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With abundant furbearer populations throughout most of Kansas, furharvesting opportunities abound. In fact, furbearers are probably one of our most under-utilized natural resources, and the benefits of their harvest are numerous. Furharvesting during the legal seasons serves as the primary means of furbearer population and damage control.

Badger
Badger are most abundant in central Kansas where they can find both prey and open land.
Beaver
Beavers may be taken only by trapping, and their harvest season is longer than that of other furbearers.
Bobcat
Bobcats range throughout Kansas, but even where they reach the highest densities in the southeast, they are only rarely seen.
Coyote
Coyotes are not legally classified as furbearers in Kansas, but in many ways, they are monitored and managed as if they were.
Gray Fox
Gray fox are primarily found in the eastern third of Kansas but has extended its range westward into the central part of the state.
Mink
Mink are semi-aquatic and found throughout Kansas, though more scarce in the western part of the state.
Muskrat
Muskrats live in marshes, swamps, bogs, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and other areas where sufficient water exists to offer them protection from predators.
River Otter
Thanks to restoration efforts in the 1980s, river otters have expanded their range into all of eastern and parts of central Kansas.
Raccoon
Raccoons are one of the most abundant furbearers in Kansas and are well-adapted to urban and suburban areas.
Red Fox
Red foxes occur statewide, but are most common in eastern Kansas.
Striped Skunk
Striped skunk inhabit rangeland, woodlots, agricultural fields, and marshy areas along with urban and suburban areas.
Swift Fox
Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming now support what is considered the core of the U.S. swift fox population.
Virginia Opossum
Opossums are highly adaptable and range throughout Kansas, but are most common in the eastern part of the state.

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