The City of Lake Quivira Police Department is authorized to accept, investigate, and review applications for permits authorizing the hunting of deer by bow and arrow within the City of Lake Quivira. A Permit authorizing a person to hunt deer within the City of Lake Quivira shall be considered by the Governing Body of the City of Lake Quivira and approved if the Governing Body finds and determines it is in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the public that such permit be issued.

All permit applications shall include the following and shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)   A Kansas Deer Hunting License and a Kansas Deer Tag issued by the State of Kansas (the “State Permit”).

(b)   Only the owner of the designated property or persons with the owner’s written permission shall be eligible to receive a City Permit to bow hunt.

(c)   The application for a City Permit shall be accompanied by a copy of the State License and Deer Tag.

(d)   Hunting shall only be by the person listed on the City Permit.

(e)   No person shall make any payment to any person for the right to hunt or be listed on the State License and City Permit.

(f)    Persons shall at all times when hunting, pursuant to the City Permit, carry valid photo identification and a copy of the City Permit and the State License.

(g)   No arrow or other object used to hunt deer pursuant to the City Permit may be discharged or projected at such an angle or distance as to land on public or private property not described in the Permit. No hunting shall be allowed closer than 500 feet to the property boundary of school property which contains a school building. School for purpose of this Section means a public school or an accredited non-public school during periods when students are in attendance or participating in school activities.

(h)   Issuance of the City Permit may be limited to a time and area more restrictive than the State License allows.

(i)    Any activity performed in conjunction with the issuance of the Permit, including but not limited to field dressing or other handling of carcass, must occur on the property specified in the City Permit. Entrails shall not be left on the property where the deer is killed.

(j)    The transportation of a carcass is prohibited, unless it is covered or hidden from public view.

(k)   All hunting shall be conducted from an elevated tree stand that is at least 10 feet in height and faces the interior of the property. The tree stands and shooting lanes will be located in such a way as to direct arrows to the interior of the property and to prevent any arrow from landing closer than fifty (50) yards to any property line. No hunting is authorized on parcels under two acres.

(l)    No bow hunting will be allowed if any person that has been granted a State License and City Permit has consumed cereal malt beverages, alcoholic liquor or any controlled substances two hours prior to hunting or during hunting activities.

(m)  Bow hunting will be allowed one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset.

(n)   No City Permit will be issued to any person under the age of eighteen (18).

(o)   It shall be the responsibility of a bow hunter to inform the Police Department by telephone that a wounded deer has left the property and to inform the Police Department of the deer’s probable location. The hunter shall make an attempt to contact the property owner of any adjacent properties prior entering that property to search for a wounded deer. It shall ultimately be the responsibility of the hunter to find and remove any deer that departs from the property.

(p)   City permits are not transferable.

(q)   Failing to comply with the requirements of this Section may result in the denial of future permits.

(r)    Each hunter who successfully harvests a deer will report the hunter’s name, the sex of the animal and the location where harvested to the City Police Department. This information can either be reported via telephone by calling 913-631-5300 during normal duty hours Monday through Friday, or by personally reporting to the Police Department during normal duty hours.

(Ord. 254; Ord. 256; Code 2022)

The hunting of deer in compliance with the terms and conditions of a deer hunting permit approved by the Governing Body shall not constitute a violation of any other Ordinance or regulation adopted by the Governing Body related to the act of hunting within the City of Lake Quivira.

(Ord. 254; Ord. 256; Code 2022)

Any person or entity violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a public offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. The Lake Quivira Police Department is hereby authorized to immediately suspend any permit if there is good cause to believe the permit holder is in violation of the terms and conditions of the permit. In the event of a permit revocation the permit may only be reinstated by the Governing Body.

(Ord. 254; Ord. 256; Code 2022)