Post-Harvest Instructions

At the time of purchase, hunters will have the option of a paper carcass tag or mobile/E-tag.

PAPER TAG: Sign PERMIT prior to hunting to validate it. After an animal is harvested, the CARCASS TAG must be signed, dated and attached to the animal in a visible manner before the carcass is moved from the harvest site.

Paper permits and tags purchased online must be printed at the time of purchase. To protect non-waterproof paper tags, cut it from the permit, place it in a clear plastic bag and attach it to the animal with a zip-tie or other secure manner.

The carcass tag must remain attached to the animal during transport and kept with the meat until it is consumed, given to another or otherwise disposed of.

Hunters using paper tags can complete a voluntary harvest report if they wish to “bone-out” in the field. Visit ksoutdoors.com/harvest-reporting and follow the online instructions on how to complete the harvest report for your animal.

MOBILE/E-TAGS: Hunters who choose electronic delivery at the time of purchase will store their permits and tags on their mobile device in the GoOutdoorsKS mobile app. After harvest, open the GoOutdoorsKS mobile app and follow the instructions for the e-tag appropriate for the species/sex of harvest. A confirmation number will work the same as harvest reporting for a hunter wanting to bone out an animal and transport only meat from the harvest site.

The beard of the wild turkey must remain naturally attached to the breast while in transit from the site of the kill to the permittee’s residence or to a place of processing or preservation unless the permittee has obtained a transportation confirmation number through electronic registration, or the permittee retains photographs necessary for electronic registration until registration occurs. “Electronically registering” shall mean submitting required information and digital photographs of the turkey breast and completed carcass tag showing signature on a completed carcass tag.

ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION OF TURKEY

Nonresidents must also meet other states' requirements while in transit or possession of deer and turkey carcasses.

Assistance to Turkey Permit Holders

A Kansas hunting license is required (unless exempt by Kansas law) to assist a turkey permit holder. Such assistance may include calling. Any person with a permanent physical or visual disability that prevents the person's ability to hunt safely, as certified by a physician, may be eligible to obtain a permit to designate someone else to take a legal limit of game for the permit holder. However, a permittee who is, because of disability, unable to pursue a wounded wild turkey may designate any individual to assist in pursuing and dispatching a wild turkey wounded by the disabled permittee. For more information or application contact the KS Dept. of Wildlife & Parks Pratt office. (620)672-5911