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Expand List item 36382Collapse List item 36382  Assisted Youth Hunt Application
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Updated hunting regulations applying to Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuttle Creek Lake 

• The following is an abbreviated version of the hunting regulations applying to lands managed by Tuttle Creek USACE.  Code of Federal Regulations Title 36 apply to all activities on USACE managed lands.  

• Items are permitted on all lands and waters of Tuttle Creek except:

- Areas leased to other parties.

- Public Use Areas and parks, restricted areas, and other areas where hunting is prohibited.

• Floating blinds and portable stands used for hunting may be placed not more than 14 days before the hunting season for which the blind or stand will be used and shall be removed from the property within 14 days after the hunting season for which the blind or stand was placed has ended.

• Portable items, not limited to tent style blinds, decoys and similar items; shall not be left unattended overnight.

• No individual shall place more than two portable blinds or stands on Tuttle Creek lands and waters.

• Each portable blind, floating blind and portable stand shall be marked with either the user’s name and address or the user’s department-issued identification number in a visible, legible, and weatherproof manner.  Identification labels must be conspicuous, as determined by inspecting Rangers.

• Ladders and steps attached by ropes, cables, or chains may be used for access to portable stands and shall be removed when the portable stand is removed.  Items may not be nailed, screwed, or bolted to trees or other features (inclusive of screw in steps).

• Operation of vehicles off authorized roadways and/or through, around or beyond a restrictive sign, barricade, fence or other control barrier remains prohibited.

• Baiting remains restricted in accordance with Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District policy, pursuant with Kansas Regulation 115-8-23: Bait; hunting.

• Game cameras are prohibited on lands managed by the Corps of Engineers, pursuant with Kansas Regulation 115-8-25: Trail or game cameras and other devices.

• Antlerless White-Tailed Deer Limit (1) The first whitetail antlerless only permit is valid for the hunting of antlerless whitetail deer statewide during the established season. Any subsequent whitetail antlerless only permit issued to the same applicant shall not be valid on public lands and waters, pursuant with Kansas Regulation 115-4-13: Deer permits; descriptions and restrictions.

• In addition to the above-mentioned regulations USACE has adopted the following Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Kansas Regulations 115-5-1, 115-8-2 and 115-8-24.

Questions regarding this policy can be directed to Park Rangers at

785-539-8511 or Tuttle.Creek@usace.army.mil

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This years youth hunt is being coordinated with Outdoor Mentors information on dates and details will be posted as available.   

Hunting

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Nearly 18,000 acres of excellent diverse habitat await the hunter at Tuttle Creek Lake. The Corps of Engineers manages about 8,000 acres in the southern half of the project. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism manages over 12,000 acres in the upper reaches.

Wildlife management plays an important part in the overall management of natural resources at Tuttle Creek Lake. Programs are devised to insure that the needs of wildlife: food, water, cover, and living space, are available in sufficient quantity and quality to sustain and encourage growth of wildlife populations. Many of these programs focus on enhancing upland game, but non-game species benefit as well.

Wildlife management techniques include planting food plots, seeding millet along exposed shorelines, conducting timber stand improvement, planting trees and shrubs, constructing brush piles, and erecting nesting boxes for bird life.

Mourning doves are attracted to burned-off wheat stubble and sunflower fields in early fall. Deer and turkey hunting is good in the woody draws and river bottoms.

Fox squirrels are abundant in timbered areas.

 

 Semi-open grasslands and weed strips along timber stands harbor bobwhite quail and ring-necked pheasants.

Hundreds of acres of developed marshes offer good duck hunting areas. As the season progresses and temperatures drop, hunt the stubble fields and creeks nearby. A 200 acre marsh located seven miles north of Olsburg, and a 39 acre marsh located two miles north of Randolph are good duck hunting areas. Click on the wetlands page for detailed information on Tuttle Creek Lake's marshes.

White-tailed deer abound at Tuttle Creek Lake. In fact, Guns and Gear Magazine named Tuttle Creek Lake as one of the top five white-tailed deer hunting locations in the nation.

Watch boundary lines that separate public hunting lands from private property. Much of Tuttle Creek Lake's public hunting areas are separated from the road by private land. Respect landowners' property; to hunt private property, you must have permission.

Nearly all public land at Tuttle Creek Lake is open to hunting. However, the parks and the entire area below the dam are closed to hunting year-round.

Hunters often ask where they can go to sight in a scope or target shoot at Tuttle Creek Lake. Due to concerns about lead shot, noise, litter, and safety, these activities are not permitted anywhere on public property. The Fancy Creek State Park shooting range is the only location where this is permitted. A daily fee is charged.  For more information visit them on Facebook.

The Corps of Engineers, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and local interest groups offer youth and disabled deer and turkey hunts.

Camping, off-road vehicle and ATV use, horseback riding, target shooting and firewood gathering are prohibited in the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism wildlife area.