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Method
Interest
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States & SeasonsMuzzleloader deer hunting is a minority method within MAHA. Muzzleloader hunts encompass our three states of private land lease and has some advantages over other seasons. In short, hunters enjoy a longer season, sequential seasons from September to January, both in and out of the rut and the possibility of extending their deer season through less competition for draw tags. Pressure
This table
shows the deer hunter pressure specific to muzzleloader deer hunters the past several years on Association lease land. Take the number of hunters by season length and acreage and it
will be readily apparent there will be many lonely days in the field and woods.
Success
Black powder season starts in Kansas running the last half of September and resumes during the regular firearms season in late November through generally the first 10 days in December. Missouri opens later after their firearms season overlapping the archery season in December and Iowa the latest in late December through mid January for nonresidents. Association hunters may hunt each state's black powder season sequentially and greatly lengthen his time in the field.
The Mule Deer tag allows the option of deciding at the time of the trigger squeeze between whitetail or Mule Deer, buck or doe. ChoiceWithin our approach to paid hunts for muzzleloader deer hunting as well as for all our game types and methods the hunter may choose his hunt method, state or states of choice, farm and stand location. That combined with three state's worth of deer seasons leaves many with more possible field days than actual time to hunt. That brings the problem many hunters have from trying to find one place to hunt to having too many places to hunt. That may seemingly be an easy issue to handle, however many whitetail hunters simply fail to come to put into practice the value of concentrating in any one area. Those that do concentrate on a select number of farms have a higher success rate. Those that do not, seem to have less success and are less likely to renew past the 5 year mark.
LongevityFor the self guided muzzleloader deer hunter that enjoys early success through concentration on an area, his own skill and the great value of luck he has a tendency to remain for over a decade and beyond hunting within MAHA. These hunters, if local stay longer and if a non-resident frequently say they have had enough of the central mid-west whitetail and it's time to move on to moose, caribou or some other game. From all the muzzleloader deer hunting members in the earlier numbers chart there are a core group ranging from 20 to 25 that have concentrated on this one method and typically in just one state. These hunters have a good number of wallhangers from exclusively muzzleloader deer season and go years between harvests due to their selectivity. This group largely credits pre season scouting and the willingness to hunt every day they have during the season. The difference between this small group and the rest of the hunters accounted for in the chart are the transitory hunter making a foray into a new discipline. These hunters typically try black powder for one season then return to modern firearms season. MAHA Hunts ContinuedThe links below will gain the reader increasingly detailed information specific to each state deer hunting and the distinctions of that state's seasons.
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