Deer Season In November

During the month of November, what’s the most common title for a literature paper in a Kentucky high school English class?

Answer:  “MY FIRST DEER!” 

November is deer utopia month in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  In all 120 Kentucky counties you’ll find majestically-mounted bucks hanging proudly throughout Kentuckians’ garages, restaurants and dens.  And the deer found in Kentucky aren’t just the average deer found in other parts of the south – the Commonwealth’s deer weigh as much as 250 pounds.  For example, a Western Kentucky motorist hit an elk crossing the interstate and reported it to their insurance company as a deer.  Yep, that’s how big we grow them here in Kentucky!  

A Kentucky child bagging his first deer.

In every county throughout Kentucky you can arrange hunting opportunities through local outfitters, hunting clubs, land leasing agreements, and public land set aside by our Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.  In 1950 we had approximately 300,000 deer roaming our state.  Now, there are over 450,000.

We have so many deer in particular parts of our state that you can bag endless number of antlerless deer without getting into trouble with the authorities.  And, if you bag a deer and don’t want to take it home, you can donate it to the Kentucky Hunters For the Hungry.  In 2006 the KHFH had enough donated deer meat to feed over 2 million meals in the Commonwealth.

But for the true hunters, it’s not the antlerless deer we’re after; we’re after the big elusive buck.  I have no idea how the Boone and Crockett Method is used in scoring big bucks, but I do know this . . . If I ever bag a deer with room enough for me to sit between the antlers, that baby is going to hang in my family room no matter what the wife says!