Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 150.361 — Taking game with a firearm during bow season prohibited

(1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall knowingly take game with a firearm during bow season.

(2) This section shall not apply to a person who:

(a) Uses a firearm permitted by law to take game permitted by law to be taken during bow season; or

(b) Kills, attempts to kill, wounds, or attempts to wound an animal in self-defense, in defense of another person, or in defense of property, or as provided in KRS 150.172.