Kansas Duck & Goose Season 2026-27
Ducks: October 10, 2026 to January 31, 2027, across 4 zones. Every date below was read from Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’s own published page, linked beside it, inside the Central Flyway framework.
Duck season in Kansas, zone by zone
Ducks, 2026-27
publishedCentral FlywayDuck season is OPEN now in the High Plains Unit, through January 3, 2027, with 2 zone segments open.
| Zone | Season segments |
|---|---|
| High Plains Unit | October 10, 2026 to January 3, 2027January 22, 2027 to January 31, 2027 |
| Low Plains Early Zone | October 10, 2026 to December 6, 2026December 19, 2026 to January 3, 2027 |
| Low Plains Late Zone | October 31, 2026 to January 3, 2027January 23, 2027 to January 31, 2027 |
| Low Plains Southeast Zone | November 7, 2026 to January 3, 2027January 16, 2027 to January 31, 2027 |
Dates read from When to Hunt, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, accessed 2026-09-01.
Beginning with fall 2026, nonresidents hunting waterfowl on KDWP managed public lands must stop by noon and leave by 1 pm, with exceptions the agency lists.
September teal: September 12, 2026 to September 20, 2026. Low Plains Unit teal dates; the High Plains Unit runs Sep 19 to 27, 2026.
Goose seasons in Kansas
Geese, 2026-27
published| Goose season | Dates |
|---|---|
| Canada and cackling goose (dark goose) | October 31, 2026 to November 1, 2026November 4, 2026 to February 14, 2027 |
| Light goose | October 31, 2026 to November 1, 2026November 4, 2026 to February 14, 2027 |
| White-fronted goose | October 31, 2026 to January 3, 2027January 23, 2027 to February 14, 2027 |
Dates read from When to Hunt, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, accessed 2026-09-01.
A light goose conservation order (a federal population control order, not a regular season) follows Feb 15 to Apr 30, 2027.
Light goose conservation order: February 15, 2027 to April 30, 2027. A conservation order is a federal population control measure, not a regular hunting season, and runs under its own rules. Light goose conservation order listed by the agency. Details live at Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
How Kansas’s dates get set: the Central Flyway
Waterfowl seasons are the most federal of all hunting seasons. Migratory birds cross every border, so the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes annual frameworks for each of the four administrative flyways, setting the earliest openers, latest closers and maximum season lengths, and each state then selects its own dates and zones inside its framework.
Kansas selects its dates inside the Central Flyway framework. The Great Plains corridor from the Dakotas and Montana down through Texas.
Kansas waterfowl hunting regulations
Season windows are carried here with their source and read date attached. Everything else a hunter is bound by, including the federal duck stamp and HIP registration every waterfowl hunter needs, is set by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parksand USFWS, and the regulations page is linked below.
Current Kansas regulations
Bag limits and species restrictions, shooting hours, duck stamp and HIP requirements, license rules, and youth or veteran season details for Kansas are set by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, are legally binding and change annually. Its current regulations page is linked here.
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks: current regulations
Kansas waterfowl season questions
This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026. Every season window is republished from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks page linked beside it, read on the date shown; windows the agency had not yet published are labelled not yet published. Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours, stamp and license rules are set by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, whose pages are the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national waterfowl season guide.