Turkey
Wild turkeys were reintroduced into Kansas in the 1960s, and the program has been a great success. Today, huntable populations of turkeys exist in nearly every county. The Rio Grande subspecies dominates the western two-thirds of the state. Low numbers in the southwest provide only limited hunting. Hybrid Rio Grande/Eastern birds are found in the northcentral region. The Eastern subspecies is common in the northeast and far southeast regions, where numbers have grown tremendously in recent years.
Dates: 10/01/2018 - 11/27/2018
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 crossbows
- Permit 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.
Dates: 12/10/2018 - 01/31/2019
- Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
- Legal Equipment: Shotguns using shot sizes 2-9; long, recurve or compound bows and crossbows.
- Permit 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.
Dates: 04/08/2019 - 04/16/2019
Spring Turkey - Archery Only
- Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
- Legal Equipment: Recurve or compound bows and crossbows.
- Permit Limit: Any individual who has purchased a spring turkey permit is eligible for one second turkey game tag. Spring game tags are valid for Units 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
- Bag Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag.
- Dogs may not be used in spring season.
Dates: 04/17/2019 - 05/31/2019
- Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
- Legal Equipment: Shotguns using shot sizes 2-9; long, recurve or compound bows and crossbows.
- Permit Limit: Any individual who has purchased a spring turkey permit is eligible for one second turkey game tag. Spring game tags are valid for Units 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
- Bag Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag.
- Dogs may not be used in spring season.
Dates: 04/01/2019 - 04/16/2019
Spring Turkey - Youth/Disabled
Use of crossbows for big game hunting by persons with disabilities - Application, Permit, and General Provisions
Wild turkey; legal equipment and taking methods.
Turkey - Fall Season, Bag Limit, and Permits.
Turkey; spring season, bag limit, permits and game tags.
Big Game and Wild Turkey - Permit Applications.
Big Game and Wild Turkey - General provisions
Click the link above for a searchable web map showing the 2018 Spring WIHA properties. Click on individual tracts to display walk-in property information. Zoom to areas by city or county name with the search box and choose from various base map options.
Use the free ArcGIS Explorer App to bring the WIHA tracts to your mobile device (data signal required). Once the app is installed on your device, search the Maps for "WIHA" and select the "KDWPT: 2017 Spring WIHA-Mobile" map.
Files and instructions for various location format options. Includes Garmin GPS, Google Earth/GE Mobile, and Point/Lat-Long .txt and .csv files.
Click on any of the map pages below to download individual pdf files.
On each map, all spring Walk-In Hunting Areas and public lands, including state and federally owned property, are marked. See the legend for color codes used to identify properties. Not all state and federally owned properties are open for public hunting. Consult local area information prior to accessing any of these properties.
Access dates for spring WIHA properties are either Sept 1 - May 31 or April 1 - May 31. Public hunting access to the WIHA properties is limited to the specified access period. Accessing the WIHA properties prior to or after the open access period is prohibited.
Please use the locater map above to select the part of Kansas that you want to hunt. To download a specific map page, click on the specific number on the map above. A download box will appear, asking if you want to open or save the PDF with the map details. Make your selection and print the maps. Maps are all the same scale (1:277,500) and can be taped together to create a large area map.
For information on reading the maps and other information in the Spring Hunting Atlas click on the General Spring Hunting Atlas Information PDF above or download the whole atlas by clicking on 2018 Spring Hunting Atlas .