KDWP begins selling the next year's licenses about the middle of December and therefore, suspends the sale of the current year's license. So if you are in Kansas hunting after that date with your 2010 license, you can purchase your 2011 license, since our season on pheasant and quail runs through January 31st.
Now the other thing, should you not have a Kansas non-resident license for 2010 and plan to hunt December 2010 in Kansas, you might consider hunting after about the middle of the month and purchasing a 2011 license which will let you hunt the remainder of 2010 and through December 31, 2011.