As publishedOctober 17, 2026 - December 1, 2026
Season formula: "Saturday nearest October 14 and continuing for 45 days"; KDWP's own page computes 2026 dates explicitly. Bag limit confirmed from KDWP's regulation-summary bag-limit table (see raw source): "Woodcock: 3 per day (3x the daily limit in possession)" — not found in the first research pass, now closed from the same already-captured raw file. HIP requirement inferred the same way as mourning dove (see note there).
No KS-specific woodcock survey; Kansas is gated by the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report. Re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (FWS's own report-collection page lists no 2026 edition; 2025 edition dated Sept 2025), expected — per that same pattern — within the next few weeks.