Keep an eye on permit draws. and deadlines.

I wouldn't myself rely on left over permits. Over in Missouri, deer numbers are down due to EHD. There's talk there of lesser numbers of permits, doe tags, etc. over there.

We had some EHD here in Kansas and some of the same talk is surfacing. That might impact permit availability and draws.

Good advice...and thank you.

I believe we are going to take kswild's suggestion and make a bit of a camping and recon/scout trip this summer. It will be a fun way to see the lay of the land and get a better idea of what we want to do for our hunting trip in the fall.

I grew up in Northeastern CO and have spent a lot of time in KS. I've seen both whitetails and mulies that will make you stop and stare in KS. The same can be said for NE as well. If I didn't have access to some good places to hunt in CO and I wanted a big buck, KS and NE would both be states I'd check out.

I went to school at U of Kansas and as an out of stater I was able to buy resident tags since I was enrolled in school. I think if I was as big a hunter then as I am now, I would have flunked out of school! It would have made Novembers a lot more fun (Well, after the alcohol and girls! )