Missouri Hunts
Turkey Hunting
Hunter Interests
| Private LandSelf Guided Missouri wild turkey hunting on state wide over the counter tags for those that want to experience a private land turkey hunt. Our lease land is controlled by a reservation system that places one hunter per property per day that is individually numbered for accurate communication. Our un-crowded private land we lease is for our exclusive use, with game productive habitat and quantity in terms of more properties than we have hunters each spring. That last part is the key benefit of a multi hunter discipline organization. More land to hunt for any one type of hunter while not all that are members have the same hunter profile. We provide the private lease land access through a reservation system that insures hunter separation, recommendation on which property to turkey hunt and the hunter simply goes to that property and hunts on his own. Lodging is by local motel from the MAHA Yellow Pages available online. The remainder of the requirements for our Missouri turkey hunts is simply to drive out and hunt without any time loss of tracking down landowners or looking for access. Lease Land LocationThe names are of the Missouri counties and the numbers are the amount of leased acreage within that county much of it is for Missouri turkey hunting.
Spring SeasonSpring season is mornings only, ending at 1 PM leaving plenty of time for afternoon scouting for either more turkey or deer and some fishing. A hunter's education certification is required for all those born on or after January 1, 1967. Regulations require all toms to be checked-in at a state certified check-in station or the newer online system. These check-in stations are readily identifiable and numerous throughout the state frequently co-located at a gas stations, sporting goods store, bait shop, etc. Non-resident license is state wide, $175.00, youth (resident only) permit cost is $17.00. Missouri spring season limit is two birds. Only one tom may be harvested in the first week of the season and only one tom per day up to the limit of two for the season after the first week of the season. A key point for those traveling to hunt is the Kansas season begins earlier and runs later than Missouri. Choosing to hunt both states on one trip is best accomplished during the last two weeks of the Missouri season. On that same point about hunts in both Kansas and Missouri on one trip and attempting to fill all four tags is not to purchase the second state's tags until the first have been filled. They can be purchased over the counter seven days a week from any local Wal-Mart store found almost every town of any size on the map. For those wanting to maximize their Mid-America Hunting Association membership during spring turkey season also have the option of competing for the Iowa spring turkey tag through a competitive draw. This will allow five spring tags all within reasonable driving distance and a handful of turkey hunters each spring will fill all five tags in one trip, most will not. While all three states have overlapping turkey seasons and plenty of turkeys, attempting to hunt all three states on one trip is for those that have plenty of energy. A better value of a MAHA membership is that all hunters can take a more leisurely approach to their hunts and enjoy the quality of the day without the competitive nature found in most that have hunted public or knock on door land. More turkey hunters enjoy the quality of our more leisurely approach as the birds are there and so is the land. What is absent after the first hunt is any last vestiges of the public lands mentality of having to beat the other guy to whatever might be available. After the first hunt or three most members work towards enjoying the turkey hunt rather than making it a race. That enjoyment is expressed through the pages of this website by the many hunter accounts of their trip, live turkey photos and those that tell of working a tom of choice, typically a large one, than harvesting the first tom that comes in. Over all for Missouri turkey hunting it is hard to find a bad turkey hunting spot anywhere in this state as in excess of 50,000 wild turkeys have been harvested each spring for a good many years. With Missouri's large turkey population the hunter should select a new region of the state each spring season just for the adventure of learning new habitat and add to the quality of the hunt. This moving around may just produce the next hot deer spot.
Fall SeasonMissouri fall turkey hunting season is generally the middle of October and runs for two weeks. Turkey hunts are all day long and the season limit is two of either sex. The youth permit is limited to one of either sex. For those that like fall turkey hunting the Missouri option along with that of Kansas will give much opportunity along with over the counter tags to continue a fall hunt after deer harvest or a a variety to any other fall hunts. No dogs, bait or recorded calls permitted. MAHA HuntsFor those wanting a do it yourself Missouri wild turkey hunting experience on private lease hunting land without competition from others or the hassle of knocking on doors, then this may be the right organization. The bottom line is pay for what you need, turkey productive land, rather than for someone to show you how to turkey hunt.
Agricultural and forested Missouri habitat |
