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Of Interest | ArcheryKansas archery hunters may select from a range of regions of differing habitat from the big open of the west to the more bow hunter friendly closed in wooded terrain of eastern Kansas. It is the MAHA hunter's choice of where he may like to hunt as opposed to a guide service that places the hunter. For the first time Kansas do it yourself archery hunter we would recommend the region right down to individual farms that are most likely to give the best results, meaning eyes on trophy whitetail. Even at that, the hunter is still free to select other leases to include within those regions where to find a tree in the right spot for a stand may be near to impossible.
Kansas archery deer hunting starts in early October just after the rubs and and right before the scrapes begin to show. Archery season continues to the firearms season that opens either the last Wednesday in November or first Wednesday in December and runs for 10 to 12 days. Archery season resumes after that until the end of December. For the bow hunter that is planning to hunt early November be aware that is the Kansas upland bird opener and motel rooms in some areas may be booked up to 6 months in advance. After the opening week of upland season the Kansas countryside returns to ghost town status and motel rooms are readily available. The only other exception more notable to our Kansas deer hunting than that of our other two states is that some Kansas counties are remote and may have only one motel for the entire county. If the railroad or highway crews are out in the nearby country side these crews could easily book the entire room space. The rule, especially in Kansas, is to always call ahead. Archery deer success - for Northern state (Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc.) archery deer hunters have had the highest success rates during the late Kansas archery deer season in December. They seem to have the clothes to sit in the stand as well as the mental stamina to withstand the cold during this late deer season. Conversely, the southern state deer hunter seems to have a slight edge during the warmer Kansas October hunts as they seem to be more aware of rattling and grunting having more of that experience during their home state deer seasons. Best deer hunts - Overall, when it comes to those traveling for Kansas deer hunting we have observed those that do the best deer hunting here, locally, do so during the same portion of the rut they are most experienced with in their home state. For most that attempt deer hunting outside of their range of familiarity success rates seem to drop. It appears choosing when to go deer hunting is better by this rut phase method rather than the deer hunting method of choice (archery, muzzleloader, rifle).
FirearmsKansas firearms whitetail deer hunters may easily find the opportunity for out to 300 yard shooting and right down to 10 yards as well making a variable scope is the right answer. Even with the rifle and scope deer hunting advantage the most common failing of the firearms Kansas whitetail deer hunter is the inability to judge range over open ground. The typical miss is to undershoot the deer. No small point and one we will reemphasize later and far more common to our Kansas whitetail deer hunting than that in Missouri or Iowa. Continue this deer hunting article
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