NWTF’s State Chapters Busy Making More Places to Hunt

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Walk in Hunting Areas
NWTF's Kansas State Chapter supports the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Walk-in Hunting Access program through contributions from the state chapter's Super Fund.
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Kansas

For the last three years, the NWTF's Kansas State Chapter has helped make More Places to Hunt by donating funds to the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks to lease an extra 9,330 acres through its Walk-in Hunting Access program.

"It's getting harder for people to find places to hunt," said John Adams, NWTF Kansas State Chapter president. "Partnering with Kansas Wildlife and Parks' access program is money well spent with us because it provides hunting access."

Kansas' WIHA program was started in 1995 to provide hunters with places to pursue deer, small game and upland game birds. In 2001, the spring version of the WIHA program was initiated for turkey hunters.

"Kansas is an excellent working example of how leasing land from private landowners is good for hunters," said Brandon Houck, NWTF regional biologist for Kansas. "Both hunters and landowners benefit from the Walk-in Hunting Access program."

The WIHA program provides land to hunters and immunity from liability to landowners. Kansas natural resource officers also patrol the land in the WIHA program as public land and violators are ticketed or arrested for land disturbances such as littering or vandalism, as well as for not following wildlife regulations.

"This program is a win-win situation," Houck said. "It provides access to hunters and protection to landowners."


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