PRATT – Deer hunters in northeast Kansas with unfilled 2015 deer permits have one more chance to put venison in the freezer this January.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism shows the 2016 Extended Firearm Season for Unit 10 which includes Doniphan, Brown and Atchison counties in Kansas is scheduled for Jan. 1-3.

All unfilled deer permits are valid; however unit restrictions listed on the permits are still in effect. Those who didn’t purchase a permit in 2015 or may have already filled a permit, can purchase whitetail antlerless-only permits valid for the January seasons. Whitetail antlerless permits can be purchased over the counter by anyone during the extended season.

Any unfilled either-sex permit converts to a white-tailed antlerless only permit in January, and hunters may purchase up to five additional whitetail antlerless-only permits. However, unit and public land restrictions apply. For example, a hunter with an unfilled Any Season Either-sex Whitetail permit can use that to harvest an antlerless white-tailed deer statewide on private and public land. And the first whitetail antlerless-only permit a hunter purchases is valid statewide on public and private land, except Unit 18. A hunter can purchase up for four additional whitetail antlerless-only permits valid only in specified units. Season lengths also vary based on unit location. See your2015 Kansas Hunting and Furharvesting Regulations Summary, or visit ksoutdoors.com and click “Hunting/Big Game Information/Deer,” for details.

2016 Extended Firearm Season dates, by DMU, are as follows:

Jan 1-3, 2016 – Units 6, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17

Jan. 1-10, 2016 – Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 14

Jan. 1-17, 2016 – Units 10A, 15, and 19:

No whitetail antlerless only permits are valid in Unit 18 (southwest).