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More hunters die from drowning and the effects of hypothermia than from gunshot wounds. Most of the accident reports from waterborne hunting fatalities are not dramatic stories. The hunter didn't succumb in an "Outdoor Life and Death" struggle with a twenty-foot python or enrage a hippopotamus that attacked his boat. Rather, the acci ... Read More

Stations provide harvest information, chronic wasting disease screening Hunters taking deer during the Kansas firearms season (Nov. 30-Dec. 11) in deer management units 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, and 18 must take their deer to a check station within 48 hours after they kill the deer. Data will be collected from the hunter, and a seal will be attached ... Read More

Meeting set for Dec. 13 in Smith Center SMITH CENTER -- Following on the heels of the state's first Quail Forever (QF) chapter opening in Lyons on Nov. 2, quail hunters from Smith and Phillips counties have formed the second Quail Forever chapter in Kansas. The new chapter, to be called the Route 36 Chapter of QF, will focus on northcentral ... Read More

Award-winning display takes viewers "inside" the wetlands GARDEN CITY -- Playa lakes of the southern Great Plains are not only essential to migrating waterfowl, they are critical to recharging underground water supplies in western Kansas. To promote awareness of playas and their importance to wildlife and humans, the Playa Lakes J ... Read More

Seminar is third in series of specialized hunting seminars; more planned PRATT -- On Dec. 11, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks volunteer hunter education instructors will conduct a Canada goose hunting seminar in Haysville. This is a hands-on, beginner’s course covering waterfowl identification, goose decoy spreads, calling and flagg ... Read More

Honey Locust Lodge

Honey Locust Lodge

Inside view of Honey Locust Lodge #2

Weather affecting success; harvest up in some areas Hunters and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) staff are reporting mixed but generally good hunting for the firearms deer season, which runs through Dec. 11. Cold weather and snow have affected the deer hunting, in some cases for the good and others for the worse, depending on ... Read More

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