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Rifle, shotgun and muzzleloader deer hunting covers the firearms whitetail deer hunting options between the three states of Kansas, Missouri and Iowa where MAHA maintains leases for deer hunting.

For firearms hunts the available seasons between the three states and by either modern or muzzleloader provides a wide range of seasons allowing for maximum ease of vacation day scheduling as well as expanding the total number of firearms season days possible in the field by simply crossing state lines.

Unlike a guide service we are not at the point of harvest with an expensive camera and logo setup. We rely on the courtesy of our do it yourself hunters to send in their pictures and letters. This has been highly successful as our hunters show by their pictures we work as hard as we can to provide them the best possible experience and they return that effort with pictures. Each and every picture and letter means a lot to us. We also maintain anonymity of hunter's name and location of harvest. The only indication this was a firearms harvest is the vest.

Seasons

Kansas muzzleloader deer season starts in September in with the early Kansas muzzleloader only firearms deer hunting that is a season before the rut and involves the bachelor group bucks.

An entirely different kind of firearms deer hunting than what most have experienced while pursuing trophy whitetails within the rut. And, the only firearms deer season that has a direct payoff for late summer scouting as the Kansas bucks found in August are still there in September having no reason to move. They are where they are due to food and cover. The rut being far enough away that breeding is not a behavioral motivator.

Missouri deer (modern rifle) firearms is next in November as October is an off month for firearms hunters with the next available firearms deer season being in November in Missouri for their rifle season. This Missouri season is during peak rut.

With tags available over the counter Missouri's opening weekend of the firearms season sees many dedicated hunters as well as a lot more one weekend a year deer hunters that are all buck hunters on Saturday and by noon on Sunday are waiting for the first doe to come buy so they may tag something and go home. If it rains that weekend half of the one weekend a year firearms deer hunters will not show and regardless of the weather come Monday of opening week Missouri reverts to ghost town status for the deer hunter.

Iowa shotgun deer season overlaps Kansas rifle season. Iowa for shotgun season is a post peak rut hunt in early December. While the Iowa deer season overlaps Kansas rifle deer season, the Kansas season typically opens and closes just a few days ahead of Iowa.

The application period for tags for both Kansas and Iowa is May. A strategy many hunters take each season is to apply for both a Kansas and Iowa tag hoping just to get one and these same hunters plan to hunt Missouri as well. This gives them 4 weeks each year to hunt and is twice the amount of time available if only planning a hunt in one of the states.

Later in December Missouri muzzleloader deer season starts. The Missouri muzzleloader deer hunting season begins. For those wanting to firearms hunt just one state for example and have 4 weeks in the field the Missouri's firearms seasons offers just that option. The Association hunter may rifle hunt Missouri in November and come back in December and muzzleloader season as well. And, do so for the same membership cost.

For the whitetail deer hunter looking for another firearms deer hunting opportunity to hunt outside of the rut the late Iowa muzzleloader deer season provides just that.

This late Iowa firearms season in December running into January is outside the rut and after breeding where the bucks and doe return to herds and winter up in the cover of the larger wood patches and creek bottoms. These whitetail deer, just as in September in Kansas muzzleloader season, are predictable and can be maneuvered in on by the hunter that seeks to apply more deer hunting skill and require less luck in his self guided hunts.

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