MAHA Self Guided Hunts Kansas Iowa Missouri

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Since 1965 we have been providing over 40 years of self guided hunts for the do it yourself hunter in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.

Father and sons on a self guided duck hunt. Dad is in the blind taking the picture while the son's retrieve the ducks and decoys. This wetlands is along a slough enhanced by a levee that floods through the trees to open farm fields making a large area of chest wader accessible wetlands. Self guided does mean doing the work rather than having a guide run the equipment, unless you're the dad.

Many that find us are surprised at our history believing self guided hunts to be a relatively new variation of paid hunting services. Our do it yourself hunting concept has been practiced long enough to have worked out the kinks a long time ago and has been proven successful not by the thousands of self guided hunters process through the year, but by the number that return for years past and years to come.

Our self guided hunts are for Mule and Whitetail Deer; Eastern and Rio Grande Turkey; pheasant and Bobwhite Quail; goose and duck hunting. All wildlife is 100% wild and the hunt is truly self guided. The hunter hunts on his own with his own equipment, skill and dogs. It is he and the wildlife. The results whatever they may be are for his credit alone.

The elements we, MAHA, provide are the private land we lease for our exclusive use, recommendations where to hunt based on habitat and wildlife of choice and a local lodging listing. The do it yourself hunter provides all else such as licensing, transportation and meals.

All MAHA do it yourself hunters may hunt all any season, any time during the season on his choice of any of our land in any or all three of the states where we lease land. Land access is based on a common map issue drawn from a website, telephone reservations and simply traveling to hunt. No checking in with landowners, no guides, knocking on doors or any competition such as on public land.

Jon, John, and Shaun

Just wanted to drop you a note regarding the hunt I had last week in [location deleted]. Great time, good hunt. I was a little apprehensive on the way out as I was hearing a weather forecast hovering around the 70's everyday. Then, when I got into the region and saw all the standing corn around, I was even more concerned. I shouldn't have been. The deer movement was more than adequate with multiple buck sightings everyday. Daylight movement may have been a little subdued for the area, but compared to home, it would have been hard to ask for more.

Harvested the pictured 8 point in the afternoon of the third day after grunting him out of his bed and watching him create 2 scrapes within 70 yards of my position. That's my best bow harvest to date, although I am sure that a little more patience on my end could well have yielded a bigger deer. It doesn't always take a big deer to make a good hunt, as you well know. What tagging early did allow me to do was to get some upland hunting in, a first for me on wild birds. The habitat on all the properties I visited would make any half-experienced outdoorsman's mouth water. Keep up the good work. Special thanks to Shaun for putting up with my numerous calls inquiring about both archery and upland reservations. Next year, I plan to exercise more patience in harvesting a deer, which should keep my butt in a stand and my phone away from my face!

Rod S.

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Self Guided Deer, Turkey, Upland Bird, Waterfowl