Everybody thinks KS is so great. I don't get it!!
Check this list out: http://wiredtohunt.com/2012/02/07/t...-2005-2010-entries-up-400-over-past-30-years/
KS is 8th BEHIND Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri. Really when you look at it their stats aren't all that impressive considering their regulations and what other states have done. IMO, the only reason you hear about KS is all the damn TV shows. Right along with Iowa! Whats crazy is the #1 producing B&C state in the last 5-7yrs hardly gets mentioned on TV......WISCONSIN!! Yep, Wisconsin. Whens the last time you heard the Lee and Tiff or the Drury's headed up to WI for a hunt?........yep, media pumps and we buy it. Not to say KS isn't a good place to hunt!! I just think its overrated, mainly due to the media. Yes, undeniably they have a larger percentage .
B&C entries does not show how good a state is to hunt
Only a handful of record book bucks actually get turned into to the books anyway. Beside only 40 entries in 5 years separating 3rd -8th place, that's pretty minimal. Plus your looking at the Gun book and Kansas is a bowhunting state. This is one of the reasons I'd like to see our rifle moved Out of the rut.
Here is a little info that might surprise you...
TOP 10 P&Y STATES
1. Illinois
2. Iowa
3. Kansas
4. Wisconsin
5. Ohio
6. Indiana
7. Minnesota
8. Missouri
9. Nebraska
10. Kentucky
What's really crazy is that not very many people actually bow hunt Kansas. We (Oklahoma) have roughly just under 100k registered bow hunters each year. Kansas only has around 20k registered bow hunters. Imagine where they would be on that rifle list if they could gun hunt the rut! Iirc Wisconsin's gun season is in the rut, IOWA doesnt even have a gun season.... Ya there is more to it than a "List"