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Kentucky Elk Hunting Unit 3 (Elk Management Zone)

Elk Hunting Units and Deer Zones (elk) · Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

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Simplified for the web from the public layer of Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (source and terms). Units change with each season's regulations, and the legal boundary description in the regulations is what counts.

Legal shooting light this week

Kentucky's general big-game hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, worked out for the middle of the unit (37.024, -83.229) on local time. Times can be a minute or two off at the unit's edges.

Legal shooting light, sunrise and sunset for the next seven days
DayShooting light starts (EST)EndsSunriseSunset
6:27 AM6:03 PM6:56 AM5:33 PM
6:28 AM6:02 PM6:57 AM5:32 PM
6:29 AM6:01 PM6:58 AM5:31 PM
6:30 AM6:00 PM6:59 AM5:30 PM
6:31 AM5:59 PM7:00 AM5:29 PM
6:32 AM5:58 PM7:01 AM5:28 PM
6:34 AM5:58 PM7:03 AM5:28 PM

Turkey, waterfowl, some public lands and opening days have their own hours. Always check the Kentucky regulations for your species (where this rule comes from).

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Leatherwood, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

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Public domain

Free
Nolansburg, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Nolansburg, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

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Bledsoe, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Bledsoe, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

Free
Tilford, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Tilford, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

Free
Louellen, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Louellen, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

Free
Hazard South, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Hazard South, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

Free
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Hyden East, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

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Hoskinston, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Hoskinston, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Helton, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Helton, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Vicco, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Kentucky

Public domain

Free
Evarts, KY-VA — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Evarts, KY-VA — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Harlan, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Harlan, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

Free
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Hyden West, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Public domain

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Roxana, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Benham, KY-VA — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Wallins Creek, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Blackey, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Creekville, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Beverly, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

Beverly, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Hazard North, KY — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2022)

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Public domain

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Public domain

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