Private Land Hunting Units
Private land hunting units is a single maps sheet within our online library of lease maps. Hunters gain access to this online library as part of their membership. All Association leases are posted to this equal access online resource. A day's upland bird hunt would be for all acreage on that single map sheet.
Actual map sheets are 8x11 inches. We typically have around 200 map sheets covering all 200,000+ acres of lease land. No new Association hunter is left alone to decide where to hunt for his bird or habitat of preference. All should talk to either Jon Nee or John Wenzel before their hunt. They will insure they are headed in the right direction.
The maps being posted to a web site is the only sure method of distribution to all Association hunters as map sheets are updated. Updates are year long contracting effort. By this means and that of the live person telephone reservation system with immediate confirmation all members equal access to all leases.
Telephone reservation are accepted up to 30 days before the hunt or as late as the day of the hunt. The time limitation that all must be ware of is that we take reservations only when our secretary is in the office to man the telephones from 9 to 530, Monday through Friday. Upland bird hunters may feel relaxed at making their reservations. All should get a read of the weather forecast before deciding when and where to hunt. No hunter is ever denied the chance to hunt compliant with all state and federal regulations.
For quail hunters the lone time exception is that during the Missouri rifle deer season. That occurs during the middle two weeks in November. We close Missouri to quail hunters due to safety concerns of moving dogs and hunters when a number of rifle deer hunters are in the field. That is the effect, the cause is that Missouri's deer tags are inexpensive and available over the counter purchase. That creates a lot of incidental deer hunters hitting the woods. This is not the case in Kansas or Iowa where the the cost of deer tags limits hunters.
The amount of acreage per unit is not a set amount. The total acreage of any one map sheet reflects the amount of land we can place on one map sheet before we start to shrink it down to the point the bi-focal generation may begin to have trouble reading it.
The maps we use for our lease land posting are the same county/state generate road map sheets used by the local sheriff and county utilities. They are the most accurate in terms of road location, road surface quality and local landmarks. They also have shown over the years to be the best for our use. Any one that requires something better than these map sheets to find the leases probably does not belong unescorted out in the field.
We attempt to post all road side corner and 1/2 mile posts. That is as long as there is something to hang a sign onto. The lease interior property boundaries will be easily identifiable and as shown on the lease maps sheets.
Once arriving at the lease park parallel to the road or just inside of an OPEN gate. Do not open gates and drive in. In all cases leave room for tractor field access.
We are a park and foot hunt organization. No member has any authority to drive into a property regardless of how large of a lease it may be. That rule is inclusive of farm lanes as well.
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