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100 Best Public-Land Hunts: Nebraska

Kansas Bend Wildlife Management Area Location: southeast Nebraska Size: 1,056 acres ZIP: 68421 About five miles downstream from Hamburg Bend,…
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100 Best Public-Land Hunts: Nebraska

Kansas Bend Wildlife Management AreaLocation: southeast NebraskaSize: 1,056 acresZIP: 68421

About five miles downstream from Hamburg Bend, Kansas Bend is the smallest of the new Missouri River WMAs. A mix of deciduous timber, grassland, marshy areas and cropland are the main deer habitat on this three-mile stretch of bottomland. Bordering areas of private land contain cropland and steep river bluffs. Hunting pressure is light, especially mid-week, and unlimited permits are available for archery, muzzleloader and firearms buck-only.

Langdon Bend Wildlife Management AreaLocation: southeast NebraskaSize: 1,307 acresZIP: 68414

In eastern Nebraska, river corridors typically have greater deer densities than any other habitat, according to Kit Hams, big game program manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Langdon Bend is no exception. Nearly half of this management area’s acreage is devoted to row crops, and the rest is dominated by bottomland hardwoods and open pasture. Like the two WMAs upstream, hunting pressure is light on this four-mile long stretch of bottomland, especially on weekdays, and permits are easy to come by for archery, muzzleloader and firearms hunting.