Kansas Deer · Unit 12 Chautauqua Hills
Kansas Unit 12 spans 1,719,682 acres, centered 20 miles north-west of Independence. 0% of it is public land. In 2021, hunters took 6,449 white-tailed deer here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, NRWT-U12, put up 2,193 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 3,506 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks held its 2026 deer draw without Unit 12. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Kansas deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license
first choice, NR
not published
1,719,682 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2021. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Unit 12
The last draw held in Unit 12 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRWT-U12 | Nonresident Whitetail Either-sex Deer, Unit 12 | 46% | 0 |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: KDWP 2025 NR Deer Draw Stats, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $477.50 ($0 to apply). Open Apr 1 – Apr 30, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,449 |
| 2020 | 6,422 |
| 2019 | 6,130 |
| 2018 | 9,696 |
| 2017 | 5,876 |
Mule Deer
| Year | Deer |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
2021 split: residents 4,255, nonresidents 2,194
What Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2021. Source: KDWP 2021-2022 Report of Deer Harvest; KDWP 2020-2021 Report of Deer Harvest; KDWP 2019-2020 Report of Deer Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 1,711,274 ac | 100% |
| State land | 8,154 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 253 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2026 PAD-US 4.1.
What the Agency Says About the Area
Chautauqua Hills; unit 12: that part of Kansas bounded by a line from the Oklahoma-Kansas state line north on federal highway US-169 to its junction with state highway K-47, then west on state highway K-47 to its junction with federal highway US-75, then north on federal highway US-75 to its junction with federal highway US-54, then west on federal highway US-54 to its junction with state highway K-99, then south on state highway K-99 to its junction with federal highway US-160, then west on federal highway US-160 to its junction with state highway K-15, then east and south on state highway K-15 to its junction with the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, then east along the Oklahoma-Kansas state line to its junction with federal highway US-169, except federal and state sanctuaries.
Source: KDWP 2026 Kan. Admin. Regs. 115-4-6.
▸ Sources 10
- KDWP 2025 NR Deer Draw Stats draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2025 Deer Regulations Summary fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2021-2022 Report of Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2020-2021 Report of Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2019-2020 Report of Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2018-2019 Report of Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2017-2018 Report of Deer Harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2026 Deer Management Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2026 PAD-US 4.1 land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- KDWP 2026 Kan. Admin. Regs. 115-4-6 area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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