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Under our deer hunting approach each deer hunter makes a telephone reservation to an individually
numbered deer lease and his motivation for making that reservation is to ensure we
know where he is deer hunting so we do not let anyone else overlap his hunt.
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A sample of one of our land lease maps
sheets.
We post all available land maps to our
website as a means to ensure timely distribution to all members as
land contracts change throughout the year. Generally, there are 200
map sheets to cover all leases and each has a variable amount of
acreage per map sheet dependent upon how far we can reduce it in
size and still keep it large enough for the bifocal generation to
read it.
Each lease on each map sheet is numbered
and a hunter would make a reservation to that numbered property
he wants to hunt. Not all lease land is available for whitetail
hunts, our wetlands for example are for duck hunting only. We also
have lease land in less productive deer hunting localities and these
leases would be for some better upland bird hunts. The bottom line
is that we have more deer hunting lease land than deer hunters to
hunt them.
The central midwest road structure set
at one mile road grids makes for more 1 mile square sections at 640
acres or less than that of more acreage. |
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Some aerials of what central mid-west
whitetail country looks like. The initial reaction form many not familiar
with our trophy whitetail country is to immediately assess this as
poor ground not well suited for trophy whitetail due to a lack of
trees. That is not the case as each of these three leases has
already produced in the truck at least one very good scoring rack
over recent seasons.
The yellow text gives description of the
size of each lease and that a deer hunter would reserve for a day's
hunt or more or less at his discretion.
This larger aerial without any text
shows what is common in the better trophy areas in terms of
land use and habitat. This we describe local as an east-west running
half section. It is 320 acres of land mostly under agriculture, at
the time of posting with milo and alfalfa with some pasture and some prairie
hay. The north-south line in the middle is an old railroad track
raised bed.
What is important to recognize is our
Kansas, Iowa and Missouri area that is well known for its trophy deer
is within farm country. This same
area is the "Great Plains" the Great Plains is an area of great
agriculture. For anyone that requires further proof that areas of
great agriculture produces trophy deer will find the great majority
of record book deer listing in counties of 45 to 55% agricultural
land use.
Most come to realize that for the better
deer hunting first comes food and then the deer will make use of any
available cover. The aerial above shows just that. |
When deer hunting with us the hunter will travel directly to pre hunt
reserved property park his truck, step out and hunt. The first couple of hunts
that hunter will feel a hesitation in his gut as he will be stepping onto
private land where he personally has not met with the landowner. That hesitation
will disappear with experience and learning to trust the maps we issue.
Our maps are direct copies of the updated county road maps and are the very
same one used by the local sheriff, county utility Co-Ops, township road crews,
rural restate agents and the current ongoing 911 upgrade of naming all roads and
posting road signs.
Once arriving at our leases the hunter will find our unique Association signs
giving confidence the right property has been reached.
We will do our very best to provide the most opportunity possible for all
do it yourself deer hunters to enjoy the self guided deer hunt of their choice and the trophy
deer or not so trophy of a deer of their choice.
Our effort will be to select the best habitat we can lease within the regions of
Kansas, Missouri and Iowa that has a history of whitetail deer production. The rest is left to
the deer hunter.
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Traveling deer hunter from Michigan |
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 Hi
John,
Attached is a picture of my first bow kill deer with MAHA in
[location deleted]. I should've waited a few more days, I saw some
bigger deer later on. I had a great two week hunt. My hunting
partner waited for the bigger ones, but could not get them close
enough. Can't wait until next season. We are planning on doing some
scouting in the spring. Are there areas in [location deleted] that
are over looked by deer hunters that we could focus on? Please
advise.
Steve |
Buddy Hunts
Mid-America Hunting Association members who
would like to link up with other members to share a hunt or more may do so
through the buddy hunt list.
The buddy hunt list is a year round gathering of
members names, hunting interest and telephone numbers. All on the list are
sent a copy and anyone on it should feel free to call any other and compare
hunting styles, vacation times and any other coordination point to team up
for a hunt.
Kansas Whitetail & Mule Deer Hunts
Iowa Whitetail Deer
Missouri Whitetail Deer
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