Kansas Deer Hunting
For those familiar with Kansas deer hunting advance to our other deer sections to find how MAHA serves the self guided deer hunter.
Archery
Muzzleloader
Firearms
Or, our Kansas Mule Deer Section
Kansas deer hunting for the hunter looking to maximize his chances on the competitive draw tag application. We do so by having private land in multiple management units.
Kansas deer seasons begin with the muzzleloader season overlapping with archery starting the middle of September and runs through to near the end of September while archery continues to the end of December.
After the Kansas muzzleloader only Mule and Whitetail Deer season a two day youth and disabled deer season is generally held on a weekend near the last of September through the first of October. Youths 12-16 and accompanied by an adult 21 or older may hunt.
The Kansas seasons continues from the first of October with archery season ending just before the firearms season the end of November or the first of December and runs for 2 weeks. Archery only season resumes after the firearms and ends the last day in December.
Kansas Deer Units
Kansas deer units where we have land are listed on this map. The tag application allows for multiple choices of whitetail management units. Association lands cover eight units. Trophy book research will show many of these areas to be good to highly productive.
2010 Kansas deer lease locations listed by county name and acrage within that county.
What everyone wants to see and we are careful to limit as how we promote.
153 + P&Y, A California hunter on the fifth day of his Kansas deer hunt.
We offer deer hunting and a quality deer hunt where each hunter is on private land, has choice each day where to hunt, hunts on his own and may hunt as often as wanted during any portion of the season. We are not perfect, we are not the right choice for all deer hunters and we are careful with whom we will work with. Never will we promote ourselves as a trophy whitetail deer hunting organization. The best success rate every recorded that we have found reference for on trophy deer hunting is 12% down to 8%. That means during the best year 88% failure will be achieved if the only evaluation criteria is tag-on trophy deer success.
All Kansas deer tags are limited to one primary buck tag per hunter and up to 4 doe tags. An antlerless only season runs the first two weeks in January.
The January two week antlerless only deer season is unique as all deer tags to include unfilled buck tags convert to doe antlerless tags allowing for another doe to be harvested. We ask mature antlerless whitetail are harvested to avoid taking a button buck. Racks will still be present during early January.
In all cases we encourage doe harvest.
All Kansas deer hunters must also purchase the basic license for $73.50 in addition to the Kansas deer tag $322.50. The basic license is for the calendar year rather than the season meaning the same tag purchased for spring turkey season may be used for fall deer season. The deer tag runs the entire range of deer seasons.
Non-resident deer tags are by a draw with preference to those not having drawn the previous year. Contact the Wildlife and Parks Department (620-672-5911) before the end of May and have an deer tag application mailed or one may be printed from their web site. The application and check ($322.50) must be returned before the end of May. By late June, early July tags are issued.
Residents may purchase whitetail deer tags over the counter. Mule Deer tags remain a draw.
Recent draw success rates have greatly varied over the last couple of years due to increasing number of non-resident deer hunter applicants and increasing number of tags made available by the state. The best advice is apply for the tags most desired and take your chances. Within this organization those members that apply to Kansas and Iowa as well as buy a Missouri over the counter tag typically hunt two states on most years.
Buddy tags are available for up to four hunters that, if drawn, will be able to hunt the same unit as all that apply on a buddy tag get the same tag or none get any tag.
Pre season scouting is encouraged. We will assist with recommendations for the new Kansas deer hunter of where to scout and hunt.
Hunter education cards to include archery safety are required from anyone born after July 1, 1957.
Rifle caliber greater than .23. Pistols larger than .23 caliber and cartridge greater than 1.28 inches.
Arrows 20 inches minimum, no barbs. Expandable broad heads and lighted pins sights are legal.
Kansas' September muzzleloader season scopes are legal. Scopes are also legal during the modern rifle season when the muzzleloader. Kansas deer hunters may return and hunt with muzzleloader (muzzleloader only tag) or modern rifle if having the firearms tag.
Kansas is a hunt by written permission only state. The Association identification card meets this requirement.
Our Kansas deer land has the right habitat in the right region of Kansas that has a history of trophy deer production.
An Association deer hunter we selected his picture for not just because of the quality of the deer rack but better to show the background habitat where this Kansas deer came from.
If looking for large stands of timber in a Great Plains State for the better deer hunting then that is simply wrong.