Kansas landowners might soon be allowed to sell their personal deer hunting permits to out-of-state hunters if a new law makes it through the State Senate.

The regulation change passed the House this week by the slim margin of just three votes.

The legislation would allow landowners of 80 or more acres to legally purchase their resident hunting permits then sell them to the highest bidder in an attempt to lure more nonresident hunters to the Sunflower State. Some residents are praising the proposal, saying it will bring much-needed commerce to the small, rural communities that have been hit hard in over the past decade. Others decry the move as another step that will lead to the degradation of the whitetail population.

For more information, check out this KSNT news report.