Kansas Upland Bird Hunting| Pheasant and Quail Season (2024)

FAQs

When can you hunt quail in Kansas? ›

The Kansas pheasant season runs November 11, 2023 to January 31, 2024, with the youth season falling on November 4 – 5. The daily bag limit is 4 roosters, with a possession limit of 16.

Waterfowl. Annual Hunting License - All resident hunters age 16 through 74 must have a resident hunting license unless exempt by Kansas Law. Nonresident hunters, regardless of age, must have a nonresident hunting license.

The northwestern portion of the Smoky Hills region, which includes Phillips, Rooks, Ellis and Trego counties, also looks to be a decent area for pheasant hunters in 2020. Youth pheasant season runs from Nov. 7-8, with the regular season running from Nov.

Mid-America Hunting Association has existed since 1965 providing private Kansas hunting land wild quail from its first day of existence.

The southeast region of the state is usually the top quail producer.

Pheasants – This region, located on the eastern edge of the primary pheasant range in Kansas, offers limited opportunities. Pheasant densities have always been low in the Flint Hills, with the highest densities on the western edge of the region.

No, you're not required to have a plug if you're hunting pheasants. However, Officer Dekker suggests that “if you're going to be out there and you're going maybe try doing a little duck hunting in the morning, make sure you have that plug in the gun.

One of the premier destinations for quail hunting in Kansas is the Flint Hills region. The expansive prairies and rugged terrain of the Flint Hills provide ideal habitat for quail populations.

In Kansas, “Hunt-On-Your-Own-Land Permits” are available to resident or non-resident landowners or tenants who actively engage in agricultural practices on 80 acres or more of Kansas property. To qualify as a nonresident landowner, a person must own property in fee simple ownership with their name on the deed.

Is quail hunting difficult? ›

The Shooting is Challenging—But Fun

California quail are quick—and small, with an average weight of only 6 to 7 ounces. And they're wily. California quail that receive pressure tend to flush either right at cover height, often preventing you from getting a shot off, or when you least expect it.

While more common than and not as prized as the mountain quail, make no mistake: valley quail are a formidable and extremely worthy quarry in the western landscape. With great dog work, exciting shooting opportunities and an extended range, a hunt for California quail is an easy addition to any western road trip.

Legal shot is steel, bismuth-tin, tungsten-polymer, tungsten-iron, tungsten matrix, tungsten-nickle-iron, tungsten-ironnickel- tin, and steel shot coated with copper, nickel, zinc chromate, or zinc chloride. It is illegal to possess lead shot while hunting waterfowl or hunting in a Non-Toxic-Shot-Only area.

In its current format, pheasant season opens the second Saturday in November and runs through the last day of January. The Kansas pheasant hunting season the daily bag limit is four male pheasants known as roosters.

Pheasant Hunting Rates

1 - $500 Per Person/ Per Day. 2 - $475 Per Person/ Per Day.

(a) Except as provided further, a game breeder permit is required to engage in the business of raising and selling game birds, game animals, furbearing animals or such other wildlife as required by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A.

Quail are fast-growing birds. Just six weeks after they hatch, they are laying eggs, and at eight weeks, they are ready to be butchered. The males are smaller than the females and have red feathers on their chests, while the larger females have spotted chests. We generally butcher all but one or two males.

From experience, steel 3's and 4's in 12 or 20 gauges seem to do the job quite well on pheasants and steel 6's or 7's are good for quail and woodco*ck hunting.