Kansas Question

[stinkpickle]

Well..."Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

[drenalinld]

Selfishness, greed, immaturity, and sense of entitlement never cease to amaze me. I am glad there are some great folks in KS. I have found friendly hunters and landowners there and will be returning next month for more gobbler opportunity and maybe find a few mushrooms.

Hunters in most states have experienced loss of hunting opportunities. This explosion of hunting popularity helps to ensure we will be able to enjoy our passions in the future.

Thanks OG!

[SinGin]

Like I said before, if you would like to hunt Rios I would try around Salina. I have been going there for the last five years and will be going back in a couple of weeks. We hunt private ground but the landowners around thier really don't care much if you hunt turkeys. It seems it's the deer they are a little more protective of. And we have never had a problem with anyone in Kansas as long as we don't mention how bad the Jayhawks are.

[Basin_hunter]

we have never had a problem with anyone in Kansas as long as we don't mention how bad the Jayhawks are.

Everybody was Wildcat fans were we stayed. We didn't give anybody a hard time because LSU does not play them in football. LOL. Everyone in the little town we stayed in was very friendly. Everywhere we would stop they would ask how our turkey hunting was going. We really enjoyed our Kansas experience.

[fallhnt]

I wouldn't let this thread stop me from hunting KS. I'm there for archery turkey season and don't see anybody.I have been from Norton to Stockton to Marysville and had great success and I will be back this fall to turkey hunt again.

[busta biggun]

I am shocked by this thread! I was born in Kansas, grew up in Kansas, and paid a ton of money in taxes. I also remember when Missouri had tons of turkeys and Ks had few. I paid $55 (a lot of money in 1985) to hunt in MO. I hunted there a lot, developed friendships with folks there and shot LOTS of turkeys. Then KS started getting more birds. I had to move away for my job in 95. I moved around for several years and was finally able to come back to KC 6 yeras ago. Because I fly a lot, i moved up North in MISSOURI, which is a short drive to the airport. I still have 120 acres in KC owned by my uncle, but I hunt it with my MO tags on my truck. I still hate Missouri University and am a HUGE Jayhawk fan, but just because I live a few miles across the border is no reason to claim I am an outsider. Anybody who hates on a hunter because they don't have your tags are ridiculous. Most of you guys that are being pissy about Missouri hunters coming over and ruining your hunting are the same guys that have traipsed all over MO for years when they had all the birds. If you do your homework and maintain those relationships with the landowners you can find TONS of land in your state to hunt. if you can't find a place to hunt you can blame yourselves because you haven't done the legwork needed to find a spot.

As a Kansan I am embarassed by the attitude of some of these KS hunters who are putting a claim check on something that ain't yours.

[Tail Feathers]

I got back from KS a week ago today.

I spent about $500 in KS, hunted tw mornings and one evening before getting rained/hailed out.   I didn't take any dead turkeys home with me either.
Not ever out of stater is bad.  You'd have to spend over $5K to pay in enough sales tax to cover my brief trip there.

But if every out of stater spent money and didn't kill your birds maybe we'd be more welcome.
I DO understand your concerns on lease prices.  Texas started that crap and sadly it's spread.  One day I'll be priced out of deer hunting I suspect.  Turkeys, not so much with public land Easterns available near me but I already to go OK to hunt Rios.

[dodger]

I have never in my life seen someone act like that guy.. whats up with (not all the people in KS) some of these KS folks? I mean I don't care to pull up to my spots and see trucks... but so be it.. I got other places to hunt too... first this and then Shane got a note and Jay stepped in some doo doo ... makes me want to drive around KS...

[campcreekfarm]

Geez, if I had known that this question would have made such an uproar I would not have asked.  I just wanted a little "general" info.  All I can say is if anyone messes with our stuff or decides to leave me a message that I will probably being contributing more money to the state of KS   Thanks for all of the worthwhile info.

[huntdrut]

yep, my experience in KS for turkeys and ND for waterfowl has been nothing but positive.  i have had locals treat me like a trusted friend always and had them openly laugh at me for driving from PA to hunt.   yeah, can you believe that nut drove from PA to kill a few turkeys!!!  i loved every minute of it, even the drive. 

[hnkr83]

Yeah, the WIHA is a good idea but it is a double edged sword. All teh WIHA around here is now leased through a company. The WIHA gives people a chance to test the waters and see if it is worth leasing, then they come in and take it. I'd much rather see the $1 million plus dollars they spend on WIHA per year used to buy land the state will own.

This exact scenario has happened so many times..........KDWP is like a leasing agent for the term of the WIHA contract and then it goes to the highest bidder.  Great idea to increase access, horrible management.  The state can't compete with big money from OOS or in state for that matter. 

I feel fortunate to have permission from landowners that HATE leasing.  The last thing they want is somebody thinking the have a 'right' to be on their property.  And they've caught so many people from AR, MS, and LA trespassing that pretty much everyone from OOS gets an automatic NO.

I don't have a problem with OOSer's, come and enjoy our resources as we will come and enjoy yours.  Just obey the law of the land while your here, and don't act like you own the place.  We're no different than any other place, we will treat you with kindness and respect if you show the same in return.  Happy hunting!

[Jay]

I believe all the recent out of state pressure in Kansas has caused some hard feelings with the locals in certain areas. Our situation was caused by locals who had a good piece of Public they probably had hunted to themselves for years to find out of state hunters there for the first time, when they drove in that morning.  A nasty note, and a pile of crap was their way to express that, which I can live with vs slashed tires.