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Deer hunting on MAHA Kansas, Missouri and Iowa deer leases has shown us a significant range of hunters that while traveling our way from a good number of states have all a common basis for joining. That common orientation will be addressed within this article.

They are attracted by the reasonable cost, our do it yourself approach, pre season scouting opportunity, private lease land access in three well known whitetail states, choice of habitat, recommendations for tags and the flexibility to hunt where and when on their schedule. The individual points of this paragraph are the easy to demonstrate aspects of our approach to deer hunting.

There are several more intangible aspects that further contribute to the quality of the do it yourself deer hunting experience that are not so easy to demonstrate. The most significant intangible aspect is we understand what a good hunt is and that good hunt is what causes hunters to renew their membership. Membership renewals are what we work for.

Non-Resident Groups

The non-resident hunter group we have observed that has most successfully remained members for years include two subgroups.

These subgroups are first those that have a higher rate of individual success over recurring years and the second group are those that hunt as part of a group of infrequent individual success and frequent group success hunters.

The hunt is for more than just the trophy whitetail deer that seems far too easy to see and far too difficult to harvest. It includes the thrill of just seeing the buck that would be the largest yet even if no shot opportunity presents itself. Then there are the days in the field where simply being out there brings the gentle awareness that not much really matters and the few things that really do matter are far more clearly understood. That feeling of tranquility is as great an accomplishment as any trophy whitetail.

self guidedPat, a member for over 12 years was kind enough to share a photo of a buck he harvested after putting in his time.

The photo of the rub shows partly why he was waiting for that buck.

 

Individual Whitetail Hunter

In the case of the individual deer hunter that has found the ideal combination of elements as demonstrated by an impressive string of wallhangers that deer hunter will remain a MAHA member for over a decade. This hunter when he does leave the Association it is for reasons other than quality hunts.

A secondary effect of this kind of self guided hunter is his sponsorship into the Association of local (home state) peer members that believe they too can recreate the success of that lead hunter and enjoy a collection of great hunt experiences.

What is more often the case is contrary to that belief. It is our observation that the lead hunter has exceptional deer hunting skill and gains quick and recurring results due to his individual skill. However, the person he sponsored into the Association often fails to meet the same success rate due to his deer hunting skill level being less than the lead hunter. This second hunter after three years or so gives up most frequently citing poor deer hunting for the reason.

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