Blog /blog/stories/ Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:02:21 +0000 Expert advice on Kansas pheasant hunting on public lands /blog/stories/post/expert-advice-on-kansas-pheasant-hunting-on-public-lands/ /blog/stories/post/expert-advice-on-kansas-pheasant-hunting-on-public-lands/#comments /blog/stories/post/expert-advice-on-kansas-pheasant-hunting-on-public-lands/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0400

Kansas’s million-plus-acre 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 /blog/stories/post/key-regulations/ /blog/stories/post/key-regulations/#comments /blog/stories/post/key-regulations/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0400

Kansas will again be some of the nation’s best. But hunters must remember key regulations to keep their hunts safe, enjoyable, and within the law.

Below are some of the main rules and regulations on Quail and Pheasant Hunting in Kansas:

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Big Hunt on the Prairie /blog/stories/post/big-hunt-on-the-prairie/ /blog/stories/post/big-hunt-on-the-prairie/#comments /blog/stories/post/big-hunt-on-the-prairie/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0400

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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Snow Day Waterfowl /blog/stories/post/snow-day-waterfowl/ /blog/stories/post/snow-day-waterfowl/#comments /blog/stories/post/snow-day-waterfowl/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Duck HuntingThe morning news said schools were closed or delayed. Commutes to work would be long and slow

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Kansas waterfowl hunting welcomes another fan /blog/stories/post/kansas-waterfowl-hunting-welcomes-another-fan/ /blog/stories/post/kansas-waterfowl-hunting-welcomes-another-fan/#comments /blog/stories/post/kansas-waterfowl-hunting-welcomes-another-fan/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Add Abby Hale’s to the ranks of addicted Kansas waterfowl hunters. Taking a pair of gargantuan

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Serious Waterfowl Hunters Welcome /blog/stories/post/serious-waterfowl-hunters-welcome/ /blog/stories/post/serious-waterfowl-hunters-welcome/#comments /blog/stories/post/serious-waterfowl-hunters-welcome/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Waterfowl Hunting

Kansas waterfowl hunting gets serious in mid-November. Gone are the warm days and crowds of

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Chasin’ the Winter Blues…hunting Kansas’ other quail /blog/stories/post/chasin-the-winter-blueshunting-kansas-other-quail/ /blog/stories/post/chasin-the-winter-blueshunting-kansas-other-quail/#comments /blog/stories/post/chasin-the-winter-blueshunting-kansas-other-quail/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 15:00:00 -0400

When it comes to divulging information about one’s hunting locales, hunters, in general tend to be not very forth-coming about releasing that sort of information to friends, fellow hunters, and let alone strangers. So it came as a big surprise to me when I had the opportunity to politely intrude on

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Troy's First Turkey: Kansas Hooks a New Turkey Hunter /blog/stories/post/troys-first-turkey-kansas-hooks-a-new-turkey-hunter/ /blog/stories/post/troys-first-turkey-kansas-hooks-a-new-turkey-hunter/#comments /blog/stories/post/troys-first-turkey-kansas-hooks-a-new-turkey-hunter/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:00:00 -0500

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 /blog/stories/post/the-adrenaline-rush-of-deer-hunting-in-kansas/ /blog/stories/post/the-adrenaline-rush-of-deer-hunting-in-kansas/#comments /blog/stories/post/the-adrenaline-rush-of-deer-hunting-in-kansas/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:00:00 -0500

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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