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Spring Turkey - Regular (firearm/archery)

04/17/2024 - 05/31/2024

Location: Unit Specified on Permit

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: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag.
Bag Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag.
Dogs may not be used in spring season.

NEW FOR 2024:

Resident hunters may obtain a spring turkey permit – valid for one turkey with a visible beard – in Units 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6; Spring turkey permits for Unit 4 are available only by lottery draw.

Non-resident hunters may obtain a spring turkey permit by lottery draw for Unit 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6. Non-resident permits are only valid in the Unit indicated. The application period is 01/09/24 – 02/09/24. Any leftover non-resident spring turkey permits will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

There will be no additional game tags (valid for a second turkey) available in 2024 for resident and non-resident hunters.

Extended Hunting and Trapping

04/03/2024 - 09/12/2024

Location: Statewide

Species: Raccoon, opossum

Furharvester license required.

Hunting and trapping by methods that are legal during the general furbearer season are allowed, except that only traps allowed during the extended season are cage or box traps and dog-proof (DP) foot encapsulating traps. Artificial light is prohibited except as permitted for taking treed or trapped furbearers during the general season.

Running

03/01/2024 - 11/08/2024

Location: Statewide

Species: bobcat, opossum, racoon, 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.

Coyote

01/01/2024 - 01/01/2025

Location: Statewide

Season Dates (statewide): All year
Season 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.

Exotic Dove Season (Eurasian collared, ringed turtle)

01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024

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.

Rabbit

01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024

Location: Statewide

Cottontail & Jackrabbit
Regular: All year
Area Open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 10
Possession limit: 30

Upcoming Seasons

Squirrel Season

06/01/2024 - 02/28/2025
Location: Statewide

Area Open: Statewide
Daily bag limit: 5
Possession limit: 20

Handfishing

06/15/2024 - 08/31/2024
Location: Posted Areas

Handfishing, for flathead catfish only, is legal from sunrise to sunset June 15 through August 31 at these locations:

The entire length of the Arkansas River in Kansas, all federal reservoirs from beyond 150 yards of the dam to the upper end of the federal property, and on the Kansas River from its origin downstream to its confluence with the Missouri River.

A special permit ($27.50) is required in addition to a fishing license. Anyone handfishing may not use hooks, snorkeling or scuba gear, or any other manmade device OR possess any fishing gear except a stringer. Stringers may not be used until the fish are caught by hand and are at or above the surface of the water. No man-made object — such as a barrel, box, or bathtub — may be used to attract fish.

Bullfrog Season

07/01/2024 - 10/31/2024
Location: Statewide

Daily bag limit: 8
Possession limit: 24

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