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Over 9,000 people seek 10 spots in Ky.'s first elk hunt in 150 years.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAZARD, KENTUCKY -- Time is running out for people to enter the drawing for Kentucky's first elk hunt in about 150 years.
Jon Gassett, head of the elk reintroduction program in the state, said the drawing to select 10 people for the hunt is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday in Hazard.
As of yesterday afternoon, 9,063 people had paid $10 to enter the drawing. Additional entries will be accepted until 3 p.m. Saturday, Gassett said.
Money raised from the drawing will be used to further bolster the state's elk herd.
Free-ranging elk were reintroduced to Kentucky for the first time in more than a century in 1997. The state's elk population is now about 1,500.
Aside from the 10 permits being selected in the random drawing, one permit was given to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which has contributed $1.2 million to the project, and another to the Shikar-Safari Club International, which has contributed $200,000.
The purpose of the 2001 elk hunting season is to remind people of the elk hunters' role in bringing the animals to Kentucky, but also to generate revenue for the project.
Six bulls and six cows will be taken. To be eligible to win the drawing, hunters must have a Kentucky hunting license.
The state has set the first week of October as bull season. The first week of December will be cow season.
More info at this link http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/fw/elkpage.htm
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAZARD, KENTUCKY -- Time is running out for people to enter the drawing for Kentucky's first elk hunt in about 150 years.
Jon Gassett, head of the elk reintroduction program in the state, said the drawing to select 10 people for the hunt is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday in Hazard.
As of yesterday afternoon, 9,063 people had paid $10 to enter the drawing. Additional entries will be accepted until 3 p.m. Saturday, Gassett said.
Money raised from the drawing will be used to further bolster the state's elk herd.
Free-ranging elk were reintroduced to Kentucky for the first time in more than a century in 1997. The state's elk population is now about 1,500.
Aside from the 10 permits being selected in the random drawing, one permit was given to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which has contributed $1.2 million to the project, and another to the Shikar-Safari Club International, which has contributed $200,000.
The purpose of the 2001 elk hunting season is to remind people of the elk hunters' role in bringing the animals to Kentucky, but also to generate revenue for the project.
Six bulls and six cows will be taken. To be eligible to win the drawing, hunters must have a Kentucky hunting license.
The state has set the first week of October as bull season. The first week of December will be cow season.
More info at this link http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/fw/elkpage.htm
