Green Forest turns slowly to blaze orange as hunting season opens in Kansas. Kansas deer hunting is in the fall of each year, with over 22 billion dollars spent on the deer-hunting season, to buy clothing, the special blaze orange from head to foot, powerful guns with scopes and ammunition, travel and a place to stay while out in the woods looking for the biggest white tail buck. The largest antlers always win in deer hunting.

Kansas alleges being the best hunting spot for a non-typical whitetail deer. The state of Kansas has a certificate of Trophy for hunters that achieve a minimum score with the deer. Over 17 inches of horns or antlers from a white tail buck will win a hunter the Certificate of Trophy in Kansas.

Most of the land that a hunter can hunt, is privately owned, with most lands having guides to help hunters find land to hunt on if they do not own their own land. Land made up of creek and river bottoms, CPR fields, cedar and hardwood draws. Milo, corn, wheat alfalfa, soybean is the majority of crop fields. The richest soil in the state is in the Northern Central. Acorns as a large crop provide great nutrients for the Kansas trophy whitetail deer.

The Eastern part of Kansas a hunter can find large white tail deer as the western mule deer is more populated. For hunters, the land is mainly flat, has less timber as the deer have less places to hide. Most of the deer will travel in herds due to the antiquated land and trees that deer normally hide among.

Bow hunting season starts in September and runs just before rifle season starts. Kansas deer hunting rifle season splits in two different seasons, one end of November, and the other first part of December. Hunter education is required if a person was born after July 1, 1957. All hunters are required to carry the card on them at all times while hunting. A permit must also be on a hunter when hunting for deer. To obtain a permit, the state of Kansas has drawings each year to distribute a specific amount of permits per year. The license all will allow a hunter to hunt small game and game birds. The license is only good for the calendar year not a season. Kansas deer hunting, similar to hunting elsewhere, requires attention to safety and other hunting techniques. Most states now require a person going hunting under a certain age to attend a hunter education course. The course will help new hunter to learn safety. In addition, how to find their way around in areas with help tips on hunting.

Before going hunting in any state or area a hunter should check the licenses needed, what type of gun that is able to be used and find out more about the area they will be hunting. Most states and areas will have information about hunting at chamber of commerce or a person can check the internet.