Kan. Admin. Regs. § 115-25-8 - Elk; open season, bag limit, and permits
(a)
The unit designations in this regulation shall have the meanings specified in
K.A.R.
115-4-6b, except that the area of Fort Riley,
subunit 2a, shall not be included as part of Republican-Tuttle, unit
2.
(b) The open seasons for the
taking of elk shall be as follows:
(1) The
archery season dates and units shall be as follows:
(A) Statewide, except Fort Riley, subunit 2a,
and unit 1: the Monday after the second Saturday in September through the last
day of the same year.
(B) Fort
Riley, subunit 2a: the first day of September through the last day of
September.
(2) The
firearm season dates and units shall be as follows:
(A) Statewide, except Fort Riley, subunit 2a,
and unit 1: the first day of August through the last day of August; the
Wednesday after Thanksgiving through the second following Sunday; and the first
day of January through the 15th day of March.
(B) Fort Riley, subunit 2a:
(i) First segment: the first day of October
through the last day of October.
(ii) Second segment: the first day of
November through the last day of November.
(iii) Third segment: the first day of
December through the last day of December.
(iv) Fourth segment: the first day of January
through the last day of January.
(3) The muzzleloader season dates and units
shall be as follows:
(A) Statewide, except
Fort Riley, subunit 2a, and unit 1: the first day of September through the last
day of September.
(B) Fort Riley,
subunit 2a: the first day of September through the last day of
September.
(c)
A limited-quota either-sex elk permit shall be valid during any season using
equipment authorized for that season. Twelve either-sex elk permits shall be
authorized.
(d) A limited-quota
antlerless-only elk permit shall be valid during any season using equipment
authorized for that season, except that a limited-quota antlerless-only elk
permit shall be valid on Fort Riley, subunit 2a, only as follows:
(1) A first-segment antlerless-only elk
permit shall be valid on Fort Riley, subunit 2a, only during the first segment.
Six first-segment antlerless-only elk permits shall be authorized.
(2) A second-segment antlerless-only elk
permit shall be valid on Fort Riley, subunit 2a, only during the second
segment. Six second-segment antlerless-only elk permits shall be
authorized.
(3) A third-segment
antlerless-only elk permit shall be valid on Fort Riley, subunit 2a, only
during the third segment. Six third-segment antlerless-only elk permits shall
be authorized.
(4) All
antlerless-only elk permits shall be valid on Fort Riley, subunit 2a, during
the September archery and muzzleloader seasons, and the January firearm
season.
(e) The bag limit
shall be one elk as specified on the permit issued to the permittee.
(f) An unlimited number of
hunt-on-your-own-land antlerless-only elk permits and either-sex elk permits
shall be authorized in units 2 and 3. A hunt-on-your-own-land permit shall be
valid during any open season. The bag limit for each hunt-on-your-own-land elk
permit shall be one elk as specified on the permit.
(g) An unlimited number of over-the-counter
antlerless-only elk permits and either-sex elk permits shall be authorized in
unit 3.
(h) Permits are not valid
after March 15 following the date of issuance.
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