Hunting enthusiasts think it’s time for heavier poaching fines | Wichita Eagle
February 14, 2012
By Michael Pearce
The Wichita Eagle
The alleged poaching of a potential state-record buck has re-ignited calls for stiffer poaching penalties.
“We need a system that’s more fair to the value (a deer) has to the state,” said Tim Donges, president of the Bluestem Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association. “We want to be sure there’s proper restitution.”
Donges, of El Dorado, has been working to get a bill into the Kansas legislature that would increase fines to many poachers.
Last week the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism announced charges against David Kent of Topeka.
He’s accused of illegally shooting a 14-point buck on Nov. 11 in Osage County. The eight charges also include criminal discharge of a firearm, illegally hunting with an artificial light, hunting outside legal hours, hunting from a vehicle and using an illegal caliber to shoot big game. Click Link Below For Full Story!
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Local archers turn passion for hunting into successful TV series – KansasCity.com
September 28, 2011
By BRENT FRAZEE
The Kansas City Star
For Mike Hunsucker and Shawn Luchtel, the ultimate is no longer merely shooting a trophy deer with their bows.
It’s hitting a monstrous whitetail while the video camera is rolling.
For Hunsucker and Luchtel, longtime friends from the Kansas City area, that’s the burning desire just about every time they slip into the woods these days.
From the days when they would just go out and experiment with videotaping a hunt, they have developed a popular national television show called “Heartland Bowhunter.”
During the series, seen on the Sportsman Channel, they and six other crew members take turns in front of the camera, bow hunting near and far.
The “near” part? Some of the footage is shot not far from their back yards.
They both still have fond memories of an opening-day hunt in 2010 when they chased a Jackson County buck that they knew quite well.
“That buck was 4 years old when Shawn shot him, but we had been watching him since he was 2,” said Hunsucker, 25, of Lee’s Summit. “We had numerous photos of him on trail cameras, and we knew his routine.
“The deer were coming through this fence opening at just about the same time every day, and we set up near there.”
Luchtel sat in a tree stand, while Hunsucker handled the camera. Despite a thunderstorm moving in, the big buck showed up on schedule, Luchtel drew back on his bow and hit his target with an arrow.
All as the camera was rolling.
“We got some real good footage of that hunt,” said Luchtel, 25, of rural Grain Valley. “That buck was a nontypical that scored 173 — a big one to catch on video.” Click Link Below For Full Story!
Heartland Bowhunter Season 4 Trailer from MAMMOTH on Vimeo.
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Pheasant season expected to be one of the best – Salina Journal
October 23, 2008
by Todd Flory
Salina Journal
With pheasant season starting on November 1 and quail season beginning on Nov. 8, area hunters will soon be gearing up to hunt. And, if Randy Rodgers’ predictions are correct, hunters could be in for a special season. “There is a good chance this will be our best pheasant season in 20 years,” said Rodgers, wildlife biologist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. “North central and northwest Kansas are looking pretty darn good,” Rodgers said. “Northwest in particular is looking very good.”
Of course, Rodgers said, the amount of birds will vary a great deal from one area to the next. The weather plays a large role in the amount of birds in a given year. Rodgers said the northeast part of the state would not have many birds because of too much rain at the wrong times of the year. In the southwest part of Kansas, Rodgers expects bird populations to be down by about 40 percent, due to some extremely dry conditions in the spring. “If you drew a line…from say, Scott City to Dodge City, and extended that line a ways, anything south and west of that line would be in an area where bird numbers are down,” Rodgers said. Full Story
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