A hunting license is required to take certain amphibians and reptiles.

Hunting season is open year-round and no more than five total of any combination of amphibian may be possessed per person or domicile, whichever is reached first, and no more than five reptiles and no more than two individuals of any reptile species per person and/or domicile, whichever is reached first.

For the purpose of this regulation (KAR 115-20-2), "domicile" shall mean the address you declare in legal documents to pay taxes, receive social security, vote, bank, permanent abode, and register vehicles and animals.

The take of bullfrogs, common snapping turtles, and softshell turtles requires a fishing license and is covered under fishing regulations.

No threatened, endangered, or species in need of conservation can be taken with a hunting license.

Call our Pratt Operations Office at 620-672-5911 for more information.

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• A hunting license is required to take ground squirrels, woodchucks, kangaroo rats, wood rats, armadillos, porcupines, feral pigeons, starlings, house sparrows, rodents, and certain amphibians and reptiles. Season is open year-round. There is no possession limit except on amphibians and reptiles – five of any one species.
• Kansas residents do not need a hunting license to take moles or gophers.
• The take of bullfrogs, common snapping turtles, and softshell turtles requires a fishing license and is covered under fishing regulations.
• Commercial harvest of prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis viridis) at special rattlesnake roundups is required. If you already have a valid Kansas hunting license, the permit is $7.50.If you do not have a valid hunting license, the permit is $22.50. Prairie rattlesnakes may be taken only by hand, snake hook, or snake catcher. No other rattlesnake species may be taken commercially. Timber rattlesnakes are protected. 

Call our Pratt Operations Office at 620-672-5911 for more information.

Get your hunting license here.