# 301 KAR 2:015: 301 KAR 2:015. Feeding of wildlife > Kentucky · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_KAR_T301_C002_R015 ## Section - **Citation:** 301 KAR 2:015 - **Heading:** 301 KAR 2:015. Feeding of wildlife - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Kentucky Administrative Regulations / Title 301 (Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources) / Chapter 002 / 301 KAR 2:015 ## Text Section 1. Definitions. (1) "Captivity" means confinement by fence or other structure, or restraint intended to prevent escape. (2) "Curtilage of the home" means the area encompassing the grounds immediately surrounding any home or group of homes used in the daily activities of domestic life, and: (a) Might or might not be enclosed by a fence or other barrier; and (b) Includes areas occupied by captive cervids as established in 301 KAR 2:083 and wildlife held in captivity for rehabilitation purposes as established in 301 KAR 2:075 or held in captivity as established in 301 KAR 2:081 and 2:082. (3) "Feeding": (a) Means willingly, wantonly, or knowingly depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, millet, milo, safflower seed, sunflower seed, thistle, wheat, or other grain or any manufactured feed or food product to be consumed by wildlife; and (b) Does not mean the establishment and maintenance of plantings for wildlife, foods found scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural planting practices or harvesting practices, foods available to wildlife through normal agricultural practices of livestock feeding if the areas are occupied by livestock actively consuming the feed on a daily basis, or standing farm crops under normal agricultural practices. Section 2. Recreational Feeding of Wildlife. (1) Wildlife shall not be fed from March 1 through July 31, except as established in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. (2) Wildlife may only be fed year-round: (a) In public areas not open to legal hunting or trapping, unless otherwise prohibited by statute, administrative regulation, or municipal ordinance; (b) Within the curtilage of the home; and (c) In a zoo or other facility that lawfully keeps or exhibits wildlife for rehabilitation, rescue, or public viewing. (3) Fish may be fed year-round. Section 3. Chronic Wasting Disease nly be fed year-round: (a) In public areas not open to legal hunting or trapping, unless otherwise prohibited by statute, administrative regulation, or municipal ordinance; (b) Within the curtilage of the home; and (c) In a zoo or other facility that lawfully keeps or exhibits wildlife for rehabilitation, rescue, or public viewing. (3) Fish may be fed year-round. Section 3. Chronic Wasting Disease. In a department-designated Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Zone or Management Zone county, established on the department's Web site at fw.ky.gov, persons shall not bait or feed using grain, salt, mineral, or other ingested attractants, except: (1) Normal agricultural practices; (2) Wildlife food plots or plantings; (3) Bird feeders within the curtilage of the home; and (4) Furbearer trapping, except that trappers shall not use grain, salt, or mineral. ## Nearby sections - [301 KAR 2:015 301 KAR 2:015. Feeding of wildlife](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_KAR_T301_C002_R015.md) - [301 KAR 2:041 301 KAR 2:041. Shooting areas, dog training areas, commercial and noncommercial foxhound training enclosures, and bobwhite shoot-to-train season](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_KAR_T301_C002_R041.md) - [301 KAR 2:049 301 KAR 2:049. 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