If you draw the tag you also have to buy a hunting license.

 

You need both. Non residents gonna cost 540 total this year in ks. Good luck
Luck down there!

 

It isn't a small game tag... its a general hunting license which is required by all, both res and non res before purchasing any additional licenses or game tags.

 

Pay for the draw application and only buy the license if you get drawn for a tag

 

You must buy a general non res hunting along with your non res deer tag.

Hey you get a doe tag as well for your money. Resident land owners don't even get that.

 

What Happy said, today is the final day to enter the ks draw. The state gives nr hunters the option to purchase the hunting license now, ie..during the draw,.or, you can wait to purchase it after you draw your tag. Regardless, you must have a hunting license unless you meet 1 of the few exemptions.

 

Thanks guys. I am not exempt. I will buy it if I draw the tag. See how it goes this year. Should be essentially a guaranteed tag since they had quite a few leftovers last year. I missed applying last year and didn't remember the leftovers until they day after they became available so missed out too.

 

Fyi a lot of units that had never sold out had no leftover tags. Zmax had the stats but I believe 3k people who applied did not draw. I bet a lot more people apply this year. Will be interesting.

 

Zmax had the stats but I believe 3k people who applied did not draw. I bet a lot more people apply this year. Will be interesting.

I did not draw myself last year after drawing for several years straight. It is sad that the prices keep going up making it a rich mans sport to hunt out of state. I feel bad for the young family guys

 

Applied unit 16. Last year said they had 100 or so leftover tags but I missed the date in July for leftover. When I had looked up the draw last march, it didn't open until April and then I didn't remember until May and missed it.

 

With the cost going up about $100, i think the total applicant numbers will be slightly down from last years record breaking number of applicants.

 

Yep. it's going to get very interesting. People still think that there is a boone and crockett behind every tree in kansas. i bet applications go up dramatically again this year.

 

Ugh, When I went to the University of Kansas I should have bought the lifetime license while I was there. If I was always eligible for in state deer tags it would have been well worth the investment.

 

Still cheaper than most western hunts. I'll be hunting nebraska since it's cheap. Glad I'm a Kansas resident.

 

Born and raised in Ks, but left after college (KSU) in 1973. That was before lifetime licenses. I still go back every year for pheasants, doves and some coyote calling. And since 2009, I have owned property, so I get a NR hunt on own land tag for deer.
I have hunted western Ks virtually every year since the late 60s, usually multiple times per year.
Without a doubt, the trophy quality has declined a lot the last 20 or so years. I used to see several 150 plus whitetails and 180 plus muleys most every year while pheasant hunting. Now they are very rare where I hunt. Have not seen a single deer in those size ranges in probably 10 years.