150.170 Requirement of hunting, fishing, trapping, or guide's license -- Exceptions -- Killing of wildlife causing damage -- Reciprocity with adjoining states. - Kentucky Statutes

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150.170 Requirement of hunting, fishing, trapping, or guide's license -- Exceptions -- Killing of wildlife causing damage -- Reciprocity with adjoining states. (1) Except as provided in the following subsections of this section, and subject to administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, no person, resident or
nonresident, shall do any act authorized by any kind of license or permit, or assist in
any way any person in doing any act provided for in this chapter with respect to
wildlife unless he holds the kind of license or permit, resident or nonresident, that
authorizes the act. It shall be the specific purpose of this chapter to prohibit the
taking or pursuing of any wildlife, protected or unprotected, or the fishing in any
stream or body of water whether public or private, without first procuring the
license provided for in KRS 150.175, except to the extent as may be otherwise
provided in this section. (2) A person under sixteen (16) years of age may, without a sport fishing license, take fish by angling, or take minnows by the use of a minnow seine, minnow trap, or dip
net. (3) A person under twelve (12) years of age shall be exempt from being required to obtain a sport hunting or sport trapping license as required by this chapter. (4) The resident owner of farmlands, his spouse, or dependent children, shall, without procuring any sport hunting or sport fishing licenses, have the right to take fish or
hunt during the open season, except trapping, on the farmlands of which they are
bona fide owners. Tenants or their dependent children residing upon these
farmlands shall have the same privilege. (5) Residents or nonresidents observing and participating in field trials, training exercises, or other competitions as authorized by the department may observe and
participate without obtaining a hunting or guide's license so long as game is not
taken. (6) Any resident serviceman on furlough of more than three (3) days in this state may, without any Kentucky sport hunting or sport fishing licenses, do any act authorized
by the licenses, but while so doing he shall carry on his person proper identification
and papers showing his furlough status. (7) Resident landowners, their spouses, or dependent children who kill or trap on their lands any wildlife causing damage to the lands or any personal property situated
thereon shall not be required to have a hunting or trapping license and may do so
during periods other than the open season for the particular species. Tenants or their
dependent children residing upon the lands, or other persons approved by the
commissioner, shall also have the same privilege. Upon destruction of any wildlife
by the above-specified individuals, the act shall be reported to the department or the
resident conservation officer for the proper disposition of the carcass. Individuals
wishing to use the carcass shall contact personnel of the department to request a
disposal tag or other authorizing document. (8) If a reciprocal agreement is entered into by the commissioner, with the approval of the commission, and promulgated as an administrative regulation by the department
and similar action is taken by the appropriate authority in Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, or Illinois, persons holding a resident or
nonresident fishing or a resident or nonresident hunting license issued in these states
shall be permitted to perform the acts authorized by the license upon certain
contiguous waters and land areas adjacent to the common boundaries of the above-
mentioned states and the State of Kentucky. A resident of the State of Kentucky
shall purchase a proper Kentucky license to conform with the reciprocal agreement. Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 274, sec. 1, effective March 1, 1999. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 133, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 99, effective April 4, 1994.