Knox County, Kentucky
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Elk
- Group
- Eastern Mountains
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Black Bear — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 3
Draw odds for Black Beararen't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 804
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Eastern Wild Turkey — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 222
Draw odds for Eastern Wild Turkeyaren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for Black Bear, White-tailed Deer, Eastern Wild Turkey so far. Wild Turkey, Elk also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedKnox County occupies the southeastern Kentucky foothills where Appalachian ridges begin to soften toward the Cumberland Plateau, offering a mix of forested hillsides and agricultural bottomlands that supports abundant white-tailed deer. Wild turkey populations are strong throughout the county and Knox sits within Kentucky's elk restoration zone, adding one of the state's most coveted big game species to the menu. The Cumberland River corridor provides productive edge habitat that draws deer and turkey in a county that is underappreciated outside of the local hunting community.
Rolling to steep wooded ridges and creek drainages typical of the southeastern Kentucky Appalachian foothills; the Cumberland River corridor provides productive bottomland habitat adjacent to forested hillsides
Moderate — the county seat of Barbourville and proximity to Corbin bring some local hunting pressure, but extensive forested terrain spreads hunters across a large landscape
Over-the-counter archery and gun seasons; elk by annual draw for zone licensees
Knox County sits within the elk restoration zone, with draw permits available through KDFWR; wild turkey populations are strong across the mixed agricultural and forest habitat throughout the county
Access to elk draw tags on the southern edge of the restoration zone; productive turkey hunting in mixed agricultural and forest edge habitat throughout a county that is underrated among non-local hunters
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Knox County— or drop a tip or trick: access points, where game holds, glassing spots, conditions, crowding, gear that worked. This is where the unit's species-specific intel gets built, hunter by hunter.
Nothing posted yet about Knox County.
Be the first — ask a question (“Best public access on the north end?”) or share a tip (“Glass the burn scars off the main ridge at first light”).
Boundaries: KDFWR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.