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Big deal for the previous discussions. What does it have to do with our Iowa upland bird hunting or the Mid-America Hunting Association and the upland bird hunter? It has a lot to do with it. We offer upland bird hunting. After that the hunter makes his own do it yourself bird hunt. If that inertests the reader then call us to cover in greater detail the upland bird hunting we offer.

The end result of what we exist for is the execution of the bird hunt. All the preliminary activities have been accomplished by the hunter before bird hunting. We do not guide, train bird dogs, recommend dog breeders or any other of the associated upland bird activities we simply provide the upland bird hunting in its execution phase compliant with all state and federal regulations. It is just about all we can handle.

More quail of the same covey as the Iowa bobwhite on the previous page. A chance to watch un-pressured birds without a dog in the field only occurs when we are surveying land for possible contracting with the period between spring planting and fall harvest our busiest landowner contact period.

A productive Iowa quail farm. The picture is deceptive. It was taken on an extremely cold day in December with a good wind. The lack of snow gives no indication of the temperatures we can reach down to.

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For those wanting to dig deeper into how we operate and develop decision criteria for applying for membership or not a system told to us over the years by a good number of those that did decide to apply and were accepted followed this process.

The first step is to read the website information concerning the hunters' primary and secondary hunting discipline.

Next is to read our rules.

Follow up with examining several hunter testimonials to determine what it is they gained the most from their membership.

From those sources develop some 'test questions' that indirectly lead to the information or support the decision criteria that are being developed.

Call us and ask us those questions. If during that telephone conversation we agree we can work together then we will provide a good number of members to be called and asked the same questions. The consistency of answers will give good indication of may be expected.

An alternative to the above process is simply to put your money down and take your chances. In the end no matter what action is taken it always comes down to that for a hunt it must be hunted to know what it is about. For upland bird hunting there is not any way around the requirement for boots on the ground time behind bird dogs.

We encourage all members to send in feedback on their hunts and seasons. We prefer the feedback by email as it is easier to share between the two Johns (the two land managers) and with the amount of time we spend on the road makes cell phones and note taking more difficult. These two examples are from opening weekend of the Iowa upland bird season, each hunter hunted one day and represent the two extremes of reports for that weekend.

The first:

Feedback for the iowa [location deleted] land.
- no crops, all grass and wooded draws
- flew no birds even though it looked like there should be quail based on the cover
- saw one nice buck
Dan

The second:

John,

Had a good hunt in IA [location deleted] on Saturday. Had the pleasure of meeting [name deleted]. About 1/2 the corn is still out, but they were getting after it pretty good, none of the beans are out of 17, there were about 20 mallards, bunch of teal and 2 hooded mergansers on the pond behind the barn.

Moved 1 covey, 2 roosters, 3 hens, out of 30, moved one covey 3 roosters and 1 hen out of 24. Finished the day with a pheasant limit and 3 bobs, pretty much left the singles alone. Had some pretty decent dog work, but then opening day birds are a lot different than January birds.

Pedro

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