December 2006 page 4 Hunting Upd

20 Dec

Spring Turkey Season Dates

For trip planning process the chart below shows the best time to maximize hunting value by time period. Missouri spring season only allows one turkey the first week and two the second and third week.

Iowa Spring Turkey

2007 Iowa Spring Seasons:
Youth Season - (IA residents only) April 13 - 15
Spring Season 1, April 16 - 19
Spring Season 2 (IA residents only), April 20 - 24
Spring Season 3, April 25 - May 1
Spring Season 4, May 2 – 20

2007 Application Periods: Resident Limited Quota Zones 1, 2 and 3 - Dec 15, 2006 - First come first served until the quotas are filled.

All Nonresident Licenses - December 15, 2006 - January 28, 2007 Note: For the non-resident drawing all of the MAHA land is located in Zone 4

Resident Zone 4 Licenses - Dec. 15, 2006 - Last Day of Season

Leftover Limited Quota Nonresident licenses - February 10, 2007 - Last Day of Season.

If quotas are not filled during the application period, leftover licenses will be available over the phone beginning Feb. 10, 2007.
Applications for nonresident licenses will be accepted online and by telephone.

Kansas 2007 Spring Turkey

Application Period: Through May 30.

Regular Season (firearm/archery): April 11 - May 31, 2007.

Archery Only Season: April 1 - April 10, 2007

Youth Season (16 and younger, no minimum age): April 6 - 8, 2007

Any individual who has purchased a spring turkey permit is eligible for one second turkey game tag. Spring game tags are valid for Units 2 and 3 only.

Missouri Turkey

Spring Mon, Apr 16, 2007 - Sun, May 6, 2007

Youth (Residents only) Sat, Mar 31, 2007 - Sun, Apr 1, 2007

Permits and regulations available in March

19 Dec

Waterfowl

The snow and cold snap a couple of weeks ago pushed through some new birds but it only lasted a couple of days. The number of waterfowl hunters has dropped quite a bit, so we've had very little feedback to work with. If anyone has a good field spread now's the time to put in the time.

Deer

John,

Just another note to let you all know how pleased I am with my membership. I've included photos of my [location delted] rifle kills. I realize these photos may not be worthy of inclusion in the "update" section of the website. Normally, I pride myself on quality field photos, but these field photos were taken with a cheap camera, and subsequent photos in my driveway. My toddler began getting sick the day these photos were taken, making my photography not much of a priority.

The buck pictured weighed 248-pounds, and I took him on our third encounter. The first encounter he still had his entire rack, the second he had already broken it, but this didn't stop him from fighting another buck within earshot of my stand. I killed him the third time, when a hot doe led him 500-yards across an open field to my location. Broken rack or not, I consider a buck like this a trophy. I also tagged a doe on this same hunt.

I decided to try some new (to me) locations this year, and had a great time. I ended up meeting another member during the rifle season, and we plan on doing some bowhunting together next season. I've met a few guys this way, and it's always a pleasure. I find MAHA members to be serious hunters, and good people. This is my 5th season in the association, and the pictured buck my 19th MAHA deer.

Thanks again for doing what you do. It makes my hunting a lot more fun.

Good Hunting, [name deleted]

Thanks for sharing your pictures and thank you for taking a doe as well. We always want to see that every year.