Kentucky Elk Hunt Application Deadline Extended Through May 2
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is extending the deadline to apply for a 2012 Kentucky elk hunting opportunity through Wednesday, May 2, because of a Monday night electrical storm that interrupted the state’s ability to process online application payments. Applications will now close at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern time) Wednesday, May 2.
The application period normally runs from Dec. 1 through midnight, April 30. However, state regulation allows for this period to be extended “if technical difficulties with the application system prevent applications from being accepted for one (1) or more days during the application period.”
Hunters may apply only online at the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website – fw.ky.gov.
E-Pay, the state’s payment processing application, went down at about 8:45 p.m. on Monday, April 30, leaving approximately 700 persons in the process of applying with no way to complete their transaction.
The elk lottery drawing for an elk permit is open to residents and non-residents.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, an agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, is responsible for the conservation of fish and wildlife resources and for boating projects in the state. A commissioner appointed by the Fish and Wildlife Commission heads the department. The commission, which is responsible for department policy, is a nine member bipartisan body appointed by the governor from a list of candidates voted upon by sportsmen's organizations in each of nine districts.
