Kentucky Statutes 150.360 – Restrictions on taking of wildlife — Discharge of weapon across public roadway prohibited
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(1) No person shall take any wildlife, whether protected by this chapter or not, except by trapping, snaring, gig, crossbow, bow and arrow, hook and line, nets, gun, gun and dog, dog, falconry, or as expressly prescribed by regulation.
(2) Shotguns used in the taking of wildlife, protected or unprotected, shall not be larger than 10-gauge and shall be fired from the shoulder. No wildlife, except deer or light geese during a light geese conservation order, protected or unprotected, shall be taken with or by means of any automatic loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than three (3) shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a one (1) piece filler incapable of removal through the loading end, in such manner as to reduce the capacity of the gun to not more than three (3) shells at one (1) time in the magazine and chamber combined.
(3) No person shall take or attempt to take any wildlife, protected or unprotected, from an automobile, or other vehicle, unless prescribed by regulation. Boats may be used except as prohibited by state or federal regulation.
(4) No person shall discharge any firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow or other similar device, upon, over, or across any public roadway.
(5) No person shall take wildlife, except opossum, raccoon, fishes and frogs, with lights or other means designed to make wildlife visible at night.
(6) Coyotes may be taken at night with or without the use of lights or other means designed to make wildlife visible at night, as established by administrative regulation.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 7, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2013 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
474, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 13, effective June
17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 18. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch.
200, sec. 48. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 14. — Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 9. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 37. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1954d-56,
1954d-60.
(2) Shotguns used in the taking of wildlife, protected or unprotected, shall not be larger than 10-gauge and shall be fired from the shoulder. No wildlife, except deer or light geese during a light geese conservation order, protected or unprotected, shall be taken with or by means of any automatic loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than three (3) shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a one (1) piece filler incapable of removal through the loading end, in such manner as to reduce the capacity of the gun to not more than three (3) shells at one (1) time in the magazine and chamber combined.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.360
- Administrative regulation: means a written regulation promulgated, pursuant to
KRS Chapter 13A, by the commissioner with the approval of the commission. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - Device: means any article, instrument, or equipment of whatever nature or kind which may be used to take wild animals, wild birds, or fishes. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Light geese: means snow geese and Ross's geese. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Light geese conservation order: means a wildlife management action needed to control populations of light geese for a period of time established pursuant to 50
C. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - Public roadway: includes rural roads, highways, bridges, bridge approaches, city streets, viaducts, and bridges which are normally traveled by the general public and are under the jurisdiction of a state, federal, county, or municipal agency. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Take: includes pursue, shoot, hunt, wound, catch, kill, trap, snare, or capture wildlife in any way and any lesser act designed to lure, attract, or entice for these purposes. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Wildlife: means any normally undomesticated animal, alive or dead, including without limitations any wild mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or other terrestrial or aquatic life, whether or not possessed in controlled environment, bred, hatched, or born in captivity and including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, protected or unprotected by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
(3) No person shall take or attempt to take any wildlife, protected or unprotected, from an automobile, or other vehicle, unless prescribed by regulation. Boats may be used except as prohibited by state or federal regulation.
(4) No person shall discharge any firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow or other similar device, upon, over, or across any public roadway.
(5) No person shall take wildlife, except opossum, raccoon, fishes and frogs, with lights or other means designed to make wildlife visible at night.
(6) Coyotes may be taken at night with or without the use of lights or other means designed to make wildlife visible at night, as established by administrative regulation.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 7, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2013 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
474, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 13, effective June
17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 18. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch.
200, sec. 48. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 14. — Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 9. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 37. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1954d-56,
1954d-60.