer; 225 bucks

The top five public land areas:
1. Daniel Boone NF - 1,098 deer; 771 bucks
2. Fort Knox - 890 deer; 494 bucks
3. Peabody WMA - 809 deer; 393 bucks
4. Land Between the Lakes - 482 deer; 319 bucks
5. Barren River Lake WMA - 158 deer; 73 bucks

Below is deer harvest totals for all Kentucky counties, according to KDFWR:

County	Male	Female	Total	% Male	% Female	Male Visible	Male Not Visible	Archery	Firearm	Muzzleloader	Crossbow
Adair	912	686	1598	57.10%	42.90%	824	88	169	1155	78	196
Allen	869	626	1495	58.10%	41.90%	804	64	114	1158	97	126
Anderson	1001	929	1930	51.90%	48.10%	879	122	229	1355	201	145
Ballard	290	264	554	52.30%	47.70%	258	32	46	463	24	21
Barren	741	648	1389	53.30%	46.70%	667	74	124	1065	94	106
Bath	473	295	768	61.60%	38.40%	448	25	69	606	44	49
Bell	405	137	542	74.70%	25.30%	398	7	64	347	69	62
Boone	703	716	1419	49.50%	50.50%	585	118	192	950	113	164
Bourbon	178	96	274	65%	35%	172	6	30	202	22	20
Boyd	449	355	804	55.80%	44.20%	413	36	113	547	47	97
Boyle	283	166	449	63%	37%	254	29	48	327	24	50
Bracken	836	883	1719	48.60%	51.40%	728	108	145	1270	151	153
Breathitt	303	63	366	82.80%	17.20%	297	6	28	284	30	24
Breckinridge	1528	1336	2864	53.40%	46.60%	1332	195	240	2216	203	205
Bullitt	958	834	1792	53.50%	46.50%	816	142	266	1138	162	226
Butler	870	671	1541	56.50%	43.50%	805	65	162	1151	62	166
Caldwell	952	900	1852	51.40%	48.60%	862	90	202	1395	146	109
Calloway	872	869	1741	50.10%	49.90%	778	94	153	1334	143	111
Campbell	462	553	1015	45.50%	54.50%	382	80	122	631	85	177
Carlisle	349	365	714	48.90%	51.10%	318	31	52	589	47	26
Carroll	360	360	720	50%	50%	309	51	66	517	72	65
Carter	750	495	1245	60.20%	39.80%	682	68	125	945	87	88
Casey	784	497	1281	61.20%	38.80%	710	74	96	1002	81	102
Christian	1765	1706	3471	50.80%	49.20%	1554	211	385	2597	246	243
Clark	254	119	373	68.10%	31.90%	237	17	36	288	26	23
Clay	590	135	725	81.40%	18.60%	574	16	79	504	47	95
Clinton	329	137	466	70.60%	29.40%	323	6	88	273	45	60
Crittenden	1297	1410	2707	47.90%	52.10%	1145	152	295	2066	142	204
Cumberland	537	445	982	54.70%	45.30%	495	42	102	675	83	122
Daviess	513	420	933	55%	45%	451	62	120	682	43	88
Edmonson	437	258	695	62.90%	37.10%	402	35	85	480	46	84
Elliott	265	141	406	65.30%	34.70%	251	14	37	323	27	19
Estill	368	210	578	63.70%	36.30%	344	24	53	439	47	39
Fayette	146	101	247	59.10%	40.90%	136	10	44	141	18	44
Fleming	563	369	932	60.40%	39.60%	501	62	66	739	71	56
Floyd	438	78	516	84.90%	15.10%	422	16	35	383	51	47
Franklin	629	622	1251	50.30%	49.70%	568	61	153	819	135	144
Fulton	203	144	347	58.50%	41.50%	184	19	9	305	25	8
Gallatin	382	394	776	49.20%	50.80%	325	57	65	561	86	64
Garrard	380	220	600	63.30%	36.70%	347	33	60	430	45	65
Grant	890	833	1723	51.70%	48.30%	795	94	149	1326	126	122
Graves	1033	1257	2290	45.10%	54.90%	906	126	194	1854	147	95
Grayson	1266	1349	2615	48.40%	51.60%	1096	170	211	2024	160	220
Green	1072	996	2068	51.80%	48.20%	967	105	158	1626	134	150
Greenup	715	508	1223	58.50%	41.50%	650	65	136	911	91	85
Hancock	353	338	691	51.10%	48.90%	299	54	56	549	36	50
Hardin	1781	1612	3393	52.50%	47.50%	1530	251	422	2370	264	337
Harlan	373	84	457	81.60%	18.40%	370	3	34	335	50	38
Harrison	826	773	1599	51.70%	48.30%	732	94	154	1182	121	142
Hart	1360	1341	2701	50.40%	49.60%	1203	157	247	1973	189	292
Henderson	706	747	1453	48.60%	51.40%	633	73	181	1062	83	127
Henry	841	866	1707	49.30%	50.70%	719	122	165	1261	145	136
Hickman	251	254	505	49.70%	50.30%	222	29	26	444	19	16
Hopkins	1352	1257	2609	51.80%	48.20%	1216	136	340	1853	141	275
Jackson	582	181	763	76.30%	23.70%	568	14	71	529	73	90
Jefferson	620	614	1234	50.20%	49.80%	526	94	267	635	78	254
Jessamine	241	180	421	57.20%	42.80%	217	24	61	280	25	55
Johnson	376	224	600	62.70%	37.30%	343	33	54	474	38	34
Kenton	457	544	1001	45.70%	54.30%	366	91	164	638	68	131
Knott	485	147	632	76.70%	23.30%	474	11	39	439	97	57
Knox	548	164	712	77%	23%	526	22	112	438	61	101
LaRue	543	492	1035	52.50%	47.50%	489	54	91	779	80	85
Laurel	743	632	1375	54%	46%	655	88	199	861	96	219
Lawrence	564	360	924	61%	39%	524	40	82	690	94	58
Lee	261	50	311	83.90%	16.10%	258	3	28	218	28	37
Leslie	376	97	473	79.50%	20.50%	362	14	37	339	53	44
Letcher	416	111	527	78.90%	21.10%	412	4	55	369	43	60
Lewis	798	546	1344	59.40%	40.60%	721	77	112	1040	97	95
Lincoln	686	602	1288	53.30%	46.70%	591	95	163	938	81	106
Livingston	816	897	1713	47.60%	52.40%	711	105	154	1295	133	131
Logan	1065	934	1999	53.30%	46.70%	981	84	270	1480	94	155
Lyon	655	513	1168	56.10%	43.90%	591	64	184	774	66	144
McCracken	504	526	1030	48.90%	51.10%	434	70	121	789	29	91
McCreary	387	120	507	76.30%	23.70%	376	11	83	307	34	83
McLean	418	471	889	47%	53%	357	61	98	675	53	63
Madison	461	311	772	59.70%	40.30%	435	26	76	539	86	71
Magoffin	244	57	301	81.10%	18.90%	238	6	32	224	31	14
Marion	815	675	1490	54.70%	45.30%	762	53	119	1137	99	135
Marshall	580	507	1087	53.40%	46.60%	513	67	105	860	64	58
Martin	231	42	273	84.60%	15.40%	229	2	22	199	28	24
Mason	528	497	1025	51.50%	48.50%	483	45	129	694	85	117
Meade	702	596	1298	54.10%	45.90%	615	87	197	851	117	133
Menifee	179	23	202	88.60%	11.40%	176	3	25	141	18	18
Mercer	693	618	1311	52.90%	47.10%	621	72	166	899	101	145
Metcalfe	747	686	1433	52.10%	47.90%	678	69	104	1107	126	96
Monroe	594	510	1104	53.80%	46.20%	542	52	76	879	85	64
Montgomery	262	166	428	61.20%	38.80%	240	22	33	334	27	34
Morgan	408	210	618	66%	34%	386	22	46	492	38	42
Muhlenberg	1166	1176	2342	49.80%	50.20%	1029	137	255	1666	182	239
Nelson	1267	1351	2618	48.40%	51.60%	1084	183	268	1914	205	231
Nicholas	450	344	794	56.70%	43.30%	408	42	75	554	88	77
Ohio	1258	1081	2339	53.80%	46.20%	1109	149	240	1791	134	174
Oldham	402	401	803	50.10%	49.90%	354	48	118	509	62	114
Owen	1120	1163	2283	49.10%	50.90%	961	159	185	1732	221	145
Owsley	225	61	286	78.70%	21.30%	216	9	18	204	40	24
Pendleton	1299	1517	2816	46.10%	53.90%	1096	203	205	2144	248	219
Perry	492	173	665	74%	26%	483	9	59	460	59	87
Pike	987	252	1239	79.70%	20.30%	969	18	136	887	109	107
Powell	190	108	298	63.80%	36.20%	174	16	43	220	17	18
Pulaski	1289	925	2214	58.20%	41.80%	1168	121	284	1493	144	293
Robertson	417	316	733	56.90%	43.10%	368	49	69	525	79	60
Rockcastle	483	100	583	82.80%	17.20%	464	19	47	408	53	75
Rowan	346	176	522	66.30%	33.70%	321	25	54	395	38	35
Russell	367	90	457	80.30%	19.70%	360	7	50	309	33	65
Scott	617	534	1151	53.60%	46.40%	544	73	166	731	110	144
Shelby	1419	1510	2929	48.40%	51.60%	1259	160	309	2083	282	255
Simpson	326	212	538	60.60%	39.40%	311	15	84	378	26	50
Spencer	953	833	1786	53.40%	46.60%	802	150	242	1187	139	218
Taylor	737	687	1424	51.80%	48.20%	667	70	181	1004	94	145
Todd	881	879	1760	50.10%	49.90%	771	110	221	1305	102	132
Trigg	1196	1123	2319	51.60%	48.40%	1054	142	315	1600	185	219
Trimble	332	358	690	48.10%	51.90%	279	53	57	517	69	47
Union	527	599	1126	46.80%	53.20%	459	68	252	736	43	95
Warren	891	595	1486	60%	40%	839	52	185	1036	81	184
Washington	1315	1385	2700	48.70%	51.30%	1169	146	302	1967	205	226
Wayne	678	427	1105	61.40%	38.60%	632	46	138	723	92	152
Webster	1006	1123	2129	47.30%	52.70%	835	171	239	1581	98	211
Whitley	743	201	944	78.70%	21.30%	727	16	118	633	77	116
Wolfe	214	125	339	63.10%	36.90%	201	13	31	270	22	16
Woodford	346	341	687	50.40%	49.60%	316	30	110	451	51	75
	Male	Female	Total	% Male	% Female	Male Visible	Male Not Visible	Archery	Firearm	Muzzleloader	Crossbow
Total	79167	65337	144504	54.80%	45.20%	71147	8015	15671	104878	10685	13270

4 Comments

Stephen Pickett says:

January 19, 2023 at 3:44 pm

Lots of deer harvested but I think deer season is way too long other hunters like to hunt other game as well and deer hunters don’t want anyone else out there when deer season is in.my suggestion is start deer gun season the last week of October and close the second week of November. November is the best hunting for most game
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