| To hunt as a member of Mid-America Hunting Association accessing all private lease land in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa for turkey hunting as well as for Mule and Whitetail Deer; pheasant and quail; duck and goose as well as summer time fishing and pre-season scouting begins with a telephone conversation. That first telephone conversation the applicant will declare his primary and secondary hunting interest such as deer and turkey hunting. We will then cover all the rules for those two hunting disciplines. That conversation has two goals. The first is to insure there will not be any surprises later as a member and second to insure we can work together. If we agree then it is a matter of payment by check or credit card and sending in the membership agreement. To prepare for that first telephone conversation we offer as preparation a system that has worked well for many. the first task is to review our rules. The rules are long, drawn out and a boring read. What the rules will do is clearly establish the relationship between the hunter and the Association. We keep our life very simple and any hunter activity that is permissible is in the rules or it is not. We do not negotiate. The next step would be to review several turkey hunter testimonials. The testimonials will provide the value others found from their membership. Between reading the rules and the testimonials the applicant should be able to develop some questions that bridge the gap between the hunting that he believes we provide and the hunting he seeks. Those are the questions to ask us. If after that first conversation if we agree we can work together we will offer the names and telephone numbers of members with the same hunting interests to call and ask the same questions. Evaluation of the consistency of responses from our answers to that of the various members will provide a good indicator of the hunt quality to be expected. In all cases we may elect to reject any membership application. If we do, our only stated reason will be to say we: "decline your application for membership". We will not provide any further rationale.
Rules coverall the entire organization and not just turkey hunting Our membership agreement that includes a primary and secondary hunting interest |
