LICENSE and PERMIT FEES
LICENSE / PERMIT FEES | Resident | Nonresident | |
LICENSES | Annual Fishing | $23 | $55 |
Joint Married Couple Annual Fishing | $42 | Not available | |
1-Day Fishing | $7 | $15 | |
3-Year Fishing (available online at fw.ky.gov only) | $55 | Not available | |
Nonresident 7-Day Fishing | Not available | $35 | |
Trout Permit | $10 | ||
Annual Hunting | $27 | $150 | |
1-Day Hunting (not valid for deer, elk, turkey or bear) | $7 | $25 | |
7-Day Hunting (not valid for deer, elk, turkey or bear) | Not available | $65 | |
Annual Youth Hunting (ages 12-15 only) | $6 | $10 | |
Shooting Area License (available online at fw.ky.gov only) | $5 | ||
Annual Trapping | $20 | $130 | |
Annual Landowner/Tenant Trapping | $10 | Not available | |
Annual Youth (ages 12-15) Trapping | $5 | Not available | |
COMBOS | Annual Combination Hunting/Fishing | $42 | Not available |
Senior/Disabled Sportsman’s License* (includes same license and permits as Resident Sportsman’s License, plus additional deer permits.) | $12 | Not available | |
Sportsman’s License* (Includes combination hunting/fishing license, state- wide deer permit, spring and fall turkey permits, state migratory game bird- waterfowl permit and trout permit.) | $95 | Not available | |
Youth (ages 12-15) Sportsman’s License* (Includes youth hunting license, youth deer permit and 2 youth turkey permits.) | $30 | Not available | |
DEER | Statewide Deer Permit (four deer) | $35 | $185 |
Youth (ages 12-15) Deer Permit (four deer) | $10 | $15 | |
Additional Deer Permit (two deer) | $15 | ||
BIRDS | Spring Turkey Permit (statewide) (two turkeys) | $30 | $85 |
Youth (ages 12-15) Turkey Permit (one turkey, spring or fall) | $10 | $15 | |
Fall Turkey Permit (statewide)(four turkeys) | $30 | $85 | |
Kentucky Migratory Bird/Waterfowl Permit | $15 | ||
Federal Duck Stamp (available at post offices and online at www.duckstamp.com) | $25 | ||
Pheasant Quota Hunt Permit (if drawn) | $25 | ||
Sandhill Crane Permit (quota hunt, apply in Sept. at fw.ky.gov) | $3 | $3 | |
ELK | Elk Drawing Application | $10 | |
Youth Elk Drawing Application | $10 | ||
Quota Bull Elk Firearm Permit (if drawn) | $100 | $550 | |
Quota Cow Elk Firearm Permit (if drawn) | $60 | $400 | |
Quota (either sex) Archery/Crossbow Permit (if drawn) | $100 | $550 | |
Quota Youth Elk Permit (if drawn; youth drawn for other permits pay full cost) | $30 | $200 | |
Out-of-Zone Elk Permit | $30 | $400 | |
BEAR | Bear Permit | $30 | $250 |
Youth Bear Permit | $10 | Not available | |
Bear Chase Permit | $30 | Not available | |
Youth Bear Chase Permit | $10 | Not available | |
AREAS | Ballard WMA 1-Day Waterfowl Permit | $15 | |
Peabody WMA User Permit | $15 | ||
Land Between The Lakes (LBL) Hunter Use Permit (other LBL permits available online at www.landbetweenthelakes.us) | $25 | ||
Otter Creek ORA Admission Fees (per person) (available online at fw.ky.gov) | Daily: $3, annual: $30, children under 12: free. | ||
Otter Creek ORA Special Activity Fees (per person, for use of horse trails, mountain bike trails and shooting range) (available online at fw.ky.gov) | Daily: $7, annual: $70 | ||
OTHER | Bobcat Permit (required for hunters) | Free | |
Temporary Hunter Education Exemption Permit (Hunter Apprentice Opportunity; available online at fw.ky.gov only) | Free (limited time only) | ||
Habitat Improvement and Public Access Donation (voluntary; available at fw.ky.gov only) | Any amount |