Hunting

A warm welcome is extended to all hunters and fisherman that come to visit Washington County.

Public walk-in areas are available for hunting. The Washington County State Fishing Lake is located north of the City of Washington.

Call for information regarding other area services although much information is also available on our website.

Extended drought conditions may impact quality of some walk-in hunting areas in the area.

Washington County participates in the Walk-in Hunting Program that was started in 1995. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks leases private land and opens it to public hunting. Through this program, every hunter must purchase a Kansas hunting license.

Some walk-in hunting areas are limited to youth hunting only. These tracts are noted on the walk-in hunting map. Youths 16 years old and younger may hunt to these areas if accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 21, who may hunt with the youth. There are currently 16,850 acres enrolled in the program.

On occasion, sites enrolled in the program are removed at the landowners request or due to poor habitat conditions. Make sure the land you are entering is posted with the walk-in hunting signs.

If you arrive at a walk-in hunting area and find that it has been cultivated or is planted to a crop such as winter wheat, do not be too concerned. Most likely these areas have essentially been donated to the program for the purpose of rounding out an area to make it easier to place signs or gain access. Some wheat fields were leased to provide goose or crane hunting. Hunting is allowed on these areas.