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Expert advice on Kansas pheasant hunting on public lands

Kansas’ million-plus acre Walk-In Hunting Area program offers the public some great opportunities to hunt pheasants on leased, private lands. Here’s some great advice from Jim Millensifer, one of Kansas’ most successful pheasant hunters. Even with access to lots of great private land, he spends a…

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Kansas Pheasant Hunting - Key Regulations

Kansas pheasant and quail hunting will again be some of the nation’s best. But hunters must remember key regulations to keep their hunts safe, enjoyable, and within the laws. Below are some of the main rules and regulations on Quail and Pheasant Hunting in Kansas: Resident hunters 16 to 75 must…

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Big Hunt on the Prairie

The Game Deer and antelope play on the Kansas range, including mule deer, white-tailed deer and pronghorn, a species unique to North America. Elk, common in presettlement Kansas, virtually vanished by 1900 but have since made a comeback in free-range herds. If birds are more your game, the…

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Troy's First Turkey: Kansas Hooks a New Turkey Hunter

Sharing in the thrill of a hunter’s first turkey kill is exciting. And when that hunter is your spouse, it’s the making for a perfect Friday night date – especially in the spring, when Kansas offers great spring turkey hunting opportunities. Beautiful Rio Grande turkeys can be found in the western…

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The adrenaline rush of deer hunting in Kansas

My hunting partner and I had split up. I was stationed at the end of a long, snaking draw grown up with tall grass and small locust trees, he at the other. We considered ourselves bowhunters, but we were young, inexperienced, and posed little danger to the deer. In fact, I had never been within bow…

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