RE: Kansas..public land deer
Get a hold of the KS F&WD... They'll send you a KS WIHA (Walk In Hunting Areas) book... it lists and maps the land available and what game is on each tract, how many acres, etc.
I find in KS the farther West you go the pressure goes down on the public lands.
Haven't hunted deer there (YET), we go after birds out by Dodge City.