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KDWP proposes reallocating deer permits: fewer nonresident permits in western Kansas, more in east; some units to get longer antlerless seasons
Summary
Department staff proposed adjustments to deer management units, antlerless season lengths and 2025 nonresident/resident draw quotas, shifting some opportunity east and reducing allotments in western mule‑deer country. The commission moved the proposals into promulgation.
Department of Wildlife & Parks research staff presented proposed 2025 changes to deer management and permit quotas at the March 27 commission meeting, recommending reduced antlerless opportunity in much of western Kansas and increased antlerless opportunity in many eastern units, while modestly reducing the statewide total nonresident quota by 91 permits.
Levi Jaster, Research and Survey Office, told commissioners the proposals respond to diverging regional population trends. “We are two different states in one,” Jaster said, summarizing long‑term declines in mule deer and…
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