Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Warren County. Bowling Green is the Corvette city, a university and manufacturing town in the cave country of south-central Kentucky. Warren County dealers take transfers and Kentucky adds no permit or wait.
Pick an FFL dealer near you that accepts shipped transfers and name it at checkout. We confirm their license and ship the firearm to them. Ammunition, optics and parts ship straight to your door where Kentucky law allows.
Hunting licences, tags and season dates come from the state wildlife agency, not from the dealer; the dealer handles the firearm transfer described here. Kentucky has no purchase permit, no registration and no waiting period. Federal age limits apply: 21 for a handgun from a dealer, 18 for a long gun. The firearm ships to the Kentucky dealer you name, who charges their own transfer fee. The dealer runs the federal background check when you complete ATF Form 4473.
Dealers in these communities all work for Bowling Green-area buyers:
Kentucky has allowed permitless concealed carry since June 2019 for adults 21 and over who are not prohibited, and open carry is lawful. The concealed deadly weapon licence is still issued by the State Police through the Warren County Sheriff and adds reciprocity. Schools, courthouses, police stations and posted property remain off limits.
Kentucky's modern gun deer season opens on the second Saturday in November and runs sixteen days in Zones 1 and 2 and ten days in Zones 3 and 4. Centerfire rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders and handguns are legal statewide. Since March 2026 a free range permit is needed to shoot at Fish and Wildlife managed ranges.
Warren County is Zone 1 karst farmland with a sixteen-day modern gun season from the second Saturday in November; Barren River Lake's management area is the nearest big public ground.
Farm-country whitetail from stands and turkeys in the spring make this bolt-rifle and turkey-choke country; the state ranges now need a free permit.
These ranges are run by or officially listed by a state wildlife agency, a state forest or a national forest. Most ask for a hunting licence, a range permit or a small day fee, and hours change with the season, so check the agency page before you drive out to sight in.
Source: State wildlife agency, state forest and U.S. Forest Service public range listings, September 2026. Distances are approximate; call or check the agency site before you drive out.
Yes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Smiths Grove, Oakland, Plum Springs, Bowling Green or anywhere in Warren County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
No. The dealer runs the federal check when you complete ATF Form 4473 and you leave once it clears.
Yes, since 2019 for adults 21 and over who are not prohibited. Licences are still issued for travel.
Check the KDFWR zone map; Zones 1 and 2 get a sixteen-day gun season and Zones 3 and 4 ten days.
A bolt-action in .308, 6.5 Creedmoor or .243 covers deer anywhere it is legal; where the state restricts rifles to straight-walled cartridges, a .350 Legend or .450 Bushmaster.
Each dealer sets its own fee, commonly $20 to $75. Call before you order to confirm the price and that they accept firearms shipped from an online store.
General information, not legal advice. Rules current as of September 2026. See our buying guide and check with Kentucky State Police (concealed deadly weapon licences, applications via the Warren County Sheriff) or a local attorney about your own situation.