Kansas Trail Camera Update
In August 2023, the Kansas DWP announced that “no person shall place, maintain or use a trail or game camera on department (public) lands,” infuriating many deer hunters. At least part of the thinking two years ago had nothing to do with actually scouting a buck. One of the Kansas commissioners said: “In some places … cameras are used to spy on other hunters. And some people recoil from [seeing] a camera. They’re private. They don’t want to have somebody take their picture and then have it on Facebook.” Lauber went on to say that trail cameras are sometimes used by hunters as a means of staking claim to a particular section of public land. Earlier this year, the KDWP agreed [...]