Recent content by KDWPT Small Game Program

The attached map is the subspecies distribution within Kansas that is the results from genetics studies from Turkeys across the state. There are very few 100% pure sub-species anywhere in the U.S. as in the initial scramble to re-establish turkeys to their former range the most ideal sources...

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative is doing a project on this very subject called the then and now. They have someone evaluating hi resolution photos from across the U.S. in areas submitted by the state staff that have been know historically to have good quail populations but no...

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Kansas was awarded an additional 13,000 acres of Lesser Prairie Chicken CRP 10,000 acres of Upland Game bird CRP 10,000 acres of Migratory bird CRP for Playas (NEW PRACTICE) Approximatley 15,000 acres of quail buffers CRP are still availabe that can be used along edges of fields or in pivot...

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http://ksoutdoors.com/Services/Private-Landowner-Assistance/Wildlife-Biologists If you click on your county in the map the contact information for your local biologist should appear.

http://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Commission Commission votes on everything except for # of tags which is done each year by secretaries orders but still presented to the commission. That has been identified as a research need within the Lesser Prairie Chicken Conservation Plan and is recognized...

There is a big game coordinator that develops regulation recommdations. He brings these recommendations before the deer committee made up of biologist from across the state for feedback. From this he develops his final recommendations that are reviewed by the secretary of the department and...

There is no minimum property size, obviously with small properties opportunity for management may be limited and may be looking to provide something lacking on the neighboring properties., I personally just moved to a place with 5 acres and will be converting 1.5 acres to native grass and adding...

Are you thinking of November yet? Well you should be!!! Now is the time to think about where you saw lots of birds and what you can do to make sure they're there next year, or where you didn't see birds and what you can do to get them there. Weather and habitat are the 2 things that impact our...

FYI This has to do with overharvest of songbirds that was happening in the late 1800's early 1900's for feathers used in fashion industry for adorning hats etc. https://www.animallaw.info/article/brief-summary-migratory-bird-treaty-act

Drifter has covered much of what I was going to say I'll add just a few notes The average life span of quail is 8 months most do not make it to next years breeding season. Hawks are primarily targeting adults that would count toward the harvestable surplus hinted to by Chase. Nest predators...

While the impacts of ice storm are hard to study b/c we can't predict where and when they will happen what we do know from studies that happened to get hit with storms is ice can have both direct an indirect impacts to survival. Quail are going to be much more suseptable then pheasants. In...

KDWPT is working with KSU to do a research project to evaluate pheasant use of spring planted cover crops. The plan is to have two field sites in the central part of the state and 2 in the north west. The cooperator that we had been planning to work with for the central part of the state didn't...