By Art Lander Jr., Kentucky Afield Outdoors
From Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
FRANKFORT, KY – The first hunting season of the fall opens in about two weeks.
Kentucky's fall squirrel season, a 192-day split season that kicks off the calendar of fall hunting, opens on Aug. 20 and continues through Nov. 11. The season opens again Nov. 14 and runs through Feb. 29, 2012.
The daily bag limit is six squirrels.
Ben Robinson, small game biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, said the outlook for the season is excellent.
"Last fall we had a really good mast (nut) crop, particularly the red and...