There will be just as many non residents hunt ks in 2022-2023 as there were this year if not more. There will be more non residents apply for a deer tag than last season. There will be thousands of non residents hunting waterfowl and fishing. You guys are so wrong, it won't plunge.
I agree. No matter how bad Kansas gets, it's still not as bad as other States.
Another area KDWP continues to fail at is the management of the WIHA program. Why do they continually throw money at subpar ground?
Typically about 1 out of 10 or so are worth getting out of your truck for a try. That 1 may be decent but you burn a ton of gas and time finding that 1.
We hunted 2 /2 days, 4 spots per day, moved 3 coveys, killed one quail. Averaged 15 miles per day, per day (2 dogs). Hunted all walk in
KDWP doesn't manage WIHA. They help the landowner enroll the property, put up a sign, and that's it. They can't go on the property to manage anything. They can enforce hunting regulations but it isn't theirs to manage. Landowners can pull out anytime and do what they want with their property.
I agree it's completely unmanaged. It's a gross waste of funds and there are farmers that have no interest in improving habitat for the wildlife, they just want to collect the extra revenue. That farm looks awful good in the spring/summer when the milo is coming up and the waterways are growing good when the kdwp is out there to sign them up but what they don't say is that come fall the waterways will be baled and cattle out on the milo stocks.
Yep, nothing worse than driving an hour to look at a nice big piece, and It's full of cows!!
they better wake up and get involved and manage this program or it will die, as soon as people see what it has become.
I agree the drought maps are phony and the emergency haying is ridiculous. But they can't manage land they don't own. Now they can control what properties are enrolled in the program but have no authority to manage someone else's land. The WIHA program is no different today than it was 25 years ago. There have always been non huntable properties. Where have you guys been?
West,
License sales could dip but it will be close to same. In 2020 NR licenses sold dipped but it was probably covid releated. I believe 2021 saw a 27% increase in non resident deer hunting applications. Kansas used to have left over tags available but not the last 2 years. And if they pass the transferable tag proposal you will see a record number of NR deer hunters this fall. Fishing license sales are really increasing. What I stated for 2022-2023 will be spot on.
when gasoline hits 6 bucks a gallon there will be fewer NR's trecking to Kansas to hunt anything.
Nope we will have a record number on NR deer applications for 2022. And a record number on deer hunters if transferrable tags are passed. Last year the price for commissioner tags averaged $30,000 and one rumored for $42,000. You think $6 gas will stop them? They are sinking $10,000 a year into deer leases. Many are now buying their own land here. It won't stop me from going to Iowa.