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When considering a deer lease most enter into the search without any lease selection
criteria. Not having an idea of the available deer lease options frequently is the cause of
not having an idea of what to look for in terms of lease type of that which
may be more suitable for any one hunter over the others that may be available.
Within this article we offer a listing of deer lease types,
pitfalls, selection criteria and at the end a description of the private land self guided
hunt option we
provide in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.
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Self Guided Deer Hunts For Those That
Enjoy Deer Hunting
Our approach is to provide private lease land for those that seek to hunt to the best
of their abilities regardless of filling tags or not.
Not all hunters are suited for our
approach to whitetail leases even those we allocate memberships to,
are successful and then later issues arise and we then come to agree
some need to move on. Our screening process while not fool proof has
been tested over the years to ensure as much as we can that we
allocated memberships to those that are the ones we would chose to
hunt with.
Read
some more from this hunter that was not just a
good fit for our organization? |
Individual Hunter
"My deer lease", this is the first thought most trophy whitetail hunters have when
considering their first lease contract of any kind, that is, one place
just for them. The pitfalls of this approach include that if that hunter is not
in proximity to regularly put eyes on that land it is unlikely that land will be
his alone due to covert hunter access.
The next consequence is that the hunter has placed all his eggs in one basket so
to speak and has limited himself to one place to hunt. That one place needs to
be large to have the type of isolation necessary to hold the trophy quality
racked bucks. If not then that hunter has done more good for the economy than
his whitetail hunts.
Small Collective
The classic deer lease or whitetail hunter club where a small group of
friends join financial power to lease a bit of ground for their exclusive deer
hunt use. Works great if that group can compromise on stand locations,
deer hunting methods and quality standards. All combine to equally work the food
plots, clean the camp, etc. For these same reasons is why this lease option is the
least employed of all. Overcoming personal preferences is simply an on going
struggle that never seems to get satisfied.
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Humor and a Good Hunt
John/Jon: I
just wanted to send you guys a note to tell you how happy I have
been to hunt on MAHA property the last few years, and especially
recently when I shot a nice buck in the [location deleted] season.
All the MAHA property I have hunted is well taken care of, has a lot
of game, and appears to have been carefully chosen by you guys to
provide the members the best opportunities around. As an Army
officer stationed at Fort Riley with multiple deployments under my
belt and another likely on the horizon, I greatly appreciate having
access to great hunting/fishing land and an easy system to reserve
where you want to go. Now, on to the hunting story.....
I was deer
hunting last week on MAHA property, and had a stand set up
overlooking some CRP and a wooded dry creekbed with lots of good
deer sign. I heard a deer behind me close (40 yards) running through
the grass, so I turned around, saw a good rack but knew I had to
stop him in order to shoot accurately, so I gave a loud imitation of
a deer call (with my mouth, so no telling what it really sounded
like) and he stopped on a dime, broadside 35 yards away. I was
looking in the scope and his head/rack was partially behind a bush,
and I shot at the vitals.
He bounded
20 yards and fell over in high grass. I got down and then started
doubting myself on rack-size since I never really got a good look at
it -- hoped it wasn't a raghorn since it was early in the season
still. Well, I was pretty darn pleased when I walked up to him -- 21
inch spread, 10 pointer, G2s/G3s all about 13-14 inches. Picture
attached.
Thanks
again!
Wow, just
wow! Thank for for a look at one great buck. |
Hunting Club
A group of disconnected individuals with a common interest that team
up under a set of rules to gain better whitetail land than they can by
knocking on doors or on public lands.
These are individuals that can hunt
on their own and only require the land resource to do so. This system works
great if the members are willing to pay for the administration and enforcement
of those rules. Without this one key financial aspect this approach is doomed
for the same reasons for the small collective.
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Draw Deer Tag Issue
The common description is
a non-resident has a lease in either Kansas or Iowa, hunts it
when he gets a tag. That deer hunter then tries to get others to hunt it for pay
the years he does not successfully draw a tag to help pay the lease. The story continues about the quality of the
other deer hunters,
problems they may create with the landowner/lease holder such as
attempts to secure the lease for themselves. After a couple of seasons of
this approach that hunter typically seeks a better solution.
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