Hunting Atlas. Kansas FALL 2018 SPRING 2019 FALL 2018 SPRING Includes Walk-In Hunting Areas (WIHA) and Public Lands (state and federal)

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1 Kansas Hunting Atlas FALL 2018 SPRING 201 FALL 2018 CHECK OUT OTHER HUNTING INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE: ksoutdoors.com SPRING 201 Includes Walk-In Hunting Areas (WIHA) and Public Lands (state and federal)

2 WIHA Area Rules 1. Obey all Kansas hunting rules and regulations. WIHA areas are for hunting purposes only. Other activities are prohibited without landowner permission. Hunting is by foot traffic only. No vehicular traffic is allowed. Do not trespass on neighboring property. Hunt only on the side enrolled in WIHA as designated by signs. WIHA tracts are open to hunting either September 1 January 31, November 1 January 31, September 1 March 31 or April 1 May 31 as indicated in this atlas and on posted boundaries. Entering WIHA prior to or after the contract period for any reason is trespassing. Any game species with an open season during the contract period may be hunted on WIHA, using legal means and method of take, with the exception of some WIHA tracts designated as Archery & Shotshell Only. 2. Hunters must be ethical and sportsmanlike. Obey the safety zone concept. Allow a buffer around buildings, homes, and livestock. Respect the rights of the landowner and others using the area. Do not litter. Take all trash with you. Do not enter abandoned or maintained buildings. Do not leave game remains in parking areas, roads, or roadside ditches. Treat the land as if it was your own and act responsibly. Do not destroy or damage any equipment, machinery, or other items left on the area. Do not start fires on areas. 3. All regulations for KDWPT public lands apply to WIHA. For a complete listing of regulations, contact a KDWPT office. The following activities are NOT permitted through the WIHA program: Target practice, trapping, commercial or noncommercial dog training, camping, horseback riding, stocking or releasing of wildlife, operation of vehicles, discharge of fireworks, fires, littering, drinking cereal malt beverages or alcoholic liquor, and destructive acts, including digging, destruction, or removal of signs or vegetation. Although the WIHA program allows access for hunting only, trapping may occur on WIHA properties by individuals with appropriate landowner permission. Baiting while hunting or preparing to hunt is illegal. Only two portable blinds or stands are allowed per hunter, per area. Portable blinds may not be left unattended overnight. Stands and portable blinds must be marked with the owner s name and address or KDWPT number. Decoys may not be left unattended overnight. Commercial guide services are prohibited.. Additional rules and behavior. Do not block access to crop fields or pasture land. Farmers and ranchers may need access to their fields. Do not park in the field access sites on neighboring property. Owners may need access to their fields as well. Do not enter property with vehicles or park in the field. Park only in designated parking areas or along the road. Take caution to prevent blocking road access. Do not open gates or leave gates open. Avoid stretching fences when crossing them. Allow farmers to pass with farm equipment and machinery. 5. Using the WIHA Atlas The maps included in the atlas are to be used for general reference only. Signs will mark the actual WIHA boundary. In some instances, the boundary may be a creek, river, hedgerow, crop field, or CRP field where the boundary may be difficult to map. Use the posted signs as the true boundary. The atlas also depicts state and federal areas that may be open to hunting. Some of these areas have special regulations in effect, and some may have refuge areas that are closed to hunting. Contact local staff for area-specific information prior to accessing these properties. WIHA property can be removed from the program at any time; in this case, No Longer Enrolled in WIHA signs will be posted. Once these signs are posted, access is prohibited. For an up-to-date list of WIHA that is removed or added, go the KDWPT website at On the fall atlas page, there is a link for post-print atlas changes. 6. WIHA, CRP, crop fields, and livestock Some WIHA is comprised of CRP grass. Occasionally, USDA releases CRP land for emergency haying and grazing. KDWPT has no control whether WIHA property is hayed or grazed. However, in most circumstances, if WIHA is hayed or grazed, the cooperator receives a reduced payment. Haying and grazing may actually improve habitat conditions on the WIHA property in future years. Less than 25 percent of WIHA is cropland. This may include wheat or milo stubble and winter wheat. In some cases, the WIHA that is enrolled may be in a crop rotation; one year it may be winter wheat and the next it may be milo stubble. In other cases, the cropland is accepted to round out the other acres and make signing and access easier. Some winter wheat is enrolled for goose or crane hunting. Respect unharvested crops. Some agreements with cooperators stipulate that hunting access be limited until crops are harvested. Such fields will be posted with NO HUNTING IN UNHAR- VESTED CROPS. If land is included in the same WIHA that is not unharvested crop, that portion of the property may be hunted. Care should always be taken not to cause crop damage. WIHA contracts are signed months in advance of the hunting season. At the time the contract was signed, the area had suitable habitat and offered hunting opportunity. If habitat was negatively impacted by the cooperator, payment reduction will occur. However, if habitat was negatively impacted by weather conditions, no payment reduction will take place. As part of the agreement, livestock may be present on the area. The area is still open for hunting, but precautions should be taken not to harass or injure them.. Report violations to the local natural resource officer. Contact information is listed on inside back cover. 8. Your behavior will decide the future of these areas. Kansas landowners have voluntarily enrolled over 1 million acres in the WIHA program. These landowners can remove property from the WIHA program at anytime for any reason. KDWPT encourages hunters to be responsible, ethical, safe, and courteous to ensure the future of WIHA. Extended weather extremes will impact quality of hunting. The following maps are to be used only as a general reference. Signs located on properties indicate area boundaries.

3 Using the Hunting Atlas Safety Zone No Shooting WIHA WALK-IN HUNTING ACCESS ACCESS DATES FOOT TRAFFIC ONLY PROJECT OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM WIHA WALK-IN HUNTING ACCESS NOTICE ARCHERY AND SHOTSHELL ONLY AREA PROJECT OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM On each map, all WIHA areas and public lands, including state- and federally-owned property, are marked. See the legend below for color codes used to identify properties. Not all state- and federallyowned properties are open for public hunting. Consult local area information prior to accessing any of these properties. Access dates for fall WIHA properties are either Sept. 1 Jan. 31, Nov. 1 Jan. 31, or Sept. 1 Mar. 31. Tracts enrolled for both fall and spring access will be posted as such and indicated by a green outline in the atlas. Public hunting access to the WIHA properties is limited to the specified access period. Accessing the WIHA properties prior to or after the access period is prohibited. Maps are at a scale of 1:2,0 (1 inch represents.38 miles) and were compiled according to conventional cartographic standards using the most reliable information available. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism does not guarantee freedom from errors or inaccuracies and disclaims any legal responsibility for interpretations made from these maps, or decisions based thereon. This atlas is a continual work in progress and any comments, suggestions, or corrections are welcomed. Any such comments may be submitted to: ksoutdoors.com/kdwpt-info/contact-us. THIS ATLAS CONTAINS MAPS FOR BOTH THE FALL AND SPRING HUNTING SEASONS. Interstate Route US Route State Route ATLAS LEGEND State Boundary County Boundary WIHA: Nov. 1 - Jan. 31 WIHA: ONLY April 1 - May 31 WIHA: ALSO April 1 - May 31 WIHA: Archery & Shotshell Only Street or Road WIHA: Sep. 1 - Jan. 31 Federal or State Land Urban Area WIHA: Sep. 1 - Mar 31 Military Reservation YOUTH/DISABLED DEER SEASON Sept. 8-16, 2018 YOUTH WATERFOWL SEASON High Plains: Oct. 6-, 2018 Low Plains Early: Oct. 6-, 2018 Low Plains Late: Oct , 2018 Low Plains Southeast: Nov. 3-, 2018 YOUTH PHEASANT AND QUAIL SEASON November 3-, 2018 YOUTH SPRING TURKEY SEASON April 1-16, 201

4 DECATUR NORTON ST. Francis Atwood Oberlin 36 Norton CHEYENNE RAWLINS 123 SHERIDAN GRAHAM 2 23 Colby Goodland 0 Hoxie Hill SHERMAN THOMAS Oakley TREGO Wakeeney 25 0 Gove 0 Sharon Springs WALLACE LOGAN GOVE 2 1 Scott Leoti 6 Tribune Ness Dighton 6 GREELEY WICHITA SCOTT LANE NESS Jetmore Syracuse 6 Lakin Garden HODGEMAN 20 HAMILTON 25 KEARNY Cimarron Dodge FINNEY Johnson 20 Ulysses GRAY FORD 3 STANTON Sublette GRANT MORTON HASKELL 10 SEWARD 8 20 Meade Hugoton Elkhart 23 STEVENS Liberal MEADE CLARK PHILLIPS REPUBLIC NEMAHA BROWN Hiawatha DONIPHAN Smith Belleville Washington 36 Mankato Marysville Seneca 120 Center 36 Troy 36 WASHINGTON Philipsburg CLOUD 3 SMITH JEWELL 28 MARSHALL Atchison ROOKS OSBORNE Concordia RILEY POTTAWATOMIE 62 Osborne Beloit Holton 116 Stockton 16 ATCHISON 3 Clay 16 Center Westmoreland JEFFERSON Leavenworth OTTAWA LEAVEN- 18 JACKSON MITCHELL 5 Manhattan 2 Oskaloosa 82 WORTH 635 WYANDOTTE CLAY SHAWNEE Minneapolis 18 DICKINSON 0 Kansas Lincoln Junction 32 Alma 0 Topeka Lawrence GEARY LINCOLN Abilene Olathe DOUGLAS 0 Hays Russel Salina OSAGE 6 WABAUNSEE JOHNSON ELLIS RUSSELL Ellsworth RUSH 1 33 BARTON Ottawa SALINE Council Grove Lyndon 1 68 MIAMI Paola ELLSWORTH MORRIS La Crosse 10 McPHERSON Emporia 16 35W FRANKLIN 6 6 Mc Pherson LINN Great Cottonwood Lyons 31 Bend Marion Falls Garnet Larned RICE LYON Mound Burlington PAWNEE HARVEY MARION CHASE Newton GREENWOOD COFFEY ANDERSON 1 3 ST. John WOODSON Hutchinson Yates Iola BOURBON Center Kinsley SEDGWICK STAFFORD Eureka Fort 6 35W Scott El Dorado EDWARDS ALLEN 61 RENO WILSON Chanute Wichita Pratt Kingman Greensburg 235 Erie Fredonia 1 PRATT 2 BUTLER Girard 53 Howard 6 CRAWFORD Pittsburg COWLEY 3 KIOWA NEOSHO KINGMAN ELK Parsons 103 Wellington CHAUTAUQUA Lodge 35 Winfield Independence 6 6 Oswego Columbus Anthony 166 Sedan MONT GOMERY CHEROKEE LABETTE COMANCHE BARBER HARPER SUMNER Coffeyville Arkansas 16 1 Cabins Make Perfect Base Camps Ashland Coldwater Medicine Complement any trip with a relaxing stay at a Kansas state park or wildlife area cabin. One hundred, twenty-one cabins are available across the state, located at 1 state parks and six wildlife areas and one at the state fair grounds in Hutchinson. The cabins offer a wide range of amenities. Deluxe cabins feature heating and air conditioning and most have furnished kitchens with refrigerators, stoves, microwaves and coffee pots; separate bedrooms and full bathrooms with showers. Basic sleeper cabins are more rustic with fewer amenities. Most cabins can sleep four to six adults while others can sleep up to 10 adults. About half of the cabins are ADA accessible. Nightly rental rates vary depending on location, season, day of the week and available amenities. Reserve your cabin online at reserve.ksoutdoors.com. You can review cabin amenities, check prices and availability, and reserve a cabin up to a year in advance. Online instructions guide you through the reservation process. Scott Prairie Dog Cedar Bluff Webster Wilson Glen Elder Kanopolis State Fair Kingman Lovewell Ottawa SFL Cheney Milford McPherson SFL Tuttle Creek El Dorado Cross Timbers Fall River Perry Atchison SFL Pomona Eisenhower Clinton Crawford Mined Land WA Wildlife Management Planning Assistance Customize a property management plan to fit your goals. Find the optimum balance between production and wildlife. Receive financial assistance for wildlife habitat creation. Unlock your land s full wildlife potential. For More Information Call 1-8 HAB-ASST or Visit KSOutdoors.com/Private-Lands

5 Sportsmen s Calendar (Consult the 2018 Kansas Hunting & Furharvesting Regulations Summary for more information.) MIGRATORY DOVE (Mourning, white-winged) Sept. 1 - Nov. 2 EXOTIC DOVE (Eurasian collared and ringed turtle) Open year-round RAIL (Sora and Virginia) Sept. 1 - Nov. SNIPE Sept. 1 - Dec. 16 WOODCOCK Oct Nov. 26 SANDHILL CRANE Nov., Jan. 3, 201 PHEASANT/QUAIL Nov. 10, Jan. 31, 201 GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN Sept. - Oct. and Nov. 1, Jan. 31, 201 SQUIRREL June 1, Feb. 28, 201 RABBITS (Cottontail & Jack rabbit) Open year-around CROW Nov. 10, Mar. 10, 201 TURKEY Fall 2018: Oct. 1 - Nov. 2 and Dec. 10, Jan. 31, 201 Spring 201: Spring Youth/Disabled: April 1-16, 201 Spring Archery: April 8-16, 201 Spring Regular: April 1 - May 31, 201 TEAL High Plains Zone: Sept. -23 Low Plains Zone: Sept GEESE Dark (Canada, Cackling, Brant): Oct and Nov., Feb. 1, 201 White-fronted: Oct. 2 - Dec. 30 and Jan Feb. 1, 201 Light (Ross, Snow, Blue): Oct and Nov., Feb. 1, 201 Light Goose Conservation Order: Feb.18 - April 30, 201 DUCKS High Plains: Oct Dec. 31, 2018 and Jan. 12-2, 201 Low Plains Early: Oct Dec. 16, 2018 and Dec , 2018 Low Plains Late: Oct. 2 - Dec. 30, 2018 and Jan. 1-2, 201 Low Plains Southeast: Nov. 10, Jan. 6, 201 and Jan. 12-2, 201 DEER Youth and Disability: Sept Muzzleloader-Only: Sept Archery: Sept. 1 - Dec. 31 Pre-rut Firearm Whitetail Antlerless: Oct. 6-8 Regular Firearm: Nov Dec. 0 Extended Firearm Whitetail Antlerless-only (Units 6, 8,, 10, 16, 1): Jan. 1, 201 Extended Firearm Whitetail Antlerless-only (Units 1, 2, 3,, 5,, 11, 13, 1): Jan. 1-6, 201 Special Extended Firearm Whitetail Antlerless-only (Units 10A, 12,, 1): Jan. 1-13, 201 Extended Archery Whitetail Antlerless-only (DMU 10A, 1): Jan. 1-31, 201 Please consult the KDWPT website for up-to-date listings of withdrawn or added tracts. ksoutdoors.com/wiha

6 Walk-In Hunting Access (WIHA) Program Resources GPS Unit Mapping Locate WIHA tracts using Garmin GPS, Google Earth and handheld devices capable of running Google Maps. Instruction and files available mid- August from the KDWPT website. Online WIHA Atlas An elctronic version of the printed atlas can be downloaded from the Hunting section of the department s website beginning mid-august. Attention Landowners! Printed WIHA Atlas Available at license vendors and KDWPT offices early September. Highlights of the program: Earn extra dollars from your farm/ranch with the Walk- In Hunting Access (WIHA) program and the Fish Impoundments and Stream Habitat (FISH) program. Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) will lease CRP, standing cover crop, milo stubble, field borders, and river/creek habitat for fall hunting seasons and spring turkey hunting season. KDWPT also leases ponds and river/creek access for anglers. KDWPT pays you to allow hunting access on your land. KDWPT will post signs to inform users of property boundaries. KDWPT natural resource officers periodically patrol the land. Access by foot only. No vehicles allowed. State law limits normal liability. An atlas is printed showing all properties enrolled. WIHA/F.I.S.H. Application I am interested in enrolling my property in the WIHA/F.I.S.H. programs. Send me more information. Name: Address: : Day Phone: Evening Phone: Property is located in: (County) Send to: Attn: FISH & WILDLIFE Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism 512 SE 25th Ave. Pratt, KS 61

7 GAME WARDENS Anyone who finds evidence of wildlife crime should report it. Details of the crime and any other information, such as license tag numbers, dates, and times, should be noted. Local natural resource officers can be contacted through county sheriffs offices or by phoning the department s Operation Game Thief, Do NOT use these numbers for general information calls. General information may be obtained by phoning the department's Information Section, (620) , calling KDWPT offices listed in this publication, or online at If you re an active outdoorsman or woman, or just concerned about conservation in your area, get to know your local game wardens. They protect the resource in your area. COUNTY OFFICER PHONE COUNTY OFFICER PHONE COUNTY OFFICER PHONE Allen (620) Anderson (620) Atchison (85) Barber (620) Barton (620) 0-60 Bourbon (620) Brown (85) Butler (316) Chase (620) 30-8 Chautauqua (620) Cherokee (620) 31-8 Cheyenne (85) Clark (620) Clay (85) Cloud (620) Coffey (85) Comanche (620) Cowley (620) Crawford (N1/2) (620) Crawford (S1/2) (620) 31-8 Decatur (85) Dickinson (85) Doniphan (620) -185 Douglas (85) Edwards (620) 0- Elk (620) Ellis (620) Ellsworth (85) Finney (620) Ford (620) Franklin (85) Geary (85) Gove (85) -0 Graham (85) Grant (620) Gray (620) -1 Greeley (620) Greenwood (620) Hamilton (620) Harper (620) 2-6 Harvey (316) Haskell (620) Hodgeman (620) -1 Jackson (85) Jefferson (E1/2) (620) -185 Jefferson (W1/2)......(85) Jewell (85) Johnson (85) Kearny (620) Kingman (620) 2-6 Kiowa (620) Labette (620) Lane (620) 0-01 Leavenworth (85) Lincoln (85) Linn (85) Logan (620) Lyon (620) 31- Marion (620) Marshall (85) McPherson (620) Meade (620) Miami (85) Mitchell (85) Montgomery (620) 32- Morris (620) 30-8 Morton (620) Nemaha (85) Neosho N1/ (620) Neosho S1/ (620) Ness (620) -1 Norton (85) Osage N1/ (85) Osage S1/ (620) -26 Osborne (85) Ottawa (85) Pawnee (620) 0- Phillips (85) Pottawatomie (85) Pratt (620) Rawlins (620) Reno (316) 2-21 Republic (620) Rice (620) Riley (85) Rooks (85) Rush (620) 0-60 Russell (620) Saline (85) Scott (620) 0-01 Sedgwick (316) Seward (620) Shawnee (85) Sheridan (85) Sherman (85) Smith (85) Stafford (620) 0- Stanton (620) Stevens (620) Sumner (620) Thomas (620) Trego (85) -0 Wabaunsee (85) Wallace (85) Washington (85) Wichita (620) 0-01 Wilson (620) Woodson (620) Wyandotte (85) AREA INFORMATION CONTACTS KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS and TOURISM Office of the Secretary (85) 26-2 Pratt Operations Office (620) Region 1 Office (85) Region 2 Office (85) Region 3 Office (316) Chanute District Office (620) Dodge District Office (620) Kansas District Office (13) Emporia Research Office (620) AREA and STATE PARK OFFICES Cedar Bluff (85) Cheney (316) Cheyenne Bottoms (620) 3-30 Clinton (85) Council Grove (620) Crawford (620) Cross Timbers (620) Eisenhower (85) El Dorado (316) Elk (620) Fall River (620) Glen Elder (85) Hillsdale (13) - Kanopolis (85) 6-25 Lovewell (85) 53-1 Marais des Cygnes (13) 352- Meade (620) -22 Milford (85) Mined Land (620) Perry (85) 6-3 Pomona (85) Prairie Dog/Norton (85) Pratt Sandhills (620) Sandsage Bison Range (620) Scott (620) Tuttle Creek (85) 53-1 Webster (85) Wilson (85) FEDERAL WILDLIFE AREAS Cimarron Grasslands (620) Flint Hills NWR (620) Marais des Cygnes NWR (13) Quivira NWR (620) Kirwin NWR (85) Ft Riley (85) CORPS OF ENGINEERS Big Hill Reservoir (620) Clinton Reservoir (85) -665 Council Grove Reservoir (620) El Dorado Reservoir (316) 321- Elk Reservoir (620) Fall River Reservoir (620) Hillsdale Reservoir (13) -366 John Redmond Reservoir (620) Kanopolis Reservoir (85) 6-22 Marion Reservoir (620) Melvern Reservoir (85) Milford Reservoir (85) Perry Reservoir (85) 5-51 Pomona Reservoir (85) Toronto Reservoir (620) Tuttle Creek Reservoir (85) Wilson Reservoir (85) This program receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 16, Section of the Rehabilitation Act of 13, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 10, the Age Discrimination Act of 15, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 12, the U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex (in educational programs). If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity or facility, or if your desire further information please write to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Officer for Diversity and Civil Rights Programs, External Programs, 00 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 130 Arlington, VA /18

8 INDEX TO KANSAS HUNTING ATLAS MAP PAGES KDWPT WALK-IN HUNTING ACCESS LOCATIONS