Volume 40 - Issue 49 - December 9, 2021
State of Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Permanent Administrative Regulations
Article 4.—BIG GAME
115-4-4a. Wild turkey; legal equipment and taking methods. (a) Hunting equipment for the taking of wild turkey during a wild turkey archery season shall consist of the following:
(1) Archery equipment.
(A) No bow or arrow shall have any electronic device attached to the bow or arrow that controls the flight of the arrow. Devices that may be attached to a bow or arrow shall include lighted pin, dot, or holographic sights; illuminated nocks; rangefinders; film or video cameras; and radio-frequency location devices.
(B) Each arrow used for hunting shall be equipped with a broadhead point incapable of passing through a ring with a diameter of three-quarters of an inch when fully expanded. A wild turkey hunter using archery equipment may possess non-broadhead-tipped arrows while hunting if the arrows are not used to take or attempt to take wild turkeys.
(2) Crossbows using arrows that are equipped with broadhead points incapable of passing through a ring with a diameter of three-quarters of an inch when fully expanded. A wild turkey hunter using crossbow equipment may possess non-broadhead-tipped arrows while hunting if the arrows are not used to take or attempt to take wild turkeys.
No crossbow or arrow shall have any electronic device attached to the crossbow or arrow that controls the flight of the arrow. Devices that may be attached to a crossbow or arrow shall include lighted pin, dot, or holographic sights; illuminated nocks; rangefinders; film or video cameras; and radio-frequency location devices.
(b) Hunting equipment for the taking of wild turkey during a wild turkey firearm season shall consist of the following:
(1) Archery and crossbow equipment as authorized in subsection (a);
(2) shotguns and muzzleloading shotguns using only size two shot through size nine shot;
(3) choked handguns and muzzleloading handguns having a minimum barrel length of 10 inches, including the chamber, and using only size two shot through size nine shot.
(c) Legal accessory equipment for the taking of wild turkey during any wild turkey season shall consist of the following:
(1) Lures; decoys, except live decoys; and nonelectric calls;
(2) blinds and stands;
(3) range-finding devices, if the devices do not project visible light toward the target; and
(4) optical scopes or sights that project no visible light toward the target and do not electronically amplify visible light or detect infrared light or thermal energy.
(d) Shooting hours for wild turkey during each day of any turkey hunting season shall be from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
(e) Each individual hunting turkey shall shoot or attempt to shoot a turkey only while the turkey is on the ground or in flight.
(f) Dogs may be used while hunting turkey, but only during the fall turkey season.
(g) Firearm report-suppressing devices may be used.
(h) Handguns may be possessed during all wild turkey seasons. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 32-807 and K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 32-969; effective April 22, 2005; amended April 13, 2007; amended April 11, 2008; amended May 21, 2010; amended April 20, 2012; amended April 19, 2013; amended Dec. 25, 2020; amended Dec. 27, 2021.)
Article 17.—WILDLIFE, COMMERCIAL USES AUTHORIZED
115-17-2. Commercial sale of fishing bait. (a) The following live species of wildlife may be commercially sold in Kansas for fishing bait:
(1) The following species of fish:
(A) Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas);
(B) bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), including hybrids;
(C) fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), including “rosy reds”;
(D) golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas);
(E) goldfish (Carassius auratus), including “black saltys”;
(F) green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), including hybrids; and
(G) yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis);
(2) only species of annelids native to or naturalized in the continental United States;
(3) the following species of crayfish:
(A) Virile crayfish (Orconectes virilis);
(B) calico crayfish (Orconectes immunes); and
(C) white river crayfish (Procambarus acutus); and
(4) only species of insects native to or naturalized in Kansas.
(b) The following species of wildlife may be commercially sold only if dead:
(1) Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis);
(2) emerald shiners (Notropis atherinoides);
(3) gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum);
(4) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix);
(5) skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris); and
(6) threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense).
(c) Wildlife listed in K.A.R. 115-15-1 or in K.A.R. 115-15-2 or prohibited from importation pursuant to K.S.A. 32-956, and amendments thereto, shall not be sold.
(d) Live aquatic bait shall be certified free of the following pathogens before import, according to K.A.R. 115-17-2a:
(1) Spring viremia of carp virus;
(2) infectious pancreatic necrosis virus;
(3) viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus; and
(4) infectious hematopoietic virus.
(e) Each distribution tank and each retail tank shall utilize a source of potable water or well water.
This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1, 2022. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 32-807; effective Sept. 10, 1990; amended Nov. 30, 1998; amended Jan. 1, 2012; amended Jan. 1, 2017; amended Jan. 1, 2018; amended Jan. 1, 2019; amended Jan. 1, 2022.)
Article 30.—BOATING
115-30-3. Personal flotation devices; recreational vessels. (a) For the purposes of this article of the department’s regulations, “PFD” shall mean any personal flotation device that is labeled and approved by the United States coast guard for use on recreational vessels.
(b) Each recreational vessel shall have at least one readily accessible, wearable PFD in serviceable condition on board for each individual in the vessel and at least one wearable PFD on board for each individual being towed. No operator of any recreational vessel shall operate the vessel or allow the vessel to be operated unless each individual 12 years of age or younger wears an approved wearable PFD while being towed behind the vessel or aboard the vessel, unless the individual is below decks or in an enclosed cabin.
(c) To meet the “serviceable condition” requirement of K.S.A. 32-1119 and amendments thereto, each required PFD shall meet the requirements of 33 C.F.R. 175.23, as in effect on April 29, 1996, which is hereby adopted by reference, and shall be of the appropriate size and fit for the individual to whom the PFD is assigned.
(d) In addition to the provisions of subsection (b), each recreational vessel 16 feet or greater in length, except canoes and kayaks, shall have at least one throwable PFD on board. Each throwable PFD shall be in serviceable condition, labeled as U.S. coast guard-approved, and readily accessible.
(e) Each PFD shall be used in accordance with the requirements of the PFD’s label and in accordance with the owner’s manual, if the label refers to an owner’s manual.
(f) To meet the “readily accessible” requirement of K.S.A. 32-1119 and amendments thereto, each required PFD shall be in open view. A required PFD shall not be stowed in locked or closed compartments or be inside plastic or other packaging material. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 32-1119 and K.S.A. 32-1129, as amended by L. 2021, ch. 68, sec. 2; effective Oct. 22, 1990; amended March 20, 1995; amended Feb. 28, 1997; amended Dec. 27, 2021.)
Brad Loveless
Secretary
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