Proposal would limit out-of-state hunters' waterfowl hunting days in Kansas

Covered out-of-state hunters would be allowed to hunt ducks and geese only on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays in the covered areas. The rule would cover people who had not been Kansas residents for the preceding 60 days. It would apply to state-managed lands and waters and the named federal reservoirs, wildlife refuges, and Missouri River wildlife lands. Ducks include mergansers. Designated walk-in hunting areas, navigable Kansas rivers, and the special light-goose conservation season would be exempt. Nonresident lifetime license holders and people legally entitled to resident licenses would be exempt. The restriction would apply during established waterfowl hunting seasons. The proposal tied its effective date to publication in the Kansas statute book.

The state wildlife secretary would set waterfowl habitat stamp fees within separate resident and nonresident caps. The fee caps would apply to Kansas migratory waterfowl habitat stamps: $20 for residents and $100 for nonresidents. These amounts would be maximum fees, rather than required prices. The proposal tied the fee rules' effective date to publication in the Kansas statute book.