Buck Fever
The annual deer quota hunt at Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area in McCreary and Pulaski Counties drew a visit from Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Commissioner Karl Clinard. Clinard visited the area and spoke to local hunters and campers. More than 130 hunters signed in for the weekend event and thirteen bucks were dropped. As deer were brought to the checkpoint station, U. S. Forest Service and KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife personnel stayed busy weighing, taking antler measurements, aging, surveying ticks, and taking samples from the deer to check for chronic wasting disease. The annual event is a time of comradery and camping for many. As one hunter on Goodin Ridge remarked, “It doesn’t matter if we get a deer. We’re just blessed to be outdoors!”
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- The Beaver Creek Fish and Wildlife Management Area crew (KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife) stayed busy with the annual Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area Deer Quota Hunt. Pictured (left to right) Earl Brown, George Corder, volunteer Kyle Burnett , Bill Ridner, and Schyler Ridner.
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- Franklin Reed of Eubank-117 pound, seven point buck
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- Nathan Wright of Pine Knot- 96 pound spike
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- Monty Shadoan of Bronston-136 pound, seven point buck
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- Twelve year old Blake Botts of Strunk is proud of his first buck-a four pointer weighing 122 pounds
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- Derrick Ridner of McCreary County-100 pound, eight point buck
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- Joshua Johnson of Burnside- four point buck, 95 pounds
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- Mark Perry of Eagle Road-ten point buck, 157 pounds
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- Charles Miles of Williamsburg-seven point buck, 138 pounds
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- Ken Lawson of Williamsburg-eight point buck, 120 pounds
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- Michael Miller of Somerset-eight point, 147 pounds
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- Bradley Spradlin of Marshes Siding-spike, 96 pounds
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- Tristan Bryant of Stearns, six point, 112 pounds
