Third Annual
Kansas Hunt WeekOctober 7–11, 2025
Kansas Hunt Week
Five days of hunting, four packs, four fixtures!
This year’s Kansas Hunt Week features the Flint Hills Hunt, Fort Leavenworth Hunt, Mission Valley Hunt, and Big Sky Hounds.
All hunts will be informal/ratcatcher and will start at 9am (unless weather dictates otherwise).
Schedule
Tuesday (10/7): Big Sky Hounds (fixture TBD)
Wednesday (10/8): Mission Valley Hunt at Fin & Feather
Thursday (10/9): North Hills Hunt at Division Ranch
Friday (10/10): Flint Hills Hunt at Matfield Green
Saturday (10/11): Fort Leavenworth Hunt at Settlers Acre
Fees
Capping is 75 dollars per day or 350 dollars for the week. Capping fees are waived for members of participating hunts.
Fin & Feather
Mission Valley Hunt’s primary fixture is located at 13625 W 299th Street in Paola, KS. The terrain includes open fields, wooded areas, stream crossings, a few steep hills, and plenty of coops. Jumping and non-jumping fields are available. Water is available onsite and the Fin & Feather clubhouse offers restrooms and ample seating.
Flint Hills Fixtures
Our Flint Hills fixtures feature wide open spaces and rolling hills dotted with draws, ponds, and a few wooded areas. You can really see the hounds work out there! There are no coops, but you may encounter some ditches or gullies. We will have a first and second field, but with the open terrain, once hounds are on line things move fast and we cover a lot of ground, so a fit horse is a must!
Thursday we will hunt from the north side of Division Ranch (enter via DD road from K177). We will meet up at the Flint Hills Rodeo grounds at 7:45am and convoy from there.
We will be at our Matfield Green fixture (just outside the town of Matfield Green) on Friday. We will meet at the Casey’s at 424 N Walnut Street in Cottonwood Falls) at 7:30am and convoy from there.
Saturday we will hunt from Settlers Acre (2295 280th Rd., Emploria, KS), the home of FHH huntsman Jim and Carlie Beisel. **Do NOT listen to your GPS if it tells you to take XX road. Here are simple directions: Seven miles west of I35 in Emporia take YY north. Go five miles north on YY to 280th St. Go west on 280th three miles.**
Where to Stay/Board
For the Fin & Feather fixture, lodging is available in Paola. We will provide information on boarding options as soon as possible.
Towns near our Flint Hills fixtures include Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Council Grove, and Emporia. This TripAdvisor search shows hotels available in the area. Below are some resources for horse boarding (with lodging, in some cases).
Clovercliff Ranch (lodging and horse boarding)
Our Settlers Acre fixture (2295 280th Rd., Strong City, KS, 66801), home of Flint Hills Hunt, will have limited space for boarding and parking trailers as well as access to additional pens off-site. Please contact Carlie Beisel (816-810-3893) for details.
The Flint Hills Rodeo ground (at 111 Flint Hills Scenic Byway, Strong City, KS, 66869) will have pens and trailer parking available with water and bathrooms (with showers) onsite. (There are no electrical hookups). Pens/stalls are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $10 per night per horse.
Already registered and need to pay? Use the links below!