A hunting license is required to take amphibians and reptiles.

Hunting season is open year-round and no more than five total of any combination of amphibian may be possessed per person or domicile, whichever is reached first, and no more than five reptiles and no more than two individuals of any reptile species per person and/or domicile, whichever is reached first. For the purpose of this regulation (KAR 115-20-2), "domicile" shall mean the address you declare in legal documents to pay taxes, receive social security, vote, bank, permanent abode, and register vehicles and animals.

The take of bullfrogs, common snapping turtles, and softshell turtles requires a fishing license and is covered under fishing regulations.

No threatened, endangered, or species in need of conservation can be taken with a hunting or fishing license (KAR 115-15-1 and 115-15-2)

• A hunting license is required to take ground squirrels, woodchucks, kangaroo rats, wood rats, armadillos, porcupines, feral pigeons, starlings, house sparrows, and rodents. Season is open year-round. There is no possession limit for these species.
• Kansas residents do not need a hunting license to take moles or gophers.
• A commercial prairie rattlesnake special event permit is required to take prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis viridis) on a commercial basis, including rattlesnake roundups. Prairie rattlesnakes may only be taken by hand, snake hook, or snake catcher tongs. No other rattlesnake species may be taken commercially. Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) are a species in need of conservation and protected from any form of take.

Call our Pratt Operations Office at 620-672-5911 for more information.

Get your hunting or fishing license here.