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Iowa wild upland bird hunting is further distinguished by its specified upland bird hunting/shooting hours of 8 AM to 430 PM.

This is a condition sometimes forgotten by even the most honorable of bird hunters experienced in other states to step from the truck at first light to begin the hunt. This Iowa specific regulation may be aggravated by the one hour time change each fall bringing a near full two hours of day light ahead of (upland bird only) shooting hours during the weekends immediately on or after the "fallback" time change.

Do it yourself hunts with the hunters own bird dogs.

Classic Iowa crop edge quail cover proven by pointing dog. Review some more about Iowa quail habitat and hunting.

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When it comes to self guided Iowa upland bird hunts, the Bobwhite Quail hunters have the hardest go of it of all upland bird hunters. This hard bird hunt is not due to lack of birds, it is due to willingness to walk, shooting ability and bird dog power. Dog power being the most critical.

Those with the best ever grouse or pheasant dogs of their lifetimes may find quail hunts to simply be too difficult. Dogs running circles or quartering patterns in the pheasant field or grouse woods are poorly experienced to run downwind edge of the narrow band of quail cover most frequently occupied.

This limited and habitat specific upland bird is found in good numbers in the right places and rarely if ever in the most pleasing field habitat to be found. No surprises in this statement, however it frames how the southern Iowa bird hunter may find plenty of pheasants and few quail. Those with the better quail dogs may find the converse or simply limit their hunts to quail.

This picture was captured by the MAHA owner, Jon Nee, while on a land run.

The Mid-America Hunting Association staff is composed of a secretary manning the office Monday through Friday from 9 to 530, the owner Jon Nee and the partner John Wenzel. Bruce Johnson rounds out the team as a part-timer working our wetlands spring and fall. We are a small organization and efficient because we are small with low overhead.

The full-timers of Jon and John are land managers surveying and contracting leases, screeners of potential members, customer service representative for recommendation to current members and all other tasks required. Being small means we all do all tasks with small divisions of effort. There is not a dedicated salesman for example as may be encountered at a car dealership. We do not negotiate our prices or our rules.

Randy didn't get out to hunt until 2 PM the first day of his trip and after walking two properties he found one covey each, bagging three.

Throughout this website there are many bird hunters with quail limits. The reality of having an eye for habitat, walking energy, shooting skill and most of all a bird dog capable of casting edge habitat making the difference between more or less enjoyable field days. The one consistent factor are the upland birds -- they are there to be hunted.

We offer do it yourself upland bird hunting on natural habitat on wild birds. That combination will forever keep many bags at less than limits.

This Iowa upland bird hunting article was intended to be nothing more than an introduction to Iowa upland bird hunting and the Mid-America Hunting Association. There is much more to describe our upland bird hunting through further review of the web pages in this website covering upland habitat, hunter feedback, discussion of dog hazards and more.