FRANKFORT, Ky. — With most other hunting seasons over, many hunters turn to small game at this time of year. Kentucky’s rabbit and quail populations have both declined due to large-scale ...

Out in the field on a rabbit hunt, a new project on Lake Barkley, and squirrel hunting.

Rabbit hunting with kids and dogs is hard to beat; Sauger fishing below dams is going to get better and better in the coming months; the Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Dept. doesn’t have an offseason ...

With most other hunting seasons over, many hunters turn to small game at this time of year. Kentucky’s rabbit and quail populations have both declined due to large-scale changes in agriculture ...

Kentucky’s fall hunting seasons kicked off Aug. 16, 2025, with the opening of the fall squirrel season. The season closes briefly on Nov. 8, 2025, for the start of modern gun season for deer, then ...

Rabbit and quail season opens Nov. 1 in southern, central and eastern Kentucky and Nov. 12 in west Kentucky. A good rabbit season is expected for the upcoming season, with the best rabbit hunting ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Small game hunters should find good conditions afield and plenty of rabbits since hunting began Nov. 1, in central and eastern Kentucky.

In the halcyon years of small game hunting in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky both rabbit and quail seasons started later and ended much earlier than they do today.