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Commission expands night-hunting window for coyotes, excludes antlered deer seasons and adds three-year sunset
Summary
The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Commission voted 5–2 to extend the overnight/thermal coyote-hunting season to run from Sept. 1 through March 31, excluding antlered deer seasons, and added a three-year sunset to the rule. The decision followed extended public comment and debate among commissioners, law enforcement and biologists.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Commission voted 5–2 to expand the department’s authorized night-vision/thermal coyote-hunting season and to include a three-year sunset provision. The new season runs Sept. 1 through March 31 and excludes antlered deer seasons (rifle and muzzleloader antlered deer seasons); the regulation will be reviewed after three years.
The proposal had drawn strong public input on both sides during the meeting at Flint Oak, with several residents, representatives of a newly formed Kansas Night Hunters Association and a former commissioner urging extension and others — including trappers, houndsmen and commenters concerned about impacts to denning females and public perception — urging restraint or no…
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