Dog Rules
Jon Nee, (above) the Association owner and operator with his dog Buck.
John Wenzel (right) the partner with one of his, Jack.
These two Association partners know the value of a good bird hunt, what the bird hunter expects, understand habitat differences and both seek to give the first year Association hunters the best hunt possible through recommendations of where to hunt for bird and habitat of preference. They will also attempt to convey it will take more than one season for those new to Kansas, Missouri and Iowa to maximize their upland bird hunting experience.
We make no distinction between upland bird dogs be they pointers, retrievers or flushers for pheasant, quail or waterfowl hunting.
We, Jon Nee the MAHA owner operator and John Wenzel the partner, would not bird hunt without our dogs and believe God knew what he was doing when he created dogs and that was to make man a better person.
Our dog rules are simple and express a concept well suited to the self guided hunter of his own dogs and against all other concerns.
All dogs being hunted on MAHA leases must be owned by the member.
Each hunter is limited to a maximum of two dogs on the ground at one time. More may be in the truck and rotated during the day.
Any hunting party of members is limited to a maximum of three dogs on the ground at one time. As before the same applies to more in the truck.
Those that attempt to circumvent the dog limitation rules such as describe retrievers as not being bird dogs and are additive to pointing dogs. Or, those hunting buddies traveling together and stating they hunt separately with two dogs each we simply do not allow to renew their memberships. The point is we are a legitimate organization with the relationship between the hunter and the Association well advertised before payment and membership allocation. the agreement is to follow the rules and we have little tolerance for adult children that push the limits.
No pre-season dog running, training of any description on any MAHA lease. Our lease land is for hunting only during the season.
No commercial dog hunting of any description on our leases such as taking first season dogs to finish status and selling them for profit.
Understand our regulations and their intent is to serve the individual upland bird hunter that seeks the enjoyment of his dogs and the quality of the hunt. Any other with any other desires are simply asked not to call us.
And, we like to see new bird hunters up and coming. The dogs below to Matt that is making the transition form deer and turkey hunting to that of upland birds. Matt writes:
Hello John...thought I'd send in a couple of photos of the "new guy"...we're getting ready and can't hardly wait for the fall seasons...kid's activities will put a little damper on 
trips, at least compared to the last few years, but I'll bet we still get some days out in the field. This is Gato...our new German Shorthair, along with our Llewellyn (in one of the photos). The Llewellyn will be about 2 1/2 by season start and I'm looking forward to a good year following him around. Talk to you later. Matt
While some bird hunters can remember back with a smile their first bird dog others look only forward to much to come.
Good luck to Matt and all others finding the action behind a dog far more enjoyable many times over then the seemingly endless hours in deer stand waiting for that one heart stopping moment of the year.