Kansas deer hunting…
Posted by dihardhunter on March 18, 2008
Well, usually I wouldn’t care much about what goes on in another state concerning deer hunting regulations, but…this is different. Kansas has decided to allow hunters during the early muzzleloader season to use scopes instead of being required to use iron sights. Why do I care about that?
Big bucks like this one! I took this picture from a treestand in August ‘07 at my Maryland study site, but he certainly was big enough to belong in the Midwest! I’ve got a preference point for Kansas and should be a shoe-in for a non-resident muzzy tag this fall. My dad grabbed a hold of a lease in southeastern Kansas last year and we decided to opt for applying for archery tags and building our preference points, but sent 2 friends to scope out the deer hunting for us. They killed 2 bucks - a 138″ on the first sit of the hunt and a 169″!!! The amazing thing about that buck was that it only had a 12 1/2″ inside spread, but picket fence with beams that stretched way out over his nose. STUD!!!
My dad went up for a turkey hunt last spring and bagged a really nice bird that he just got back from the taxidermist a couple of weeks ago. I’ll try to grab a picture of that hunt this weekend and post that next week in lieu of spring turkey season rapidly approaching. He is headed back up in a couple weeks to do another turkey hunt, so I’ll report on that when the time is right.
But anyways, Kansas’ change extends our effective range during that early muzzleloader season from 50-60 yards to however far I can shoot a muzzleloader accurately 100-150 yards. Yeehaw! Pumps me up even more than I was!!! We were already planning on taking a trip during the September muzzy season, and this just increases our chances at a Booner!!! For those interested, Kansas also legalized crossbows for use during the Kansas firearms season.
I suspect the great impact will come from new all weapons tag than from the change to Muzzleloader rules. Very few people hunt the ML season anyway because it’s so early and hot. Most of us KS bowhunters suspect that now many former rifle hunters will be bowhunting.
March 18th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
10-4, the only reason I didn’t hunt last season is that I wanted to archery hunt, but we didn’t draw. Seemed really reverse. OTC rifle tags, but not being able to bowhunt. Now, we’ll go up for early muzzy and then go back up in the rut bowhunting if we still have tags
March 19th, 2008 at 10:37 am
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2332572452_2de8d16db7.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2332570208_7e4e6fc9f5.jpg?v=0
I found both those sheds last week, in East-Central Kansas.
Just to get you excited about our deer
March 19th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
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March 19th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
That’s awesome dukkillr, where in KS you from? If you don’t mind, I’m going to post those pics in a blog. I’ll probably link in from shedantlers.org but I’ll keep you anonymous. Great finds!!! That set is something like the real narrow 169″ that our buddy killed last year.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
No problem with me. I’m not much into sheds, but when I find one like the bigger one it gets me excited, especially when I didn’t know the buck was there.
I live just west of Kansas City and hunt in a few places in Unit 11 and 19. Most of them are an hour south or southwest of KC.
Feel free to drop me a line if you want any residen thoughts before your hunt. dukkillr@hotmail.com
March 19th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Cool deal, I just might do that and drop you a line some night soon. Our property that we hunt is around St. Paul Kansas, southeastern corner of the state.
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March 23rd, 2008 at 11:12 am
WOW!! Nice buck.
April 10th, 2008 at 4:49 pm