Kansas public land question??

[LoneStarBoggers]

Anyone on here have any success stories dealing with public land? Any pictures? Or just a good missed opportunity? Me and three buddies one other tbh member are going to hunt unit 14 this season! Just lookin for anything to get me pumped up about public land!!

[LoneStarBoggers]

Lim thinkin maybe we should just stay home!!

[Bluesman]

If there is cover on the land you'll have deer.

[Christianhuff]

We hunt Kansas private, but some of the places we hunt have crp public walk in around them and there are some great deer. You just have to scout and go the right time of year.

[lovemylegacy]

Anyone on here have any success stories dealing with public land? Any pictures? Or just a good missed opportunity? Me and three buddies one other tbh member are going to hunt unit 14 this season! Just lookin for anything to get me pumped up about public land!!

Went 3yrs running, big 6pt, big doe and missed a big one about 140-150. Find the right wiha and you could get a bigun.

[friscopaint]

Muzzleloader got a big buck off a WIHA near where we hunted, helped him drag it. I hunted WIHA and was only one on it except when youth pheasant started. This wasn't in 14 though. We looked at lots of WIHA and only saw a couple of people on it, some really nice creeks and we didn't see a sole. We had private land leased and my buddy shot a buck on the WIHA across our fence, though it would have been a long walk to get there without the private access. Only down side is walking in to set up stands and dragging a big deer out. Get spoiled driving up to stand sites with chainsaws, etc...

[DavidH44]

Anyone on here have any success stories dealing with public land? Any pictures? Or just a good missed opportunity? Me and three buddies one other tbh member are going to hunt unit 14 this season! Just lookin for anything to get me pumped up about public land!!

Search for posts by HenduAg. He's got Kansas public figured out. He's my idol.

[Passthrough]

Where you planning on hunting in 14?

[LoneStarBoggers]

Awesome guys thanks a lot!! Not positive where we wanna hunt yet!!

[kerrbow]

Kansas Parks and Wildlife publishes an Atlas with all the WIHA on it. Most of the big reservoirs have land around them from the Corp of Engineers that is huntable. There is a big area outside of Eldorado that has public land. You have to get away from the easy to access areas and find remote locations. I have been hunting private ground in 14 for over 10 years but my friends that live up there tell of good deer on public land. Also check around Council Grove. If it was me I would make a trip up in Sept. and talk to a lot of ranchers and farmers, be polite, and take a few pounds of fresh gulf shrimp, and make an effort to go this route. Do not in any way, shape or form talk about leasing hunting ground for money. Quickest way I know of upsetting the apple cart with a lot of the locals. Just my honest opinion.

[Montec man]

Will be watching this thread closely. I've been tempted to go up and try it myself.

[Rwc]

Go before pheasant season. Check KDWP web site, lots of info on public ground to hunt.
Be prepared to get way off beaten path.
Good luck and hope you kill a giant.

Rwc

[kerrbow]

Some WIHA do not allow access until Nov.1st. Everybody wants to hunt November because of the rut, but sometimes the last week of October is very good as bucks have split up and starting to scrape and starting to travel as well. Late November before gun season is also a good time as well because the big guys are looking for the does that haven't come into estrus yet, and most bowhunters are gone.

[LoneStarBoggers]

Again thanks guys!! Yeah in hopin we can make an early trip up and see the lay of the land and get a feel for the locals!