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Legal Equipment: Shotguns using shot sizes 2-9; long, recurve or compound bows and crossbows. Permit Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag. Bag Limit: One turkey with a visible beard per permit or game tag. Dogs may not be used in spring season. NEW FOR 2024: Resident hunters may obtain a spring turkey permit – valid for one turkey with a visible beard – in Units 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6; Spring turkey permits for Unit 4 are available only by lottery draw. Non-resident hunters may obtain a spring turkey permit by lottery draw for Unit 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6. Non-resident permits are only valid in the Unit indicated. The application period is 01/09/24 – 02/09/24. Any leftover non-resident spring turkey permits will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. There will be no additional game tags (valid for a second turkey) available in 2024 for resident and non-resident hunters. Extended Hunting and Trapping 04/03/2024 - 09/12/2024 Location: Statewide Species: Raccoon, opossum Furharvester license required. Hunting and trapping by methods that are legal during the general furbearer season are allowed, except that only traps allowed during the extended season are cage or box traps and dog-proof (DP) foot encapsulating traps. Artificial light is prohibited except as permitted for taking treed or trapped furbearers during the general season. Paddlefish Snagging 03/15/2024 - 05/15/2024 Location: Posted Areas Posted Areas Include Inside city parks on the Neosho River in Chetopa and Burlington, Neosho River at Iola downstream from dam to city limits, Marais des Cygnes River below Osawatomie Dam downstream to posted boundary, Marais des Cygnes River from the upstream boundary of the Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area downstream to the Kansas-Missouri border, and the Browning Oxbow Lake of the Missouri River. Paddlefish Snagging Regulation Running 03/01/2024 - 11/08/2024 Location: Statewide Species : bobcat, opossum, racoon, red fox, and gray fox. Legal hours for running furbearers is 24 hours daily. Furbearers cannot be killed or taken during the running season. A furharvester license is required to run furbearers. It is illegal to possess any firearm or other hunting or trapping equipment while pursuing these animals during the running season. Coyote 01/01/2024 - 01/01/2025 Location: Statewide Season Dates (statewide): All year Season Limit: No limit There is no closed season for trapping or hunting coyotes. Motor vehicles and radios in vehicles may be used to hunt coyotes only. Furharvester license is required to trap and sell; hunting license is required to hunt and sell. Exotic Dove Season (Eurasian collared, ringed turtle) 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 Location: Statewide (Eurasian collared and ringed turtle doves) Area open: Statewide Season: Year-round Daily bag limit: There is no limit on Eurasian collared or ringed turtle doves, but any taken during the migratory dove season in addition to the mourning and white-winged dove daily bag must have a fully-feathered...