With Kentucky’s fall hunting season beginning in mid-August, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a special, statewide “Hunter Education Day” on August 2.
The hope is to help prepare new hunters for a safe and successful experience in the field. The class includes training on hunter ethics, wildlife conservation, field care of game, first aid, firearm safety—if you participate in an in-person course, the last session will include a written test and a live-fire exercise. In an online course, the live-fire exercise will be available at a department-provided range day.
The department will offer 20 in-person Hunter Education classes and live-fire range days at convenient locations across Kentucky on Saturday, August 2.
To learn more about these Hunter Education opportunities and to register, visit the department’s Hunter Education webpage.
To legally hunt in Kentucky all hunters born on or after January 1, 1975, and age 12 or older, are required to have successfully completed a one-time hunter education course and have an un-expired hunting license appropriate for their hunting activity.