bushwaker-I too am a landowner and resident. You can hunt all of your property with what ever means are legal if you will buy a hunt on your own land permit. It is good for only your land but is good for all seasons-bow, muzzle loader and rifle. As an avid bow hunter I don't like changing the laws to allow outfitters to get more permits at the expense of residents opportunity. My personal problem will be that I must decide to hunt my own property or my friends which is in another unit. You spoke of archers having it to easy vs rifle hunters and yet you admit to only being a beginner at bow hunting. Typically October is spent filling a doe tag or to while doing my intense scouting. November is usually the only time I see any good bucks and even then it is grap shoot to get a 20 yard shot at a board side to quartering away deer that is standing still. With a rifle it brings in ranges that are totally unthinkable for archery equipment thus making it much simpler to harvest a deer. Also fire arms season virtually shuts down all other hunting do to the sheer number of high powered rifles in the field. Firearms success rates are much higher in the 12 day season than are archery success rates. Also that end of December hunting really sucks after the rifle hunters have been out-it seems the deer totally disapear. The old system was a good system for everyone, but has slowly and steadily gone down hill as the out of state oufitters have got their foot in the door. Deer hunting will never be the same in Kansas as the reisidents are being moved out of the picture. It is all about money now and thats the way the legislature wants it.