This permanent regulation sets hunting, furharvesting, and discharge of firearms requirements on department lands and waters. The amendment is an update to the reference document, particularly related to the use of lead shot on specially marked dove fields during the dove season.

The proposed amendments are not anticipated to have any appreciable negative economic impact on the department, other agencies, small businesses or the public.

This permanent regulation establishes certain requirements for blinds, tree stands, and decoys on public lands. The proposed amendments would remove references to tree stands as the word stand is more all encompassing.

The proposed amendments are not anticipated to have any appreciable negative economic impact on the department, other agencies, small businesses or the public.

This permanent regulation establishes restrictions on the use of bait while hunting on department lands. The proposed amendments would better define baiting, particularly allowing manipulation of crops on KDWPT property for dove hunting.

The proposed amendments not anticipated to have any appreciable negative economic impact on the department, other agencies, small businesses or the public.

This exempt regulation establishes additional considerations for the 2013-2014 firearm, muzzleloader and archery deer seasons. The main items in the regulation set the deer seasons on Fort Riley in order to better accommodate the changing training mission at Fort Riley. The regulation would also require all persons hunting for big game and wild turkeys with a crossbow to obtain a free crossbow permit prior to hunting in order to obtain survey data for harvest, similar to last season.

The proposed version of the regulation is not anticipated to have any appreciable negative economic impact on the department, other agencies, small businesses or the public.