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Meade County, Kentucky

Game found here
White-tailed DeerWild Turkey
Western CoalfieldsSee on map →0 questions

Unit info

Game species
White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
Group
Western Coalfields
Area
N/A
Public land
N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
Reported harvest
1,575

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
223

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 White-tailed Deer, Eastern Wild Turkey so far. Wild Turkey also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.

About this unit

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Meade County in north-central Kentucky borders the Ohio River and is dominated by Fort Knox, the U.S. Army installation that controls a vast swath of the county's interior. Outside the military reservation, hunters find rolling hardwood ridges and river-bottom habitat supporting good deer and turkey numbers. Public hunting access is severely constrained by Fort Knox, pushing pressure onto limited remaining accessible tracts outside the reservation.

Terrain & elevation

Ohio River floodplain, rolling hardwood ridges, Fort Knox reservation forests, agricultural pockets along county margins

Hunting pressure

High on limited public access areas; private land outside Fort Knox sees moderate pressure from landowner-permission hunters

Tags & permits

OTC statewide archery and gun tags; no antler restrictions in effect

Species & seasons

Turkey hunting decent in wooded ridges along county margins; limited waterfowl hunting along Ohio River bottomlands during migration

Highlights

Fort Knox functions as a de facto deer sanctuary, boosting adjacent private land buck numbers; Ohio River corridor provides classic bottomland deer hunting

Questions, tips & discussion

Ask anything about Meade 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.

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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.