Hunting

Seward County (Liberal), Ford County (Dodge City), Finney County (Garden City), Gray County (Cimarron), Hodgeman County (Jetmore), Stevens County (Hugoton), and Ness County (Ness City) are pleased to announce the 10th annual pheasant hunting contest.

During this year’s hunting season, 425 pheasants will be banded on the leg and released in Scott County (near Scott City), Ford County (near Dodge City), Finney County (near Garden City), Stevens County (near Hugoton), Hodgeman County (near Jetmore), Seward County (near Liberal), and Ness County (near Ness City). If you are lucky enough to bag one of the banded pheasants, bring your leg band to one of the approved locations to register the band and claim your prize! Kansas consistently ranks as one of the top three compared to other states’ annual harvest of pheasants. With 185,000 acres of walk-in hunting land open to hunters in southwest Kansas, this area will give you a shot at cash and Seven GRAND PRIZES.

Once you register the leg band at an approved location (listed below), you will automatically receive a “Rooster Roundup” hat and a community gift worth at least $10.00. At that time, your leg band will also be entered into a drawing to win a GRAND PRIZE of $500.00 in community gift certificate “bucks” (one per community) to be used for purchases of the winner’s choice.

The “Rooster Roundup” Pheasant Contest runs from November 9, 2024, to January 31, 2025. If your bagged bird has one of the leg bands, you must bring the leg band to one of the approved locations to register your band and claim your prize! Drawing for the GRAND PRIZE for “Rooster Roundup” will occur after the
contest’s end (January 31, 2025), and winners will be contacted by phone. For a complete list of the rules for the contest, visit www.wildwestcountry.com, or contact the Convention and Visitors Bureau at 620-276 0607 in Garden City or any of the participating communities.