Upland Bird Hunting Units

Upland bird hunters will telephone reserve for each day of their hunt a "unit" of lease land. A sample map sheet representing a single of unit of land is shown below.

Actual map sheets are 8x11 inches and available to all members on a website. We typically have around 200 map sheets covering all 200,000+ acres of lease land and no new member is left alone to decide where to hunt for his bird or habitat of preference. All new members should talk to either Jon Nee or John Wenzel before their hunt to ensure they are headed in the right direction. They will ensure the hunter has the opportunity to get on birds.

The maps being posted to a website is the only sure method of distribution to all members as map sheets are updated through the year long land contracting effort. By this means and that of the telephone reservation system the same to all allows all members equal access to all lease land.

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 and get a read of the weather forecast before deciding where to hunt. No hunter is ever denied the chance to make a hunting reservation compliant with all state and federal hunting 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 upland bird hunting 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 and that creates a lot of incidental deer hunters hitting the woods. This is not the case in Kansas or Iowa where the number of available deer tags through their limited and competitive draw system finds far fewer deer hunters out during the overlapping upland bird season.

For upland bird hunting when reserving a unit of leases the entire amount of acreage is available to that hunter to pick and choose where to hunt. Show above is the amount of acreage per highlighted block of land. Total acreage in this case is over 3,000 acres. That is far more land than anyone bird hunter could hunt in a day.

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 tot he point the bi-focal generation may begin to have trouble reading it. Currently, map sheet acreage ranges from 240 acres up to over 8,000.

The maps we use for our lease land posting are the same county/state generate 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.

Once arriving at the lease location we have them posted with these signs.

We attempt to post all road side corner and 1/2 mile posts 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 and 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.