2011 Kansas Pheasant Hunting

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Who We Are and What We Provide

Kansas pheasant hunting with Mid-America Hunting Association is for wild pheasant on private land for the self guided hunter.

No guides, no video taped hunts, no dog training, no other commercial activities other than the Association hunter hunting his own dogs.

The Association provides the private hunting land access, recommendations where to hunt and a local lodging listing. The hunter provides all the rest to make his hunt.

The value is gaining that satisfied feeling of having hunted enough. This is gained through having more land available to hunt each day than daylight hours available. No wasted time knocking on doors or tracking down landowners. Avoidance of the public lands hunter mentality of get it before the other guy. In short, all will enjoy the day behind their own dogs, hunting at their own pace, hunting the cover as they see fit to hunt it.

Satisfaction is also derived from flexibility of being able to hunt on the hunter's schedule throughout the season. That includes over a variety of different regional cover habitat types. That extra piece of being able to hunt new ground adds a bit of motivation to hunt more.

"...We had 2 good days. Got done real fast this morning. I was surprised..." Bob and Dan

Bob and Dan are long time Association upland bird and waterfowl hunters. They are in the class of hunters who hunt for the hunt. They do get limits on some days while never being disappointed on days with less than limits.

How Hunts Are Made

If a hunter is allocated an Association slot he gains access to an online map library of all Association lands. Lands are are numbered for reference. That hunter after talking with one of the two Association partners, Jon Nee or John Wenzel, will know exactly where he will be hunting for any day he has available.

Recommendations from the partners are based on their year round time on the land as well as hunting behind their own dogs. Their motivation for recommending areas that will give good hunts is that is the means to secure that hunter's return for years to come.

After a while of tying tall native grasslands, brush draws and crop edge any one hunter will find one regional difference in protective cover more suited to his dog power and hunting style. That locality will become the favored area for return hunts. At the same time the ability to hunt different terrain is desired for the novelty of new land.

"We did well first day and day two was a little bit slow."

Multiple dogs and multiple hunters showing their Kansas hunting success to demonstrate the potential for a good hunt exists. We do not pretend that all will have a good hunt each day of their trip. The hunt itself will be good. The hunter who counts only birds in the bag will be disappointed. "The Andrew Crew" is pictured above.

Why Kansas Pheasant Hunting

Kansas may not always be the spot for the pheasant hunter. On some years we may recommend our Iowa land. Other recommendations for different localities such as for Missouri may be based on that hunter's desire for more wild quail in addition to pheasant. For 2011 Kansas pheasant hunting will be the best we have to offer. This is due to four consecutive years of year round good to great survival weather effects. Strong nesting and brooding months on top of good winter carry over survival.

Kansas pheasant hunting is over more than just the commonly written about tall or native grass hunting. Crop stubble for those with good dog power will find an easier to walk and watch the dog work pheasant cover. A cut milo field is shown above. The dog on pheasant retrieve just proof to prove the range of protective cover point.

A cut milo field is the most productive in terms of pheasants in the bag for the most hunters crop field hunting Kansas has. The more dense leaf matter providing protective cover with waste grain on the ground for feed attraction makes that possible. Those with more refined pheasant dogs will find weed patches in cut wheat and corn productive as well. It is such pictures as these that generate a lot of frustration in those that feel because others have dogs that successfully hunt cut crop fields their dog should be able to do so as well. That of course is never always the case as we all should agree there are no absolutes when it comes to hunting.

Why Mid-America Hunting Association Upland Bird Hunting

This Association is not for all hunters.

The narrow range of hunters that most enjoy this Association are those that have a great affinity for their dogs. When this comes through in the telephone conversation from those inquiring about the Association then it is typically a long and detailed talk.

The contrast of who is not welcomed in the Association are those with a bag count mentality alone. The drive or gang hunter also is not welcomed.

The value to the hunter is the ability to hunt without any more effort to get to that hunting spot than to drive to it. The Association hunter will have good hunting every year due to the range of land from southern Iowa through Missouri out to western Kansas. When one locality has a down bird year one or more other regions will have a good year. This will keep hunters both anchored to their favored areas as well as move on to new regions.

The anchored part comes through that even on down years there is still pheasant and quail hunting to be had. The traveling to new land is always due to the idea the grass is greener elsewhere.

A low grass spot in a larger native grass field with a dog on pheasant point. Most of the best pheasant holding native grass is higher than the dog and too thick for a picture. When a pheasant point picture does present itself most Association hunters are relaxed enough in their hunts to take a picture of their favored hunting companion.

Don's Brittany crew. A weed spot along a corn field.

Every year we will hear from first year Association hunters their best pheasant dog is their old dog. Their worst is their young dog. Drilling into this topic over the years we find the more accurate description of the better pheasant dogs are those that work slow, close and with long point standoff of 6 to 12 feet regardless of age. The worst pheasant dogs are those that run hard and long often pressuring pheasant to flush rather than hold for point.

We hear from many that they apply for Association membership believing once they do so will their hunting buddy. Many express the idea it is better to travel and hunt with another. We will hear from those same hunters 4 to 5 years later that they predominately hunt alone. There explanation is they enjoy their dogs the most and another hunter is a distraction from the hunt.

Flushing/Retrieving Dog Hunters

Our pictures of dog in field are predominately pointing dogs.

We do have flushing/retrieving dog hunters. They seem simply to take less pictures of their dogs at work.

We find it necessary to answer the question before it needs to be asked that all hunting dog breeds are welcome.

Page 2 covers some Kansas protective cover well suited to pheasant hunt.

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