Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM
Article 8 - DEPARTMENT LANDS AND WATERS
Section 115-8-23 - Bait; hunting
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 115-8-23
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) No person shall place, deposit, expose, or scatter bait on department lands or place, deposit, expose, or scatter bait in a manner that causes another person to be in violation of this regulation.
(1)
This regulation shall include those areas designated by the agency as Walk-in
Hunting Areas (WIHA) and Integrated Walk-in Hunting Areas (iWIHA).
(2) This shall not apply to licensed
furharvesters as permitted in
K.A.R.
115-5-1.
(b)
(1)
Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the hunting or taking of wildlife
over any of the following:
(A) Standing
crops, grain or crop residue following harvest, or flooded standing crops,
including aquatic crops;
(B)
standing, flooded, or manipulated natural vegetation;
(C) flooded harvested croplands;
(D) lands or areas where seeds or grains have
been scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural planting,
harvesting, postharvest manipulation, or soil stabilization practice;
or
(E) standing or flooded standing
agricultural crops over which grain is inadvertently scattered solely as a
result of a hunter entering or exiting a hunting area, placing decoys, or
retrieving downed wildlife.
(2) The taking of wildlife, except migratory
waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over any lands or areas meeting the
following conditions shall not be prohibited:
(A) Are not otherwise baited; and
(B) have grain or other feed that has been
distributed or scattered solely as the result of manipulation of an
agricultural crop or other feed on the land where grown, scattered solely as
the result of normal agricultural operations, or scattered solely as the result
of normal weather conditions.
(c) For the purposes of this regulation, "bait" shall mean any grain, fruit, vegetable, nut, hay, salt, sorghum, feed, other food, or mineral that is capable of attracting wildlife. Liquid scents and sprays shall not be considered bait.
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