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Current Seasons
Location: Sandhill Crane Unit
Daily bag limit: 3
Possession limit: 6
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 3
Possession limit: 9
Location: Units 2, 17 and 18
Antelope Season - Archery
Location: High Plains Unit - First Segment
Area open: High Plains Zone (see map )
Daily bag limit : 6
Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
Location: Low Plains Early Zone - First Segment
Area open: Early Zone (see map )
Daily bag limit : 6
Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
Location: Fort Riley
Elk Season - Firearm Season for Holders of Any-Elk Permits - Fort Riley
Location: Fort Riley
Location: Units 1,2,3,5,6 (Unit 4 CLOSED)
Fall Turkey - Archery/Shotgun
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sun- rise to sunset.Legal Equipment: Shotguns using shot sizes 2-9; long, recurve or compound bows and crossbowsPermit Limit: Each hunter may obtain no more than one turkey permit. Fall turkey permits are valid for both male and female turkeys. Dogs may be used in fall season. Bag Limit: One turkey, either sex, per permit.
Location: Fort Riley
Location: Statewide
Location: Unit(s) Specified on Permit
Elk Season Outside Fort Riley - Archery
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: The daily bag limit of 15 applies to mourning and white-winged doves, single species or in combination. There is no limit on Eurasian collared or ringed turtle doves, but any taken in addition to the mourning and white-winged dove daily bag must have a fully-feathered wing attached while being transported.
Possession limit: 45 (mourning and white-winged doves)
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 25
Possession limit: 75
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 8
Possession limit: 24
Location: Statewide
Area Open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 5
Possession limit: 20
Location: Statewide
Species : bobcat, opossum, raccoon, red fox, and gray fox.Legal hours for running furbearers is 24 hours daily. Furbearers cannot be killed or taken during the running season. A furharvester license is required to run furbearers. It is illegal to possess any firearm or other hunting or trapping equipment while pursuing these animals during the running season.
Location: Statewide
Season Dates (statewide): All yearSeason Limit: No limit
There is no closed season for trapping or hunting coyotes. Motor vehicles and radios in vehicles may be used to hunt coyotes only. Furharvester license is required to trap and sell; hunting license is required to hunt and sell.
Location: Statewide
(Eurasian collared and ringed turtle doves)
Area open: Statewide
Season: Year-round
Daily bag limit: There is no limit on Eurasian collared or ringed turtle doves, but any taken during the migratory dove season in addition to the mourning and white-winged dove daily bag must have a fully-feathered wing attached while being transported.
Location: Statewide
Cottontail & Jackrabbit Regular: All yearArea Open: StatewideDaily bag limit: 10Possession limit: 30
Upcoming Seasons
10/31/2020 - 11/01/2020
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 6 (including Brant)
Possession limit: 18
10/31/2020 - 01/03/2021
Location: Low Plains Late Zone - First Segment
Area open: Low Plains Late Zone (see map )
Daily bag limit : 6
Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
10/31/2020 - 11/01/2020
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 50
Possession limit: Unlimited
NOTE - Light geese may also be taken during the Light Goose Conservation Order. During this period, there will be no bag or possession limit on light geese. In addition, participants will be allowed to use unplugged shotguns and electronic calls and take light geese from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset during the period of the conservation order.
10/31/2020 - 01/03/2021
Location: Statewide
Area open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 2
Possession limit: 6
11/01/2020 - 11/30/2020
Location: Fort Riley
Go to All Seasons
KDWPT to Suspend Sales of Nonresident Turkey Permits
PRATT – In an effort to protect the health of Kansans and prevent the spread of COVID-19, Governor Laura Kelly, with the support of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), is suspending sales of general nonresident turkey permits effective immediately. The suspension is made possible via Executive Order No. 20-21, signed t ...
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KDWPT-managed Dove Fields Make Ideal Hunting Spots
PRATT – The 2019 Kansas dove hunting season begins September 1 and opportunity awaits. More than 50 fields managed specifically for dove hunting by Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) staff will open to the public beginning next week. See the complete list here: ksoutdoors.com/Hunting/Migratory-Birds/Dove2/2019-Fields-Manag ...
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Youth Dove Hunts Planned for Opening Day
PRATT – The 2019 dove season opens on Sept. 1 and there is no better time to introduce youth to hunting. Aside from a proper-fitting shotgun, a good supply of shotgun shells, and a mentor, special equipment isn’t needed. Better yet, you won’t have to battle the bitter winter temperatures that are sure to come with later hunting seasons.Several ...
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