US state
Known for White-tailed deer

Kansas (KS)

Kansas is a marquee nonresident whitetail draw state.

Agency links, deadlines, unit maps, and species opportunities are tied to official sources below.

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Unit Map / Units

Official GIS polygon layers render here when available. Click a unit polygon to ask Jeremiah for practical hunting background; seeded unit cards appear only when no GIS layer has been imported yet.

6 GIS layers

Kansas Deer Management Units

Official GIS source
species units
18 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

UNIT 8 (UNIT 8)UNIT 18 (UNIT 18)UNIT 16 (UNIT 16)UNIT 17 (UNIT 17)UNIT 2 (UNIT 2)UNIT 1 (UNIT 1)UNIT 3 (UNIT 3)UNIT 7 (UNIT 7)UNIT 4 (UNIT 4)UNIT 13 (UNIT 13)UNIT 10 (UNIT 10)UNIT 11 (UNIT 11)UNIT 15 (UNIT 15)UNIT 12 (UNIT 12)UNIT 5 (UNIT 5)UNIT 14 (UNIT 14)UNIT 6 (UNIT 6)UNIT 9 (UNIT 9)UNIT 8UNIT 18UNIT 16UNIT 17UNIT 2UNIT 1UNIT 3UNIT 7UNIT 4UNIT 13UNIT 10UNIT 11UNIT 15UNIT 12UNIT 5UNIT 14UNIT 6UNIT 9
Map key
No district / excluded area
State outline
100 / 700 series
200 / 800 series
300 / 900 series
400 series
500 series
600 series
Hover / clicked

Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

Kansas Elk Units

Official GIS source
species units
3 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

Unit 3 (Unit 3)Unit 1 (Unit 1)Unit 2 (Unit 2)Unit 3Unit 1Unit 2
Map key
No district / excluded area
State outline
100 / 700 series
200 / 800 series
300 / 900 series
400 series
500 series
600 series
Hover / clicked

Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

Kansas Pronghorn Archery Unit

Official GIS source
special permit
1 polygons

Special hunt, limited-entry, controlled, archery, or permit-only boundary — not a general statewide hunt unit.

Archery Unit (Archery Unit)Archery Unit
Map key
No district / excluded area
State outline
100 / 700 series
200 / 800 series
300 / 900 series
400 series
500 series
600 series
Hover / clicked

Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

Kansas Pronghorn Rifle Units

Official GIS source
species units
3 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

UNIT 18 (UNIT 18)UNIT 17 (UNIT 17)UNIT 2 (UNIT 2)UNIT 18UNIT 17UNIT 2
Map key
No district / excluded area
State outline
100 / 700 series
200 / 800 series
300 / 900 series
400 series
500 series
600 series
Hover / clicked

Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

Kansas Turkey Management Units

Official GIS source
species units
6 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

Unit 5 (5)Unit 6 (6)Unit 4 (4)Unit 2 (2)Unit 1 (1)Unit 3 (3)564213
Map key
No district / excluded area
State outline
100 / 700 series
200 / 800 series
300 / 900 series
400 series
500 series
600 series
Hover / clicked

Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

Kansas Waterfowl Hunting Zones

Official GIS source
species units
4 polygons

Species-specific hunt/tag/management boundaries.

Low Plains Early Zone (Low Plains Early Zone)Low Plains Late Zone (Low Plains Late Zone)Southeast Zone (Southeast Zone)High Plains Zone (High Plains Zone)Low Plains Early ZoneLow Plains Late ZoneSoutheast ZoneHigh Plains Zone
Map key
No district / excluded area
State outline
100 / 700 series
200 / 800 series
300 / 900 series
400 series
500 series
600 series
Hover / clicked

Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.

GIS unit polygons are loaded for KS. Click any polygon on the map to open Jeremiah with unit background and opportunity notes.

Agency source

1

high confidence

Opportunities

0

researched nonresident paths

Applications

0

public research mode

Unit map

GIS

ArcGIS REST / Web AppBuilder

Agency portals

Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
US Midwest/South
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Go Outdoors Kansas is the separate official licensing/vendor portal. KDWP publishes deer quota/draw stats and deer harvest tables on official deer/research pages.

Official agency links are public. Private account tracking is available separately when saved application data exists.

Deadlines

Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.

No deadlines seeded yet.

Unit boundary source

Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.

machine readable
KDWP Online Hunting Atlas hunt-unit layers
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
deer management unit
elk unit
pronghorn unit
turkey unit
waterfowl zone
public access atlas

Format: ArcGIS REST / Web AppBuilder

Conversion: Use official hosted layers from org q2CglofYX6ACNEeu: KS_DMU (18 polygons), Elk_Units (3), Pronghorn_Archery_Unit (1), Pronghorn_Rifle_Units_shp (3), Turkey_Management_Units (6), Waterfowl_Zones (4), plus atlas access layers as needed.

License/source notes: Official KDWP ArcGIS Online Hunting Atlas application and hosted feature layers; verify layer currency each season before ingest/redistribution.

Open boundary source

Species available

Starter list for this jurisdiction.

No species data yet.

Applications

State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.

No applications yet.