● Ranked from real Kentucky data · 2024-25 season
Highest deer harvest counties in Kentucky
Where Kentucky hunters actually kill deer, ranked by the state agency's own reported county harvest. Tags are over-the-counter — the question is where the deer are, and how much of that county you can hunt.
#1Hardin County3,545 deer14.6% public→#2Breckinridge County3,091 deer2.7% public→#3Christian County2,998 deer5.8% public→#4Hart County2,817 deer0.6% public→#5Graves County2,698 deer0.6% public→#6Shelby County2,692 deer0% public→#7Washington County2,663 deer0% public→#8Pendleton County2,642 deer0.3% public→#9Nelson County2,591 deer0.8% public→#10Hopkins County2,486 deer2.3% public→#11Crittenden County2,394 deer2.1% public→#12Pulaski County2,359 deer11.9% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by reported deer harvest per county from the state wildlife agency, shown alongside each county's huntable public-land share. High harvest + low public land means the deer are on private ground.
Data year: 2024-25 season. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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