I am thinking about putting into the draw for a KY elk tag.


Has anyone here ever hunted KY for elk?

If so, what was the hunt like?

I'm guessing it won't be very crowded. Isn't that a really hard tag to get?

Its a hard draw. I think they issue fewer than 1500 total elk tags.

Very tough draw. But it's only $10 for the lottery so why not? They have 4 different tags you can apply for:
Archery cow
Rifle cow
Archery bull
Rifle bull

And only the drawn hunter can use the tag. No selling or letting a family member use it.

From the pictures I have seen of the elk coming out of Kentucky, I may put in for one of those bull tags too.

It will be worth the long odds for a $10.00 investment.

Who knows I might be the pig that finds the truffle.

By all accounts pulling the tag is the only hard part. Only guy that i know who pulled a tag said it was an easy hunt as at that time F&W guys pulled it out with a tractor so they could run a ton of test/measurements on it. That was very early on. I don't think the state guys are that bad anymore, but the one guy I know who guides said they always had a choice of which animal to shoot.

That's good information. Thanks.

WOW, imo that's a lot of tags.

I just left the AGFC site and from the best I could count, Ark issued 51 tags ALL TOGETHER for 2011.

You might want to check that fewer than 1500 #.