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Kentucky's 2025-26 deer harvest was fifth highest on record
Hunters took 145,433 deer, the fifth-highest total ever, with 69.5% of bucks aged 2½ years or older and only 43.5% of harvests female, falling short of doe targets.
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Kentucky's 2025-26 deer harvest was fifth highest on record
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 23, 2026) — Hunters harvested 145,433 deer in Kentucky during the 2025-26 season, the fifth-highest reported total in history and 3,000 above the 10-year average. The recently completed 136-day season was noteworthy for a newly expanded October youth-only season, impressive success of hunters on public land, and a high percentage of harvested bucks estimated to be 2½ years old or older. But doe harvest goals, aimed at mainta…
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