Last minute stocking stuffers from Kentucky Fish and Wildlife

Posted December 15, 2011 at 2:21 pm

Many people have the habit of putting off Christmas shopping until the last minute. For those shoppers with an outdoors enthusiast on their list, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has several suggestions to help people out of their procrastination bind.

For children or grandchildren who will be in the 4th through 6th grade this summer, consider a week at a Kentucky Fish and Wildlife conservation camp. Summer camps offer kids the opportunity to swim, boat, shoot a bow and learn about Kentuckys natural world. Save $15 off the regular $215 price when you apply online at fw.ky.gov, the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website.

For the person who loves hunting and fishing, the sportsmans license is a great deal. This package license includes the statewide hunting and fishing licenses, spring and fall turkey permits, the statewide deer permit, the Kentucky waterfowl permit (which also covers all migratory bird hunting such as doves, woodcock and snipe) and a trout permit. The $95 sportsmans license available only to Kentucky residents, saves buyers $50 over the cost of buying each of these licenses and permits individually.

By adding a federal waterfowl permit, commonly called a duck stamp, a person can fish for all species and hunt everything but elk and bear.

The $30 resident combination license is a less expensive alternative which combines the statewide fishing and hunting licenses. The combination license offers a $10 savings over buying hunting and fishing licenses individually. The combination license allows the holder to hunt for squirrels, rabbits and small game.

The licenses are available online at fw,ky.gov, or wherever hunting and fishing items are sold.

What can you give a hunter who has everything? Buy that person a chance to hunt elk in Kentucky in 2012. Applications are $10 and available online at fw.ky.gov.

A Kentucky Afield magazine subscription makes a great gift for young and old alike. The $10 subscription includes four issues and the popular calendar. Subscribe online at fw.ky.gov.

Try visiting the Kentucky Afield Store at fw.ky.gov for even more gift ideas from Tim Farmer and the rest of the “Kentucky Afield” television crew. The store carries several ball caps with the “Kentucky Afield” logo emblazed on the front for $16. The store also offers the popular “Kentucky Afield Deer Processing” DVD for $13 that makes field dressing, deboning and preparing your venison easy. The store also offers the “Best of Kentucky Afield Fishing” DVD for $10.

Finally, the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation offers three limited edition prints signed and numbered by nationally renowned artist Rick Hill. Proceeds from sales help fund conservation education in Kentucky.

Prints include a life-sized painting of the world-record smallmouth bass caught in Kentucky; Kentuckys three black bass species; and an autumn scene of a trophy buck drinking from a pond.