Hunts
Of Interest
Administrative | Public LandThere are several hunting land options in this category not often considered and located widely around Kansas. We will examine one type in the form of Corps of Engineer land. This section on Kansas COE land available for free public hunting is one rarely read about in magazines as a hunting lease alternative. Kansas Corps Of Engineer land exists far more than what may be advertised. An example involves Kansas' extensive river systems or that land between levee to river easily accessed at bridge crossings, which is also public not private land available for general access hunting. Any person may access these Kansas lands for hunting or scouting at any time without permission and that includes during hunting season. This land is not posted, is frequently heavily pressured near communities and runs for hundreds of linear miles including many hundreds of acres in mature woods in remote areas. This Kansas COE land is inclusive of the large reservoir and flood control dams we have that have extensive back waters frequently dry enough for foot access. These areas are often irregular and while near the more easily accessed roadside areas may be posted for the most part these lands appear every bit as any other land. Having an aerial as well as a topographical map to supplement the COE or state maps is a must and having such will reveal may hard to access or limited access areas well off the beaten path and that which do not get much hunting pressure. This land access alternative to a lease is more suited to those willing to put the scouting time to find the good spots, is largely limited to deer and turkey hunters due to the relative maturity of the woody cover and simply offer far more opportunity than anyone hunter could cover.
Private Land AccessWhile free private land access is the most desired by many hunters, it is the least available. To be simple about it most landowners have had sufficient persons knock on their doors that saying "no" assures them of being left alone than to have a recurring visitor every year.
Those landowners that do allow free access find that once they open that door once to one hunter, others will follow and that landowner gains additional visitors interrupting his day more than is desired. Free private land access is available and covers all hunting disciplines and is best suited for those willing to spend the time, plan on coming back and are willing to give landowner gifts.
Time and EffortThe above sampling provides a relative view of the time and effort some alternatives to a Kansas hunting lease require. If the above appeals to the reader than that is a good criteria for not researching our hunting lease land alternative. For those that want to hunt as often as desired during any Kansas deer, turkey, upland bird or waterfowl season and do so on private land without competition then that which we offer in Kansas should be considered. MAHA Lease OptionThe MAHA alternative is to gain access to private hunting land of the right habitat within the right region of the state that has a history of production. Having said that we must also say that not all of our land that we lease throughout Kansas is in the right region for all hunting disciplines. Part of the service we provide beyond the exclusive use lease land includes recommendations right where to park the truck, step out and hunt. The final aspect to removing the mystery from the hunt is to provide a local lodging listing within every county where we lease land. This completes the package to the point of getting that hunter where he needs to be and the ability to sustain the hunt. The mechanism by which the hunter knows where to hunt is our online inventory of lease maps. These are the same state generated maps used by county utilities. And, our alternative is not limited to Kansas leases with access including both Missouri hunting leases and Iowa as well.
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