Metcalfe County, Kentucky
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
- Group
- Bluegrass & Northern
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 1,545
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
- 280
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
AI-compiled · sourcedMetcalfe County in south-central Kentucky offers a mix of rolling hardwood ridges, agricultural bottoms, and small farm woodlots that sustain healthy deer and turkey populations. The county lacks major public land but its patchwork of private farms and hollows creates varied habitat where mature bucks can find security cover year-round. Permission-based hunting dominates and the region sees lighter pressure than more accessible areas to the north.
Rolling hardwood ridges, agricultural bottomlands, small farm woodlots, limestone creek drainages, brushy hollow edges
Low to moderate; lighter pressure than Bluegrass counties due to rural character and limited public access
OTC statewide archery and gun tags; no antler restrictions in effect
Turkey hunting solid in mixed timber-agricultural landscape; small game including rabbit and squirrel hunting in hedgerows and woodlots
Underrated private-land deer hunting in a low-pressure rural setting; transitional terrain between the Bluegrass and the Pennyrile creates diverse edge habitat
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Metcalfe 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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Boundaries: KDFWR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.