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| Liberal Seasons and TagsKansas turkey hunting both spring and fall finds a long turkey season, multiple over the counter turkey tags and all day long turkey hunting for Eastern and Kansas Rio Grande Turkey. Kansas spring season is 6 weeks long for both the Rio Grande and Eastern Turkey, on the same tag. All day long hunts to include Sundays. Two spring tags for over the counter purchase allowing for two toms in one day. And, there is more. Additional benefits of deer scouting during the spring hunt and all of it on private lease land without competition from other hunters. Can it get any better? Yes, it can. The wild bird hunter will find a liberal fall season both in terms of weather conditions and additional tags. And, there is more. Although few actually use dogs for the fall season, they are legal. What a great picture it would make of a retriever bringing in a 20 pound bird as either sex is permitted.
First SeasonWith Missouri and Kansas spring seasons overlapping hunters are often choosing one over the over or trying to spread themselves between the two states. On this point about having four over the counter tags and up to three states to hunt those have several seasons experience with us will do better than those on their first hunt. The difference is the attitude within this do it yourself hunter organization. Those on their first spring season need to have the idea they are setting themselves up for years of hunts to come and have reasonable turkey hunting expectations. The first Kansas hunt will be good and we can make it better by getting that first year member to agree the first couple of scouting or hunting trips are break-in to learn the ground and develop hunting spots. The approach that has worked the best is to limit the stress on the hunter. The first season member should plan on only spring turkey hunting one state and fill one tag within the time frame of his first trip. If that first tag should come easy a trip to the local Wal-Mart will allow the purchase of the second turkey tag.
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We highlight this self guided turkey hunter due to his unique situation in life of being the one that has ensured his son's, father's, an uncle's and a cousin's turkey hunting success in Kansas and with deer as well. And, they travel over 1,500 miles to do so!