In about 6 hours the annual Kentucky Gun Season opens for the next 16 days. Although one of the shorter seasons in the southeast, Kentucky is home to a great population of quality deer. In 2011, the state recorded one of the highest number of trophy whitetails in the country. Great wildlife practices and controls have taken the population from near extinction in the early 1970s to a thriving population by the mid 1990s. In just the last few years the modern firearms season has been expanded from 10 days to 16 days and the number of tags issued has increased as well.
The quota hunts across the state are run very well and provide all hunters an opportunity to take home a whitetail. Ample public land is open throughout the firearms season as well.
The weather forecast has the temperatures above average for the first few days of the season., but returns to seasonal averages around Day 4 of the season. Unfortunately, with a shorter season than most states in the southeast, get out early and get out often. Please remember to check your local regulations and be safe while in the woods.
Good luck to all of the Kentucky hunters! Maybe you will be one of the fortunate ones to take home a quality whitetail this season.
Dirt Road Dispatch 
Was warm and windy in Kentucky. Not a lot of deer moving. Saw a top-ten-my-sightings buck Saturday morning at 220 yards and brush screened. Sunday with a hatchet removed the brush screen. Looks like pissed off beavers cut a path, Rained hard today. Temps dropping….maybe good movement to come!!