| ChoicesMid-America Hunting Association self guided Missouri hunts are for more than just for great turkey hunts. Missouri has the Association's best waterfowl and quail hunts as well as a trophy whitetail deer region that has a four point one side restriction zone that has done well for us the last several seasons. DeerMissouri whitetail deer hunters have long known the value of the major watersheds that comprise the Lower Missouri River Basin and covers two thirds of Missouri overlapping with the 45 - 55% agricultural land use region well known for large turkeys and deer. Missouri deer tags are as the turkey tags available for purchase over the counter or online and are also state wide. This option alone accounts for most or our deer hunters typically buying tags for two of our three states each deer and turkey season. The common approach the first membership year is to scout Missouri in February or March for that first spring turkey hunt and subsequent fall deer hunt. Return for an April turkey hunt and after filling the turkey tags spend the reminder of that trip deer scouting. Come May, that turkey hunter would apply to Kansas and Iowa for deer tags. By June or July that hunter knows what if any Kansas or Iowa deer tag he has successfully drawn and plans another scouting trip of simply breaks into this second state on the deer hunt itself. Once a hunter breaks into a second state for deer he most likely plans a following spring turkey hunt to that region and repeats the spring turkey hunt and deer scouting sequence until having knowledge of at least one locality in each Missouri, Iowa and Kansas. At best this is a three year process and more likely four. The hunt quality value comes that in each state the hunter hunts or scouts the lease land is already available and no time is lost trying to get land access. The hunter essentially spend more time at what he wants to scout and hunt rather than looking for a place to hunt.
WaterfowlMissouri duck hunting is big business. Missouri is one of those rare places in the country where any land that can be flooded is prime real-estate. That is if that floodable ground is within the micro flyways of the three major watersheds that comprise the Lower Missouri River Basin meeting the convergence of the Missouri, Upper Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds. That is where Mid-America Hunting Association comes into play as we take away the mystery of where to hunt. Once in the right locality we have the individual leases of the right habitat. In short our hunters are hunting on the land we lease where we get the most return for every dollar spent. We maintain over 800 acres of water level controlled wetlands over a variety of types of marsh, flooded crop, sloughs, sloughs flooded through timber to open water and open water itself. On these wetlands we have permanent blinds, wade-in and layout boat areas. Anyone that duck hunts our wetlands just once will not return to any Missouri public wetlands. The hunt quality aspects of our wetlands include first that our average membership age is in the upper 40's. The amount of gray hair we have means that selfish issues of sky busting or attempting to steal flights have gone by the wayside. Our blind placement is distant enough that no one can set up close to another. Our shooting pools in the worst case require chest waders. Then of course our wetlands are within the micro flyway that once the migration is on we have the duck attracting wetlands to allow for good hunts.
QuailMissouri has long been the wild Bobwhite Quail hunters location of choice. Missouri's mild winter weather, many tree lined creek bottoms that block wind and have miles of edge cover so much sought after by the coveys. No snakes, no cactus and much more singles action after the covey flush than any southern quail hunter ever experienced. For those with the dog power, a brace will provide coveys enough for a full day of dog work.
ChoiceA do it yourself Missouri spring turkey hunt may have been what has gotten you to this page, but Missouri turkey hunting is just one choice. Start with a turkey hunt, expand to a fall hunt of choice and return for more of a quality enjoyment of the hunt itself over the years to come.
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