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Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources News Release

August 7, 2007                                               
Contact: Lee McClellan
1-800-852-0942, ext. 330

Sign-ups for mentor/youth dove fields Aug. 13-24
 
Frankfort, Ky. – Sign-ups for the popular mentor/youth dove hunts will begin next week. Each fall, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources contracts with landowners to provide leased dove hunting fields for the public to enjoy. Seven of these fields will be closed to the general public on Sept. 1, the opening day of dove season, for mentor/youth hunting. These hunts give hunters ages 15 and under a chance to experience the exhilaration of an early season dove hunt with an adult mentor.

Hunters must pre-register for these hunts by calling 1-800-858-1549 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from Aug. 13-24. Mentor/youth dove fields re-open Sept. 3 for general public hunting.

A 21-acre field at the West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near Paducah in McCracken County will host one of these hunts as will a field at the Higginson-Henry WMA in Union County. A 20-acre field north of Bloomfield at the Nelson/Spencer County line will hold a mentor/youth hunt in addition to a 20-acre field near Fredricktown in Washington County. Interested hunters may also sign-up to hunt a 20-acre field south of Greensburg in Green County or a 20-acre field near Cedar Creek Lake in Lincoln County. The Bluegrass Army Depot in Madison County will host one of these hunts. A background check and advance registration is required to participate in the Bluegrass Army Depot hunt. 

An adult mentor may take two youths on these hunts and both the adult and the mentor may hunt. Participants are assigned a shooting location.

Hunter education and licensing requirements apply to the mentor/youth dove hunts. For more information on these hunts, consult the 2007 Kentucky Hunting Guide for Dove, Wood Duck, Teal, Woodcock, Snipe and Crow available on the internet at fw.ky.gov and soon available wherever hunting licenses are sold.

Hunter education is required for all hunters born on or after January 1, 1975, except kids under 12 and hunters who are license exempt. However, a one-time temporary hunter education exemption permit is available for $5 online, which allows hunting for one year from the date of purchase without a hunter education card while accompanied by a legal adult hunter. Log on to fw.ky.gov to find a hunter education course near you, or to purchase an exemption permit.

 

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The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) manages, regulates, enforces and promotes responsible use of all fish and wildlife species, their habitats, public wildlife areas and waterways for the benefit of those resources and for public enjoyment. KDFWR, an agency of the Commerce Cabinet, has an economic impact to the state of $4.8 billion annually. For more information on KDFWR, visit our web site at fw.ky.gov.

 

 

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