Whitetail season takes the spotlight in this week’s Crittenden Press as hunters prepare for Kentucky’s modern gun deer season, opening Saturday, Nov. 14, and continuing through Nov. 29. This is the latest date the rifle season can open based on the current season-defining format.Crittenden County has a strong deer hunting tradition, ranking No. 1 statewide in total harvest in 2017, when hunters took 3,451 deer. The county’s harvest totaled 3,498 in 2019, but has declined each year since, falling to 2,484 in 2025 and ranking 11th statewide.The upcoming 16-day season is Kentucky’s biggest...

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