Article 9.--LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS AND OTHER ISSUES
32-937.Big game permits.(a) When used in this section:
(1) "Landowner" means a resident owner of farm or ranch land of 80acres or more located in the state of Kansas.
(2) "Tenant" means an individual who is actively engaged in the agriculturaloperation of 80 acres or more of Kansas farm or ranch land for the purpose ofproducing agricultural commodities or livestock and who: (A) Has a substantialfinancial investment in the production of agricultural commodities or livestockon such farm or ranch land and the potential to realize substantial financialbenefit from such production;or (B) is a bona fide manager having an overall responsibility to direct,supervise and conduct such agricultural operation and has the potential torealize substantial benefit from such production in the form of salary, sharesof such production or some other economic incentive based upon suchproduction. Evidence of tenancy, if requested, shall be provided to thedepartment and may include, but is not limited to, natural resourceconservationservices records, farm service agency records, or written agricultural contractor lease documentation.
(3) "Regular season" means a statewide big game hunting seasonauthorized annually which may include one or more seasons restricted tospecific types of equipment.
(4) "Special season" means a big game hunting season in addition to aregular season authorized on an irregular basis or at different times ofthe year other than the regular season.
(5) "General permit" means a big game hunting permit available toKansas residents not applying for big game permits as a landowner or tenant.
(6) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident of the state of Kansaswho owns farm or ranch land of 80 acres or more which islocated in the state of Kansas.
(7) "Nonresident permit" means a big game hunting permit available toindividuals who are not Kansas residents.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations ofthe secretary and in addition to any other license, permit or stamp required bylaw or rules and regulations of the secretary, valid big gamepermits are required to take any big game inthis state.
(c) The fee for big game permits and game tagsshall be the amount prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988, and amendmentsthereto.
(d) Big game permits are validthroughout the state or suchportion thereof as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the secretaryin accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto.
(e) Unless otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of thesecretary, big game permits arevalid from the date of issuanceand shall expire at the end of the season for which issued.
(f) The secretary may adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, andamendments thereto, rules and regulations for each regular orspecial big game hunting season and for each management unit regarding biggame permits. The secretary is hereby authorized to issuebig game permits pertaining to the taking of big game.Separate big game permits may be issued for each speciesofbig game. No big game permits shall be issued until thesecretary has established, by rules and regulations adopted in accordancewith K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, a regular or specialbig game hunting season.
(g) The secretary may authorize, by rule and regulation adopted inaccordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, regular landowneror tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits. Members of the landowner'sor tenant's immediate family who are domiciled with the landowner or tenant mayapply for resident big game permits as landowners or tenants, but the totalnumber of landowner or tenant regular hunt-on-your-own-land permits issued to alandowner or tenant and a landowner's or tenant's immediate family members foreach big game species shall not exceed one permit for each 80 acres owned bysuch landowner or operated by such tenant. Evidence of ownership or tenancy, ifrequested, shall be provided to the department.Such permits andapplications may contain provisions and restrictions as prescribed by ruleand regulation adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, andamendments thereto.
(h) Special hunt-on-your-own-land deer permits may be issuedto a landowner's or tenant's siblings and lineal ascendants or descendants,and their spouses, whether or not a Kansas resident, by paying the required feefor a general deer permit. The total number of regular and specialhunt-on-your-own-land deer permits issued to a landowner's or tenant's siblingsand lineal ascendants or descendants, and their spouses, shall not exceed onedeer permit for each 80 acres owned by such landowner or operated by suchtenant. Evidence of ownership or tenancy, and sibling or lineal ascending ordescending relations, if requested, shall be provided to the department.
(i) Fifty percent of the big game permits authorized for aregular season in any management unit shall be issued to landowners or tenants,provided that a limited number of big game permits have been authorized andlandowner or tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits for that unithave not been authorized. A landowner or tenant is not eligible to applyfor a big game permit as a landowner or as a tenant in a management unitother than the unit or units which includes such landowner's or tenant'sland. Any big game permits not issued to landowners or tenants within thetime period prescribed by rule and regulation may be issued without regardto the 50% limitation.
(j) Thesecretary may issue, by rules and regulations adopted in accordance with K.S.A.32-805, and amendments thereto, resident deer hunting permits available on alimited basis and valid for a designated species and sex in designated units,and antlerless-only deer permits in designated units as necessary formanagement purposes, and, any of the following options:
(1) Either sex white-tailed deer permits valid statewide during any seasonwith the equipment legal for that season;
(2) either species, either sex archery permits valid statewide;
(3) either species, either sex muzzle loader permits valid in designatedunits; or
(4) either species, either sex firearm permits valid in designated units.
(k) The secretary may issue permits for deer tononresidentlandowners, but any such permit shall be restricted to hunting only onlands owned by the nonresident landowner.
(l) The secretary may issue deer hunting permits tononresidents, subject to the following limitations:
(1) The total number of nonresident deer permits that maybe issued for a deer season in a management unit and which may be used to takeantlered deer shall be established with the goal of meeting demand for thosepermits, using a formula developed by the department that will consideradjustment factors, including deer population trends, deer-related vehicleaccidents, age structure in the harvest, deer damage, landowner desire fornonresident deer permits, general public desires and health of habitat. The2008 permit numbers shall be based on the adjustment factors and an average ofnonresident demand for permits in each management unit from the previous sixyears, establishing at least a 10% increase but not more than 50% increase inpermit numbers in each management unit, except in unit 16, where permit numbersshall not increase more than 100%. In subsequent years, the formula shall beused to determine permit allocations based on demand and the adjustmentfactors.
(2) Nonresident deer permits may be restricted to a particular deer species.
(3) Nonresident deer permits shall be restricted to two adjacent deermanagement units.
(4) Nonresident deer hunters shall select one season at the time ofapplication.
(5) For an additional fee, nonresident deer hunters applying for a whitetaileither sex archery or muzzle loader permit in a designated mule deer unit mayalso apply for one of the limited number of mule deer stamps. If they aresuccessful in both drawings, they would be issued a permit that will allow themto take either a whitetail deer or a mule deer in that unit.
(m) A big game permit shall state the species, numberand sex of the biggame which may be killed by the permittee. The secretary mayrequire any big game permitee to provide surveyinformation at the conclusion of the open season.
(n) The permittee shall permanently affix thecarcass tag to the carcass of any big game animal immediatelyafter killing and thereafter takesuch killed game to acheck station as may be required in the rules andregulations, where a check stationtag shall be affixed to the big game carcass ifthe kill is legal. The tagsshall remain affixed to the carcass until the carcass is processed forstorage or consumption. The permittee shall retain the carcass tag until thecarcass is consumed, given to another or otherwise disposed of.
(o) The provisions of this section do not apply to biggame animals sold in surplus property disposal sales of departmentexhibit herds or big game animals legally taken outside this state.
Article 9.--LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS AND OTHER ISSUES
32-937.Big game permits.(a) When used in this section:
(1) "Landowner" means a resident owner of farm or ranch land of 80acres or more located in the state of Kansas.
(2) "Tenant" means an individual who is actively engaged in the agriculturaloperation of 80 acres or more of Kansas farm or ranch land for the purpose ofproducing agricultural commodities or livestock and who: (A) Has a substantialfinancial investment in the production of agricultural commodities or livestockon such farm or ranch land and the potential to realize substantial financialbenefit from such production;or (B) is a bona fide manager having an overall responsibility to direct,supervise and conduct such agricultural operation and has the potential torealize substantial benefit from such production in the form of salary, sharesof such production or some other economic incentive based upon suchproduction. Evidence of tenancy, if requested, shall be provided to thedepartment and may include, but is not limited to, natural resourceconservationservices records, farm service agency records, or written agricultural contractor lease documentation.
(3) "Regular season" means a statewide big game hunting seasonauthorized annually which may include one or more seasons restricted tospecific types of equipment.
(4) "Special season" means a big game hunting season in addition to aregular season authorized on an irregular basis or at different times ofthe year other than the regular season.
(5) "General permit" means a big game hunting permit available toKansas residents not applying for big game permits as a landowner or tenant.
(6) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident of the state of Kansaswho owns farm or ranch land of 80 acres or more which islocated in the state of Kansas.
(7) "Nonresident permit" means a big game hunting permit available toindividuals who are not Kansas residents.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations ofthe secretary and in addition to any other license, permit or stamp required bylaw or rules and regulations of the secretary, valid big gamepermits are required to take any big game inthis state.
(c) The fee for big game permits and game tagsshall be the amount prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988, and amendmentsthereto.
(d) Big game permits are validthroughout the state or suchportion thereof as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the secretaryin accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto.
(e) Unless otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of thesecretary, big game permits arevalid from the date of issuanceand shall expire at the end of the season for which issued.
(f) The secretary may adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, andamendments thereto, rules and regulations for each regular orspecial big game hunting season and for each management unit regarding biggame permits. The secretary is hereby authorized to issuebig game permits pertaining to the taking of big game.Separate big game permits may be issued for each speciesofbig game. No big game permits shall be issued until thesecretary has established, by rules and regulations adopted in accordancewith K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, a regular or specialbig game hunting season.
(g) The secretary may authorize, by rule and regulation adopted inaccordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, regular landowneror tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits. Members of the landowner'sor tenant's immediate family who are domiciled with the landowner or tenant mayapply for resident big game permits as landowners or tenants, but the totalnumber of landowner or tenant regular hunt-on-your-own-land permits issued to alandowner or tenant and a landowner's or tenant's immediate family members foreach big game species shall not exceed one permit for each 80 acres owned bysuch landowner or operated by such tenant. Evidence of ownership or tenancy, ifrequested, shall be provided to the department.Such permits andapplications may contain provisions and restrictions as prescribed by ruleand regulation adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, andamendments thereto.
(h) Special hunt-on-your-own-land deer permits may be issuedto a landowner's or tenant's siblings and lineal ascendants or descendants,and their spouses, whether or not a Kansas resident, by paying the required feefor a general deer permit. The total number of regular and specialhunt-on-your-own-land deer permits issued to a landowner's or tenant's siblingsand lineal ascendants or descendants, and their spouses, shall not exceed onedeer permit for each 80 acres owned by such landowner or operated by suchtenant. Evidence of ownership or tenancy, and sibling or lineal ascending ordescending relations, if requested, shall be provided to the department.
(i) Fifty percent of the big game permits authorized for aregular season in any management unit shall be issued to landowners or tenants,provided that a limited number of big game permits have been authorized andlandowner or tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits for that unithave not been authorized. A landowner or tenant is not eligible to applyfor a big game permit as a landowner or as a tenant in a management unitother than the unit or units which includes such landowner's or tenant'sland. Any big game permits not issued to landowners or tenants within thetime period prescribed by rule and regulation may be issued without regardto the 50% limitation.
(j) Thesecretary may issue, by rules and regulations adopted in accordance with K.S.A.32-805, and amendments thereto, resident deer hunting permits available on alimited basis and valid for a designated species and sex in designated units,and antlerless-only deer permits in designated units as necessary formanagement purposes, and, any of the following options:
(1) Either sex white-tailed deer permits valid statewide during any seasonwith the equipment legal for that season;
(2) either species, either sex archery permits valid statewide;
(3) either species, either sex muzzle loader permits valid in designatedunits; or
(4) either species, either sex firearm permits valid in designated units.
(k) The secretary may issue permits for deer tononresidentlandowners, but any such permit shall be restricted to hunting only onlands owned by the nonresident landowner.
(l) The secretary may issue deer hunting permits tononresidents, subject to the following limitations:
(1) The total number of nonresident deer permits that maybe issued for a deer season in a management unit and which may be used to takeantlered deer shall be established with the goal of meeting demand for thosepermits, using a formula developed by the department that will consideradjustment factors, including deer population trends, deer-related vehicleaccidents, age structure in the harvest, deer damage, landowner desire fornonresident deer permits, general public desires and health of habitat. The2008 permit numbers shall be based on the adjustment factors and an average ofnonresident demand for permits in each management unit from the previous sixyears, establishing at least a 10% increase but not more than 50% increase inpermit numbers in each management unit, except in unit 16, where permit numbersshall not increase more than 100%. In subsequent years, the formula shall beused to determine permit allocations based on demand and the adjustmentfactors.
(2) Nonresident deer permits may be restricted to a particular deer species.
(3) Nonresident deer permits shall be restricted to two adjacent deermanagement units.
(4) Nonresident deer hunters shall select one season at the time ofapplication.
(5) For an additional fee, nonresident deer hunters applying for a whitetaileither sex archery or muzzle loader permit in a designated mule deer unit mayalso apply for one of the limited number of mule deer stamps. If they aresuccessful in both drawings, they would be issued a permit that will allow themto take either a whitetail deer or a mule deer in that unit.
(m) A big game permit shall state the species, numberand sex of the biggame which may be killed by the permittee. The secretary mayrequire any big game permitee to provide surveyinformation at the conclusion of the open season.
(n) The permittee shall permanently affix thecarcass tag to the carcass of any big game animal immediatelyafter killing and thereafter takesuch killed game to acheck station as may be required in the rules andregulations, where a check stationtag shall be affixed to the big game carcass ifthe kill is legal. The tagsshall remain affixed to the carcass until the carcass is processed forstorage or consumption. The permittee shall retain the carcass tag until thecarcass is consumed, given to another or otherwise disposed of.
(o) The provisions of this section do not apply to biggame animals sold in surplus property disposal sales of departmentexhibit herds or big game animals legally taken outside this state.
Article 9.--LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS AND OTHER ISSUES
32-937.Big game permits.(a) When used in this section:
(1) "Landowner" means a resident owner of farm or ranch land of 80acres or more located in the state of Kansas.
(2) "Tenant" means an individual who is actively engaged in the agriculturaloperation of 80 acres or more of Kansas farm or ranch land for the purpose ofproducing agricultural commodities or livestock and who: (A) Has a substantialfinancial investment in the production of agricultural commodities or livestockon such farm or ranch land and the potential to realize substantial financialbenefit from such production;or (B) is a bona fide manager having an overall responsibility to direct,supervise and conduct such agricultural operation and has the potential torealize substantial benefit from such production in the form of salary, sharesof such production or some other economic incentive based upon suchproduction. Evidence of tenancy, if requested, shall be provided to thedepartment and may include, but is not limited to, natural resourceconservationservices records, farm service agency records, or written agricultural contractor lease documentation.
(3) "Regular season" means a statewide big game hunting seasonauthorized annually which may include one or more seasons restricted tospecific types of equipment.
(4) "Special season" means a big game hunting season in addition to aregular season authorized on an irregular basis or at different times ofthe year other than the regular season.
(5) "General permit" means a big game hunting permit available toKansas residents not applying for big game permits as a landowner or tenant.
(6) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident of the state of Kansaswho owns farm or ranch land of 80 acres or more which islocated in the state of Kansas.
(7) "Nonresident permit" means a big game hunting permit available toindividuals who are not Kansas residents.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations ofthe secretary and in addition to any other license, permit or stamp required bylaw or rules and regulations of the secretary, valid big gamepermits are required to take any big game inthis state.
(c) The fee for big game permits and game tagsshall be the amount prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 32-988, and amendmentsthereto.
(d) Big game permits are validthroughout the state or suchportion thereof as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the secretaryin accordance with K.S.A. 32-805 and amendments thereto.
(e) Unless otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of thesecretary, big game permits arevalid from the date of issuanceand shall expire at the end of the season for which issued.
(f) The secretary may adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, andamendments thereto, rules and regulations for each regular orspecial big game hunting season and for each management unit regarding biggame permits. The secretary is hereby authorized to issuebig game permits pertaining to the taking of big game.Separate big game permits may be issued for each speciesofbig game. No big game permits shall be issued until thesecretary has established, by rules and regulations adopted in accordancewith K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, a regular or specialbig game hunting season.
(g) The secretary may authorize, by rule and regulation adopted inaccordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, regular landowneror tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits. Members of the landowner'sor tenant's immediate family who are domiciled with the landowner or tenant mayapply for resident big game permits as landowners or tenants, but the totalnumber of landowner or tenant regular hunt-on-your-own-land permits issued to alandowner or tenant and a landowner's or tenant's immediate family members foreach big game species shall not exceed one permit for each 80 acres owned bysuch landowner or operated by such tenant. Evidence of ownership or tenancy, ifrequested, shall be provided to the department.Such permits andapplications may contain provisions and restrictions as prescribed by ruleand regulation adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, andamendments thereto.
(h) Special hunt-on-your-own-land deer permits may be issuedto a landowner's or tenant's siblings and lineal ascendants or descendants,and their spouses, whether or not a Kansas resident, by paying the required feefor a general deer permit. The total number of regular and specialhunt-on-your-own-land deer permits issued to a landowner's or tenant's siblingsand lineal ascendants or descendants, and their spouses, shall not exceed onedeer permit for each 80 acres owned by such landowner or operated by suchtenant. Evidence of ownership or tenancy, and sibling or lineal ascending ordescending relations, if requested, shall be provided to the department.
(i) Fifty percent of the big game permits authorized for aregular season in any management unit shall be issued to landowners or tenants,provided that a limited number of big game permits have been authorized andlandowner or tenant hunt-on-your-own-land big game permits for that unithave not been authorized. A landowner or tenant is not eligible to applyfor a big game permit as a landowner or as a tenant in a management unitother than the unit or units which includes such landowner's or tenant'sland. Any big game permits not issued to landowners or tenants within thetime period prescribed by rule and regulation may be issued without regardto the 50% limitation.
(j) Thesecretary may issue, by rules and regulations adopted in accordance with K.S.A.32-805, and amendments thereto, resident deer hunting permits available on alimited basis and valid for a designated species and sex in designated units,and antlerless-only deer permits in designated units as necessary formanagement purposes, and, any of the following options:
(1) Either sex white-tailed deer permits valid statewide during any seasonwith the equipment legal for that season;
(2) either species, either sex archery permits valid statewide;
(3) either species, either sex muzzle loader permits valid in designatedunits; or
(4) either species, either sex firearm permits valid in designated units.
(k) The secretary may issue permits for deer tononresidentlandowners, but any such permit shall be restricted to hunting only onlands owned by the nonresident landowner.
(l) The secretary may issue deer hunting permits tononresidents, subject to the following limitations:
(1) The total number of nonresident deer permits that maybe issued for a deer season in a management unit and which may be used to takeantlered deer shall be established with the goal of meeting demand for thosepermits, using a formula developed by the department that will consideradjustment factors, including deer population trends, deer-related vehicleaccidents, age structure in the harvest, deer damage, landowner desire fornonresident deer permits, general public desires and health of habitat. The2008 permit numbers shall be based on the adjustment factors and an average ofnonresident demand for permits in each management unit from the previous sixyears, establishing at least a 10% increase but not more than 50% increase inpermit numbers in each management unit, except in unit 16, where permit numbersshall not increase more than 100%. In subsequent years, the formula shall beused to determine permit allocations based on demand and the adjustmentfactors.
(2) Nonresident deer permits may be restricted to a particular deer species.
(3) Nonresident deer permits shall be restricted to two adjacent deermanagement units.
(4) Nonresident deer hunters shall select one season at the time ofapplication.
(5) For an additional fee, nonresident deer hunters applying for a whitetaileither sex archery or muzzle loader permit in a designated mule deer unit mayalso apply for one of the limited number of mule deer stamps. If they aresuccessful in both drawings, they would be issued a permit that will allow themto take either a whitetail deer or a mule deer in that unit.
(m) A big game permit shall state the species, numberand sex of the biggame which may be killed by the permittee. The secretary mayrequire any big game permitee to provide surveyinformation at the conclusion of the open season.
(n) The permittee shall permanently affix thecarcass tag to the carcass of any big game animal immediatelyafter killing and thereafter takesuch killed game to acheck station as may be required in the rules andregulations, where a check stationtag shall be affixed to the big game carcass ifthe kill is legal. The tagsshall remain affixed to the carcass until the carcass is processed forstorage or consumption. The permittee shall retain the carcass tag until thecarcass is consumed, given to another or otherwise disposed of.
(o) The provisions of this section do not apply to biggame animals sold in surplus property disposal sales of departmentexhibit herds or big game animals legally taken outside this state.
