Well, usually I wouldn’t care much about what goes on in another state concerning deer hunting regulations, but…this is different. Kansas has decided to allow hunters during the early muzzleloader season to use scopes instead of being required to use iron sights. Why do I care about that?
Big bucks like this one! I took this picture from a treestand in August ’07 at my Maryland study site, but he certainly was big enough to belong in the Midwest! I’ve got a preference point for Kansas and should be a shoe-in for a non-resident muzzy tag this fall. My dad grabbed a hold of a lease in southeastern Kansas last year and we decided to opt for applying for archery tags and building our preference points, but sent 2 friends to scope out the deer hunting for us. They killed 2 bucks – a 138″ on the first sit of the hunt and a 169″!!! The amazing thing about that buck was that it only had a 12 1/2″ inside spread, but picket fence with beams that stretched way out over his nose. STUD!!!
My dad went up for a turkey hunt last spring and bagged a really nice bird that he just got back from the taxidermist a couple of weeks ago. I’ll try to grab a picture of that hunt this weekend and post that next week in lieu of spring turkey season rapidly approaching. He is headed back up in a couple weeks to do another turkey hunt, so I’ll report on that when the time is right.
But anyways, Kansas’ change extends our effective range during that early muzzleloader season from 50-60 yards to however far I can shoot a muzzleloader accurately 100-150 yards. Yeehaw! Pumps me up even more than I was!!! We were already planning on taking a trip during the September muzzy season, and this just increases our chances at a Booner!!! For those interested, Kansas also legalized crossbows for use during the Kansas firearms season.
