Any deer hunters in here? Few questions for yall. Looking for a place to hunt buck hunting only only wanting to shoot a wall hanger and want be shooting just anything... first question how much public land in that part of state? And is it worth hunting? Are any of yall on a lease or farm that out of stater can get in on? Heard the are around Stafford is good is this any truth to it? Post some pic of any kills you have made of bucks..

There's quite a bit of walk in hunting available in that part of the state, but I don't know how good of deer hunting it is. Most of it would be in pretty wide open spaces. There's not many trees to put a stand up in, but I'm sure you could find a few spots. The best way to hunt deer out there is to get permission from some farmers and drive around their land at dusk or dawn until you see one. If you wanted to shoot an antelope instead of or in addition to a deer, there are quite a few farmers around who would pay you to shoot one. They are quite a pest in that area.

Most public land from central KS on east is already overhunted, mostly by nonresidents such as yourself. I have to drive 90 minutes to get somewhere that I don't encounter an out-of-state tag. Out west the public land is more for birds as there are so few trees out there. Your best bet would be NW Kansas and asking farmers if you can hunt. Get an either-species tag if you hunt that area, as you will be just as likely to encounter mulies as whitetails.

Wow nice deer. R those public or farms?? I like dozer fer sure...

Those are from Family Farms. I'll try to figure out how to scan a picture of the big sheds my uncle found.

I grew up in SW KS and I will see if I can help you out. Out of staters are welcomed by some, hated by others. A lot of ground that locals grew up hunting on has been bought up by outfitters who are charging beaucoup money to out of staters and locals are running out of places to hunt so there is some bitterness, but that is happening everywhere, not just here. There is lots of public ground, but it is seeing more use due to lack of places for the locals.

And trespassers/poachers are ruining it for everyone. Nothing like watching a nice buck on YOUR OWN ground for several months waiting for season to open, just to have some jackass trespass and poach him out from under you.

But, if you are a good dude and you make sure you know where property lines are and stay where you are supposed to, come on out. Everything west of Wichita is gonna be a different world that what you are used to in Georgia. Very little timber and it is mostly along the creeks and river bottoms. Most of that is private or already staked out by locals. What you have in the western half of the state is flat open crop fields, CRP, and sage and yucca pastures. Did I mention flat? Cause its flat. My experience is mostly west of Liberal in the very SW corner. You also have the Cimmaron National Grasslands there. Thousands of acres of public ground.

You won't see whitetails until the corn is cut. They have everything they need in the corn fields and they won't come out. Once the corn is cut, they will mostly bed in the CRP and sage pastures. You will need to find a high spot(few and far between) and watch them go in and bed in the morning. You will need GOOD optics. You will see deer moving literally two miles away if you have good optics(cause its flat).

Then it becomes a spot and stalk game. Play the wind, take your time, and go get them. If you see them before they see you, you have a good chance of filling your tag with firearms, lesser chance with archery but still a fair chance. There are some real monster whitetails out there in the sage brush. Booners are rare, but they are out there. 140 to 160 inch deer are a real possibility and my family takes bucks of that size nearly every year.

The eastern half of the state is more like you would be used to. Lots of timber, broken woodlots etc. That's were I live now and there are plenty of trees to hang a stand in. Again there is public ground available but its pretty crowded.

Another poster mentioned antelope. Non-residents cannot get a firearms tag so if you want to hunt goats in KS, its gonna be an archery only game.

Good luck, but respect the locals.