(1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall knowingly take game with a firearm during bow season.
(2) This section shall not apply to a person who:

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.361

  • Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. 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

(a) Uses a firearm permitted by law to take game permitted by law to be taken during bow season; or
(b) Kills, attempts to kill, wounds, or attempts to wound an animal in self- defense, in defense of another person, or in defense of property, or as provided in KRS § 150.172.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010.