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Kansas agency defends ban on trail cameras on public lands; users, landowners remain split
Summary
The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks reported the 2023 regulation banning use of trail or game cameras on department-managed lands has reduced theft and some landowner complaints but remains controversial among hunters; department recommends no change after two seasons.
Ryan Stuckey, the department’s public lands director, briefed the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission on the implementation and effects of a regulation that took effect April 6, 2023, prohibiting placement or use of trail/game cameras on Department lands and walk-in hunting areas (WEHA/IWEHA). Stuckey read the regulation text to commissioners and summarized why the department proposed the rule: theft of cameras, privacy concerns, perceived monopolization of locations, and increased user conflicts and traffic on limited public acreage.
Stuckey told the commission the regulation bars placement of remote motion-activated or infrared trail cameras on Department lands,…
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