Kansas Canned Hunting Statutes and Regulations

No Ban: Mammals permitted.

Statute

Kansas law requires that a license be obtained for the operation of a controlled shooting area. K.S.A. §32-944 and §32-945.

Such areas must be not less than 160 acres nor more than 1,280 acres and are to be used for the propagation and shooting of game birds. Id. at §32-944.

"Game bird" is defined to include "pheasant, quail, partridge, turkey, hand-raised mallard duck, prairie chicken, grouse, exotic game bird or any other bird hunted by sportspersons." Id. at §32-943(a).

The secretary, however, "may issue to the licensee of a private membership licensed controlled shooting area special permits and game tags for the taking of deer for purchase by persons who are permitted by the licensee to hunt on such area." Id. at §32-947.

Permits are required to import wildlife into Kansas. Id. at §32-956.

Regulation

Under the regulations promulgated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, each applicant for a controlled shooting area license must, among other things, identify the game birds to be released and hunted. §115-11-1(b)(4).

In addition to hunting game birds on such facilities, "hunting during established seasons and in compliance with all laws and regulations governing the hunting activity may occur on a controlled shooting area for wildlife species not included in K.S.A. 32-943, and amendments thereto, or for any wildlife species not included in the license issued for that controlled shooting area." §115-11-2(j).

The hunting, shooting or taking of wild migratory waterfowl, however, shall be prohibited on each controlled shooting area used for the shooting of hand-reared mallard ducks. Id. 

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