Controlled Shooting Areas (CSAs) are privately- owned and managed hunting areas licensed by KDWP that provide an extended upland game bird hunting season. The License to Establish a Controlled Shooting Area is an application process. To obtain an application packet, please contact Sarah Navarro by email at sarah.navarro@ks.gov or by phone at 620-672-5911.

Private fee-to-hunt areas licensed by KDWP are called Controlled Shooting Areas (CSA). CSA season runs September 1 - April 30. 

The license fee to establish a CSA is $202.50. To request an application or for information regarding the license to establish a Controlled Shooting Area, contact Sarah Navarro at 620-672-0797.

A special CSA hunting license may be purchased that is valid only on Kansas CSAs. Hunter education certification is not required on CSAs.

Hunter access to CSAs is through permission of the owner/operator only; trespassing is unlawful. Besides the list below there is also a list of CSA services available at www.HuntKansas.org.

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