Issue 35 - 08-28-2025 | Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks | Permanent Administrative Regulations

Volume 44 - Issue 35 - August 28, 2025

State of Kansas

Department of Wildlife and Parks

Permanent Administrative Regulations

Article 2.—FEES, REGISTRATIONS AND OTHER CHARGES

115-2-1. Amount of fees. The following fees and discounts shall be in effect for the following licenses, permits, and other issues of the department: (a) Hunting licenses and permits.

Resident hunting license (valid for one year from date of purchase) $25.00
Resident hunting license (valid for five years from date of purchase) 100.00
Resident senior hunting license (valid for one year from date of purchase, 65 years of age through 74 years of age) 12.50
Resident senior hunting license (valid for five years from date of purchase, 65 years of age through 74 years of age) 50.00
Resident youth hunting license (one-time purchase, valid from 16 years of age through 20 years of age, expiring at the end of that calendar year) 40.00
Nonresident hunting license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 125.00
Nonresident junior hunting license (under 16 years of age) 40.00
Resident big game hunting permit:
General resident: either-sex elk permit 300.00
General resident: antlerless-only elk permit 150.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): either-sex elk permit 125.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): antlerless-only elk permit 50.00
Landowner/tenant: either-sex elk permit 150.00
Landowner/tenant: antlerless-only elk permit 75.00
Hunt-on-your-own-land: either-sex elk permit 150.00
Hunt-on-your-own-land: antlerless-only elk permit 75.00
General resident: deer permit 40.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): deer permit 10.00
General resident: antlerless-only deer permit 20.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): antlerless-only deer permit 7.50
Landowner/tenant: deer permit 20.00
Hunt-on-your-own-land: deer permit 20.00
Special hunt-on-your-own-land: deer permit 40.00
General resident: antelope permit 50.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): antelope permit 10.00
Landowner/tenant: antelope permit 25.00
Antelope preference point service charge 10.00
Any-deer preference point service charge 10.00
Application fee for elk permit 10.00
Wild turkey permit:
General resident: turkey permit (1-bird limit) 25.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): turkey permit (1-bird limit) 5.00
Resident landowner/tenant: turkey permit (1-bird limit) 12.50
Nonresident: fall turkey permit (1-bird limit) 50.00
Nonresident tenant: fall turkey permit (1-bird limit) 25.00
Nonresident: spring turkey permit (1-bird limit) 75.00
Nonresident tenant: spring turkey permit (1-bird limit) 30.00
Nonresident youth (under 16 years of age): turkey permit (1-bird limit) 10.00
Resident: turkey preference point service charge 5.00
Nonresident: turkey permit application fee 10.00
Wild turkey game tag:
Resident: turkey game tag (1-bird limit) 15.00
Resident youth (under 16 years of age): turkey game tag (1-bird limit) 5.00
Nonresident: turkey game tag (1-bird limit) 30.00
Nonresident youth (under 16 years of age): turkey game tag (1-bird limit) 10.00
Spring wild turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit, must be purchased before April 1 of year of use):
General resident: turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit) 35.00
General resident youth (under 16 years of age): turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit) 10.00
Resident landowner/tenant: turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit) 17.50
Nonresident: turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit) 85.00
Nonresident tenant: turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit) 42.50
Nonresident youth (under 16 years of age): turkey permit and game tag combination (2-bird limit) 20.00
Nonresident big game hunting permit:
Nonresident hunt-on-your-own-land: deer permit 85.00
Nonresident tenant: deer permit 85.00
Nonresident: deer permit (antlered deer) 400.00
Nonresident youth (under 16 years of age): deer permit (antlered deer) 75.00
Nonresident: deer permit (antlerless only) 50.00
Nonresident: combination 2-deer permit (antlered deer and antlerless white-tailed deer) 450.00
Nonresident youth (under 16 years of age): combination 2-deer permit (antlered deer and antlerless white-tailed deer) 90.00
Nonresident: antelope permit (archery only) 300.00
Nonresident tenant: antelope permit 85.00
Nonresident youth (under 16 years of age): antelope (archery only) 100.00
Nonresident tenant: either-sex elk permit 300.00
Nonresident tenant: antlerless-only elk permit 150.00
Nonresident: deer permit application fee 25.00
Nonresident: mule deer stamp 150.00
Field trial permit: game birds 20.00
Lifetime hunting license 500.00
or eight quarterly installment payments of 67.50
Migratory waterfowl habitat stamp 8.00
Sandhill crane hunting permit: validation fee 5.00
Disabled person hunt-from-a-vehicle permit 0

(b) Fishing licenses and permits.

Resident fishing license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 25.00
Resident fishing license (valid for five years from date of purchase) 100.00
Resident senior fishing license (valid for one year from date of purchase, 65 years of age through 74 years of age) 12.50
Resident senior fishing license (valid for five years from date of purchase, 65 years of age through 74 years of age) 50.00
Resident youth fishing license (one-time purchase, valid from 16 years of age through 20 years of age, expiring at the end of that calendar year) 40.00
Nonresident fishing license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 75.00
Resident calendar day fishing license 3.50
Nonresident calendar day fishing license 10.00
Three-pole permit (valid for one year from date of purchase) 6.00
Tournament bass pass (valid for one year from date of purchase) 12.00
Paddlefish permit (six carcass tags) 10.00
Paddlefish permit youth (under 16 years of age) (six carcass tags) 5.00
Hand fishing permit 25.00
Lifetime fishing license 500.00
or eight quarterly installment payments of 67.50
Five-day nonresident fishing license 25.00
Institutional group fishing license 100.00
Special nonprofit group fishing license 50.00
Trout permit (valid for one year from date of purchase) 17.50
Youth trout permit (under 16 years of age, valid for one year from date of purchase) 4.50

Resident combination hunting and fishing license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 45.00
Resident combination hunting and fishing license (valid for five years from date of purchase) 180.00
Resident senior combination hunting and fishing license (valid for one year from date of purchase, 65 years of age through 74 years of age) 22.50
Resident senior combination hunting and fishing license (valid for five years from date of purchase, 65 years of age through 74 years of age) 90.00
Resident combination youth hunting and fishing license (one-time purchase, valid from 16 years of age through 20 years of age, expiring at the end of that calendar year) 70.00
Resident lifetime combination hunting and fishing license 960.00
or eight quarterly installment payments of 130.00
Resident Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license:
5 years of age or younger 300.00
6 through 7 years of age 500.00
Nonresident combination hunting and fishing license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 190.00

(d) Furharvester licenses.

Resident furharvester license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 25.00
Resident junior furharvester license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 12.50
Lifetime furharvester license 500.00
or eight quarterly installment payments of 67.50
Nonresident furharvester license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 250.00
Nonresident bobcat permit (1-bobcat limit per permit) 100.00
Resident fur dealer license 100.00
Nonresident fur dealer license 400.00
Field trial permit: furbearing animals 20.00

(e) Commercial licenses and permits.

Controlled shooting area hunting license (valid for one year from date of purchase) 25.00
Missouri river fishing permit 25.00
Game breeder permit 10.00
Controlled shooting area operator license 200.00
Commercial dog training permit 20.00
Commercial fish bait permit (three-year permit) 50.00
Commercial prairie rattlesnake harvest permit (without a valid Kansas hunting license) 20.00
Commercial prairie rattlesnake harvest permit (with a valid Kansas hunting license or exempt from this license requirement) 5.00
Commercial prairie rattlesnake dealer permit 50.00
Prairie rattlesnake round-up event permit 25.00

(f) Collection, scientific, importation, rehabilitation, and damage-control permits.

Scientific, educational, or exhibition permit 10.00
Raptor propagation permit 0
Rehabilitation permit 0
Wildlife damage-control permit 0
Wildlife importation permit 10.00
Threatened or endangered species: special permits 0

(g) Falconry.

Apprentice permit 75.00
General permit 75.00
Master permit 75.00
Testing fee 50.00

(h) Miscellaneous fees.

Duplicate license, permit, stamp, and other issues of the department 0
Special departmental services, materials, or supplies At cost
Vendor bond
For bond amounts of $5,000.00 and less 50.00
For bond amounts of more than $5,000.00 50.00
plus $6.00 per additional $1,000.00 coverage or any fraction thereof.

(i) Discounts.

Discount for five or more licenses, permits, stamps, or other issues of the department purchased by an individual at the same time five percent of the total price

(Authorized by K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-988; implementing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807; K.S.A. 32-937; K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-988; and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-9,101; effective Dec. 4, 1989; amended Sept. 10, 1990; amended Jan. 1, 1991; amended June 8, 1992; amended Oct. 12, 1992; amended April 11, 1994; amended Aug. 29, 1994; amended June 5, 1995; amended Aug. 21, 1995; amended Feb. 28, 1997; amended July 30, 1999; amended Jan. 2, 2002; amended Jan. 1, 2003; amended Jan. 1, 2004; amended Feb. 18, 2005; amended Jan. 1, 2006; amended May 1, 2006; amended Jan. 1, 2007; amended Jan. 1, 2008; amended Jan. 1, 2009; amended Jan. 1, 2010; amended Aug. 1, 2010; amended Jan. 1, 2011; amended Jan. 1, 2013; amended April 19, 2013; amended Nov. 15, 2013; amended Jan. 1, 2015; amended Jan. 1, 2016; amended Jan. 1, 2018; amended April 26, 2019; amended Sept. 20, 2019; amended Jan. 1, 2021; amended Oct. 7, 2022; amended Dec. 29, 2023; amended Sept. 12, 2025.)

Article 4.—BIG GAME

115-4-4. Big game; legal equipment and taking methods. (a) Hunting equipment for the taking of big game during a big game archery season shall consist of the following:

(1) Archery equipment.

(A) No bow or arrow shall have any electronic device attached to the bow or arrow that controls the flight of the arrow. Devices that may be attached to a bow or arrow shall include lighted pin, dot, or holographic sights; illuminated nocks; rangefinders; film or video cameras; locking draws; and radio-frequency location devices.

(B) Each arrow used for hunting shall be equipped with a broadhead point incapable of passing through a ring with a diameter of three-quarters of an inch when fully expanded. A big game hunter using archery equipment may possess non-broadhead-tipped arrows while hunting if the arrows are not used to take or attempt to take big game animals.

(2) Crossbows using arrows that are equipped with broadhead points incapable of passing through a ring with a diameter of three-quarters of an inch when fully expanded.

(A) A big game hunter using crossbow equipment may possess non-broadhead-tipped arrows while hunting if the arrows are not used to take or attempt to take big game animals.

(B) No crossbow or arrow shall have any electronic device attached to the crossbow or arrow that controls the flight of the arrow. Devices that may be attached to a crossbow or arrow shall include lighted pin, dot, or holographic sights; illuminated nocks; rangefinders; film or video cameras; and radio-frequency location devices.

(b) Hunting equipment for the taking of big game during a big game muzzleloader-only season shall consist of the following:

(1) Archery and crossbow equipment as authorized in subsection (a); and

(2) muzzleloading rifles, pistols, and muskets that can be loaded with bullets only through the front of the firing chamber and are .40 inches in diameter bore or larger. Only tumble-on-impact, hard-cast solid, conical, or saboted bullets shall be used with muzzleloading rifles, pistols, and muskets.

(1) Archery and crossbow equipment as authorized in subsection (a);

(2) muzzleloader-only season equipment as authorized in subsection (b);

(3) centerfire rifles and handguns that are not fully automatic, while using only tumble-on-impact, hard-cast solid, soft point, hollow point, or other expanding bullets; and

(4) shotguns using only slugs.

(d)(1) Each individual hunting deer or elk during a firearms deer or elk season and each individual assisting an individual hunting deer or elk as authorized by K.A.R. 115-4-2 or K.A.R. 115-18-15 during a firearms deer or elk season shall wear outer clothing of a bright orange color commonly referred to as daylight fluorescent orange, hunter orange, blaze orange, or safety orange. This bright orange color shall be worn as follows:

(A) A hat or other garment upon the head with the exterior of not less than 50 percent of the bright orange color, an equal portion of which is visible from all directions; and

(B) at least 100 square inches of the bright orange color that is on the front of the torso and is visible from the front and at least 100 square inches that is on the rear of the torso and is visible from the rear.

(2) Lures, decoys except live decoys, and nonelectric calls shall be legal while hunting big game.

(3) Any individual may use blinds and stands while hunting big game.

(4) Optical scopes or sights that project no visible light toward the target and do not electronically amplify visible light or detect infrared light or thermal energy may be used.

(5) Any range-finding device, if the device does not project visible light toward the target, may be used.

(6) Devices capable of dispensing lethal, debilitating, or immobilizing chemicals to take big game animals shall not be used.

(e) Shooting hours for deer, antelope, and elk during each day of any deer, antelope, or elk hunting season shall be from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

(f) Horses and mules may be used while hunting big game, except that horses and mules shall not be used for herding or driving big game.

(g) Firearm report-suppressing devices may be used.

(h) Handguns may be possessed during all big game seasons. However, no handgun shall be used to take deer except as legal equipment specified in subsection (c) during a big game firearms season.

(i) Dogs may be used to retrieve dead or wounded big game animals if the following requirements are met:

(1) Each dog shall be maintained on a handheld leash at all times while tracking the big game animal.

(2) An individual tracking big game animals outside of legal shooting hours shall not carry any equipment capable of harvesting the big game animal.

(3) Each individual harvesting a big game animal shall be limited to the equipment type for the permit and the season that is authorized.

(4) Each individual participating in the tracking of the big game animal shall have a hunting license, unless the individual is exempt by law or regulation. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807 and K.S.A. 32-937; effective June 1, 2001; amended April 19, 2002; amended April 22, 2005; amended June 2, 2006; amended April 13, 2007; amended April 11, 2008; amended May 21, 2010; amended April 20, 2012; amended April 19, 2013; amended Sept. 4, 2014; amended April 26, 2019; amended May 22, 2020; amended July 23, 2021; amended Sept. 12, 2025.)

Article 5.—FURBEARERS

115-5-1. Furbearers and coyotes; legal equipment, taking methods, and general provisions. (a) Hunting equipment permitted during furbearer hunting seasons and during coyote hunting seasons shall consist of the following:

(1) Firearms, except fully automatic firearms;

(2) archery equipment;

(3) crossbows; and

(4) optical scopes or sights that project no visible light toward the target and do not electronically amplify visible or infrared light, except as specified in this regulation.

(b) Trapping equipment permitted during furbearer and coyote trapping seasons shall consist of the following:

(1) Smooth-jawed foothold traps, except that all types of foothold traps may be used in water sets;

(2) body-gripping traps;

(3) box traps;

(4) cage traps;

(5) colony traps;

(6) snares; and

(7) deadfalls.

(1) Calls may be used in the taking of furbearers and coyotes.

(2) Handheld, battery-powered flashlights, hat lamps, and handheld lanterns may be used while trapping furbearers or coyotes or while running furbearers.

(3) Any .22 or .17 caliber rimfire rifle or handgun may be used to take trapped furbearers or trapped coyotes when using a light to check traps.

(4) Any .22 or .17 caliber rimfire rifle or handgun may be used while using a handheld, battery-powered flashlight, hat lamp, handheld lantern, or laser sight to take furbearers treed with the aid of dogs.

(5) Lures, baits, and decoys may be used in the taking of furbearers and coyotes.

(6) The use of horses and mules shall be permitted while hunting, trapping, or running furbearers and coyotes.

(7) The use of motor vehicles for taking coyotes shall be permitted while hunting coyotes, except as provided in subsection (d).

(8) The use of radios in land or water vehicles shall be permitted for the taking of coyotes.

(9) The use of dogs for hunting and during running seasons shall be permitted.

(10) Each body-gripping trap with an inside jawspread of eight inches or greater, when measured across the jaws at a 90-degree angle, shall be used only in a water set.

(11) Only landowners or tenants of land immediately adjacent to the right-of-way of a public road, or their immediate family members or authorized agents, may set slide-locking wire or snare-type cable traps as dryland sets within five feet of a fence bordering a public road or within 50 feet of the outside edge of the surface of a public road. Only these landowners or tenants, or their immediate family members or authorized agents, shall possess the fur, pelt, skin, or carcass of any furbearer or coyote removed from these devices located within these specified limits.

(12) A person shall not have in possession any equipment specified in subsection (a) while pursuing or chasing furbearers with hounds during the running season.

(13) All trapping devices included in subsection (b) shall be tagged with either the user’s name and address or the user’s department-issued identification number and shall be tended and inspected at least once every calendar day.

(14) Each foothold trap that has an outside jawspread greater than seven inches, when measured across the jaws at a 90-degree angle, shall be used only in a water set.

(d) For the seasons established by K.A.R. 115-25-12(b) and (c), the following provisions shall apply to the hunting of coyotes:

(1) Artificial light, scopes and equipment that amplify visible light, and thermal-imaging scopes and thermal-imaging equipment may be used for hunting.

(2) The use of vehicles when hunting with the equipment specified in paragraph (d)(1) shall be prohibited.

(3) The use of the equipment specified in paragraph (d)(1) shall not be authorized on department lands and waters.

(4) Each person using the equipment specified in paragraph (d)(1) in the manner prescribed in this subsection shall first obtain a permit from the department. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807 and K.S.A. 32-1003; effective March 19, 1990; amended Nov. 15, 1993; amended July 19, 2002; amended Feb. 18, 2005; amended Sept. 4, 2009; amended July 22, 2011; amended July 26, 2013; amended May 31, 2019; amended Sept. 18, 2020; amended Dec. 23, 2022; amended Sept. 12, 2025.)

Article 25.—WILDLIFE SEASONS; BAG, CREEL, POSSESSION, SIZE, AND LENGTH LIMITS

115-25-9. Deer; open season, bag limit, and permits. (a) The open season for the taking of deer shall be as follows:

(1) Archery season.

(A) The archery season in all deer management units shall begin on the second Monday following the first Saturday in September and shall be valid through the last day of the same calendar year.

(B) Archery deer permits also shall be valid during the portion of the extended firearm seasons beginning on January 1 and extending through the last open day in units open during an extended firearm season and shall be valid with any legal equipment authorized during a firearm season, but shall be valid only for antlerless white-tailed deer during those dates.

(C) The number of archery deer permits shall be based on a review of deer population indices, biological and ecological data, history of permit use and harvest rates, public input, and other relevant information.

(D) The urban antlerless-only white-tailed deer archery season shall begin on the third Monday following January 4 and shall continue through January 31 in all units designated as an urban deer management unit.

(2) Firearm season.

(A) The regular firearm season dates in all deer management units shall begin the Wednesday following Thanksgiving and shall continue for a total of 12 days including the opening day.

(B) The pre-rut white-tailed deer antlerless-only season in all deer management units shall begin on the Saturday immediately preceding Columbus Day and shall continue for a total of three days including the opening day.

(C) The extended pre-rut white-tailed deer antlerless-only season in deer management unit 12 shall begin the Tuesday immediately following Columbus Day and continue for a total of six days including the opening day.

(D) During the regular and extended firearm deer seasons, white-tailed either-sex deer permits issued for a deer management unit adjacent to or encompassing an urban deer management unit shall be valid in both the designated unit and the urban deer management unit.

(E) The number of firearm deer permits for each management unit shall be based on a review of deer population indices, biological and ecological data, history of permit use and harvest rates, public input, and other relevant information.

(3) Muzzleloader-only season.

(A) The muzzleloader-only season in all deer management units shall begin on the second Monday following the first Saturday in September and shall continue for a total of 14 days including the opening day. Muzzleloader deer permits shall also be valid during the established firearm seasons using muzzleloader equipment, except that during the portion of the extended firearm season beginning on January 1 and extending through the last open day in units open during an extended firearm season, these permits shall be valid with any legal equipment authorized during a firearm season. During an extended firearm season, only muzzleloader deer permits for deer management units open during these dates shall be valid, and only for antlerless white-tailed deer.

(B) The number of muzzleloader deer permits issued for each management unit shall be based on a review of deer population indices, biological and ecological data, history of permit use and harvest rates, public input, and other relevant information.

(4) Season for designated persons.

(A) The season for designated persons to hunt deer shall begin on the first Saturday of September and shall continue for a total of 9 days including the opening day.

(B) Only the following persons may hunt during this season:

(i) Any person 17 years of age or younger, only while under the immediate supervision of an adult who is 18 years of age or older; and

(ii) any person with a permit to hunt from a vehicle issued according to K.A.R. 115-18-4 or a disability assistance permit issued according to K.A.R. 115-18-15.

(D) All persons hunting during this season shall wear blaze orange according to K.A.R. 115-4-4.

(5) Extended firearm seasons.

(A) Each unfilled deer permit valid in unit 3 shall be valid during an extended antlerless-only firearm season beginning on January 1 and continuing through the first Sunday occurring after the third day in January.

(B) Each unfilled deer permit valid in unit 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 16, as applicable, shall be valid during an extended antlerless-only firearm season beginning January 1 and continuing through the second Sunday occurring after the third day in January.

(C) Each unfilled deer permit valid in unit 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 19, as applicable, shall be valid in an extended antlerless-only firearm season beginning January 1 and continuing through the third Sunday occurring after the third day in January.

(D) Only antlerless white-tailed deer may be taken.

(E) Permits restricted to a specific unit shall remain restricted to that unit during the extended firearm season.

(F) Equipment legal during a firearm season shall be authorized with any permit.

(b) Unlimited resident hunt-on-your-own-land, special hunt-on-your-own-land, and nonresident hunt-on-your-own-land deer permits shall be authorized for all units. These permits also shall be valid during the portion of the extended firearm season beginning on January 1 and extending through the last open day in units open during an extended or special extended firearm season, but shall be valid only for antlerless white-tailed deer during an extended or special extended firearm season.

(1) Any individual may apply for or obtain no more than one deer permit that allows the taking of an antlered deer, except when the individual is unsuccessful in a limited quota drawing and alternative permits for antlered deer are available at the time of subsequent application.

(2) Any individual may obtain no more than ten antlerless white-tailed deer permits, subject to the following limitations:

(A) One antlerless white-tailed deer permit shall be valid statewide, except in units 1, 2, 17, and 18, including lands managed by the department;

(B) Four additional antlerless white-tailed deer permits shall be valid in units 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 16 on lands not managed by the department; and

(C) Nine additional antlerless white-tailed deer permits shall be valid in units 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 19 on lands not managed by the department, except Berentz-Dick, and Elk City Wildlife Areas.

(3) Any resident may obtain no more than one either-species, either-sex permit through the application period specified in K.A.R. 115-4-11.

(4) Nonresidents shall be eligible to obtain antlerless white-tailed deer permits. Otherwise, a nonresident shall be eligible to apply for and obtain only those permits designated as nonresident deer permits.

(5) No resident or nonresident shall purchase any deer permit that allows the taking of antlerless-only deer without first having obtained a deer permit that allows the taking of antlered deer, unless the antlerless-only deer permit is purchased after December 30.

(6) Any individual may obtain one antlerless-only either-species deer permit, subject to the number of antlerless-only either-species deer permits authorized.

(d) The bag limit for each deer permit shall be one deer, as specified on the permit issued to the permittee.

(e) No deer permit shall be valid after January 31 following the date of issuance. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807 and K.S.A. 32-937; effective May 2, 1990; amended May 1, 1991; amended May 1, 1992; amended May 1, 1994; amended May 14, 1997; amended May 30, 1998; amended June 29, 1998; amended May 30, 1999; amended May 30, 2000; amended May 30, 2001; amended May 1, 2002; amended May 1, 2003; amended May 1, 2004; amended May 1, 2005; amended May 4, 2006; amended May 1, 2007; amended May 1, 2008; amended May 1, 2009; amended May 1, 2010; amended May 1, 2011; amended May 1, 2012; amended May 1, 2013; amended April 1, 2014; amended April 1, 2015; amended April 1, 2016; amended March 28, 2017; amended April 2, 2018; amended April 3, 2019; amended April 27, 2020; amended March 31, 2021; amended June 2, 2022; amended Aug. 18, 2023; amended Sept. 12, 2025.)

115-25-9a. Deer; open season, bag limit, and permits; additional considerations; military subunits. (a) In addition to the pre-rut antlerless white-tailed deer only season specified in K.A.R. 115-25-9, in Fort Riley subunit 8a, an additional antlerless white-tailed deer only season shall be November 28, 2025, through November 30, 2025.

(b) Instead of the open firearm season specified in K.A.R. 115-25-9, in Fort Riley subunit 8a, the open firearm season for the taking of deer shall be December 13, 2025, through December 21, 2025, and the extended firearms season for the taking of antlerless-only white-tailed deer shall be January 1, 2026, through January 11, 2026.

(d) Instead of the open firearm season specified in K.A.R. 115-25-9, in Fort Leavenworth subunit 10a, the open firearm season for the taking of deer shall be November 15, 2025, through November 16, 2025; November 22, 2025, through November 23, 2025; November 27, 2025, through November 30, 2025; December 6, 2025, through December 7, 2025; and December 13, 2025, through December 14, 2025.

(e) In Fort Leavenworth subunit 10a, the extended firearms season for the taking of antlerless-only white-tailed deer shall be January 1, 2026, through January 18, 2026.

(f) In Fort Leavenworth subunit 10a, the extended archery season for the taking of antlerless-only white-tailed deer shall be January 19, 2026, through January 31, 2026.

(g) In Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range subunit 4a, the open firearm season for the taking of deer shall be December 3, 2025, through December 14, 2025. Five antlerless white-tailed deer permits shall be valid in the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range subunit 4a.

(h) This regulation shall have no force and effect on and after March 1, 2026. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807 and K.S.A. 32-937; effective July 1, 2007; amended July 1, 2008; amended July 1, 2009; amended July 1, 2010; amended July 1, 2011; amended July 1, 2012; amended July 1, 2013; amended July 1, 2014; amended July 1, 2015; amended July 1, 2016; amended June 29, 2017; amended July 2, 2018; amended June 18, 2019; amended June 29, 2020; amended June 29, 2021; amended Aug. 5, 2022; amended Aug. 18, 2023; amended, T-115-10-11-24, Oct. 11, 2024; amended Dec. 27, 2024; amended Sept. 12, 2025.)

115-25-12. Coyotes; seasons. (a) The taking of coyotes by trapping and hunting methods shall be permitted during all firearms deer seasons, including special deer seasons.

(b) The taking of coyotes by the methods designated in K.A.R. 115-5-1(d) shall be September 1 through March 31, excluding the following days:

(1) The first Saturday of September and continuing for a total of 23 days including the first Saturday of September; and

(2) The Wednesday following Thanksgiving and continuing for a total of 12 days including the Wednesday following Thanksgiving.

(c) On April 1, 2028, the season set out in subsection (b) shall expire, and the taking of coyotes by the methods designated in K.A.R. 115-5-1(d) shall be January 1 through March 31 of each year thereafter. (Authorized by K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807; implementing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-807, K.S.A. 32-1002, and K.S.A. 32-1006; effective May 2, 1990; amended Sept. 12, 2025.)

Christopher Kennedy
Secretary
Department of Wildlife and Parks

Doc. No. 053434

Scott Schwab
Kansas Secretary of State

Kansas Register