Private Land Self Guided Wild Pheasant Hunting in Kansas, Iowa and Missouri
Pheasant hunting with Mid-America Hunting Association is for only wild pheasants. It is on private land. All self guided pheasant hunts begin with the Association partners getting the hunter to the point of where to park his truck and put dogs down and get pheasant hunting. From there the hunter makes the rest of his hunt.
It is the rest of the hunt that makes for the better memories.
Wild Pheasant Hunting
Pheasant hunting includes wild Bobwhite Quail for mixed bag upland bird hunting. Waterfowl are a further bonus.
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Kansas Pheasant Hunting
Iowa Pheasant Hunting
Missouri Pheasant and Quail Hunting
Self Guided
Each hunter hunts at his own pace pheasant hunting the ground he wants to hunt working his own dogs to his satisfaction. Each will be able to hunt a different field each day of every hunting trip and never have to cross his tracks.
That added value of seeing new hunting land adds a bit extra motivation that cause many to hunt a bit more. And, it goes the other way. After a couple days that pheasant hunter can take a sleep in day.
Pheasant hunters will not mix their dogs with others. Each is hunting by way of a telephone reservation to an upland bird unit of land. These hunting units have a variable amount of acreage per map sheet. Each unit has a gun limit as to how many hunters any one unit can support in terms of protective cover and feed habitat to insure a full day's hunting. Upland bird hunting units also spread hunter pressure throughout the season insuring no one unit receives too many hunters or day's hunted.
Before that telephone reservation is made for those not yet familiar with the Association's pheasant hunting lands that hunter will talk by telephone to one of the Association partners. They each train and hunt over their own dogs and cover all the hunting land throughout the year. They will recommend to the hunter a Plan A and Plan B of where to go hunting based on that hunter's bird and habitat of preference. After a couple of trips most hunters find favored hunting areas that serve as the next hunt's start point. These same hunter will also enjoy discovering new hot spots each trip as well.
Costs, Scheduling, Wild Birds, Private Land Comparison
Nothing this good is for free. The annual cost is for a 365 day year from when paid to the next year anniversary date. The cost covers all hunting land in all three states for the entire pheasant season. Comparing the cost to a week long hunt when that hunter will have more hunting land available to hunt each day than daylight hours available will show a lower cost approach to private land hunting than any other available. The self guided aspect a bonus on top of that. This does not need to believed at this point. Any one can research the internet and find other private land pheasant hunting options. When adding in the wild pheasant, self guided, private land, season long hunting, scheduling on the hunter's part, there is very little comparison.
Proof
Further evidence of this Associations pheasant hunting value is found in the hunter account section. Read several of the upland bird hunter stories of the value they have gained from their hunting Association. The one below is a sample of such a hunt.
Pheasant Hunter Account
John,
Here is a photo of my dogs and a couple hard earned birds on my first MAHA hunt. I saw pheasants in each MAHA field I hunted. I didn't get into any quail, but I focused on pheasant hunting. Most of the birds I took were huge roosters from last year's hatch. I regret dressing out my last rooster. He was an obvious veteran and had the longest tail feathers and spurs I personally have ever seen. I should have had him mounted!
I did witness some good dog work both pre and post shot. I don't know how you can recover a pheasant in that tall grass without a dog? I will need to remember to bring extra batteries for my beeper collars next time.
The grass wears out both hunter and dog! I wore new pair of Danner boots and the toes already need to be reinforced. The dogs' feet are trashed also. I will boot them up early next time.
Thanks for your help. I look forward to many more hunts.
Bryan
Read some more hunter accounts from Bryan showing this is more than one time success.
Kansas Pheasant Hunting
Pheasant hunting for the dog work
Meaning a different field may be hunted each time stepping from the truck. More hunting land to hunt each day than daylight available to hunt. No hunter mixes his dogs up with others. All hunt this dogs at their own pace and direction.
Strictly a hunt execution organization where limits are not guaranteed. The potential for a limit is determined by the hunter.
No drive hunting. Only individual and small friendship group hunts.
All from Association hunting land.
Kansas pheasant hunting is well known as one of the tall prairie grass states. The added advantage of being the southern of them all. This allows pheasant hunting throughout the season that starts in middle November and runs to the last day of January.
While many traveling hunters may start their hunting season in northern states working their way south most soon find that concentrating in Kansas offers many advantages.
The first of which is the large acreage in pheasant holding tall grass. It is common for more to have more tall grass to hunt that willingness to walk it all.
This habitat advantage continues with variety beyond the grass. That variety includes the hunting brush filled draws and crop edge. This change of view makes for some more enjoyable scenery than watching waves of grass blowing in the wind.
This Kansas variety continues with the added upland bird of the Bobwhite Quail. On the same day and easily within the same trip each may be hunted.
What all this adds up to is elimination of the routine. The ability to have dogs on different birds every day on different cover.
Continue reading about Kansas pheasant hunting.
Missouri Upland Birds
Missouri demonstrates that we will take care of the hunter by taking the mystery out of where to hunt. Getting hunters to the right spot to park his truck, step out and hunt.
For pheasant that spot is not Missouri. Yes, Missouri does have pheasants. Just not enough to make for a good pheasant hunt. When it comes to upland birds Missouri's claim to fame is Bobwhite Quail. Missouri pheasant hunting is more incidental to quail hunts and Missouri itself suits best those that prefer a quail only hunt.
What Missouri serves well is as a stop to shorten the drive to or from Kansas for some Missouri's quail hunting. This also gives a good break from Kansas tall grass pheasant hunting. If so inclined Missouri duck hunting is the best waterfowl hunting we have.
Missouri's is limited on ringnecks. There is some and the maps in this section will serve the hunt planning.
Iowa Upland Birds
Most upland bird hunters will agree that Iowa has been a top pheasant state for a long time. Most that hunt with us will later agree that the better pheasant hunts will be found in Kansas.
What Iowa brings the upland bird hunter is the chance to have plenty of blue sky shot opportunity without seemingly endless seas of tall grass. And, Iowa has quail as well.
Iowa however is best described as having twice the birds as Missouri and half that of Kansas.
On the better years Iowa may offer the upland bird hunter better pheasant hunts. However, it has been Kansas that has had the most consistent hunt quality throughout the entire season.
Read some more about our Iowa hunts.
Hunt Execution For Those That Want To Hunt
A late season hunt.