Looking for a place to hunt

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Texas44

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My old Army buddies, one in MN, one in MO, and I hunted pheasants in Iowa for 22 years. The hunting there became less and less productive, although we loved our hosts and do miss seeing them. I live in Texas now, so we are looking for some hunting in either NE or KS to make the drive time not too bad for any of us. We'd like to find a similar situation we had in Iowa, we paid to hunt on private land and to stay with the land owner (in their basement). Obviously, the main deal was the ability to have a place to hunt not overrun by other hunters and with poaching kept to a minimum.

We do not need guides, dogs, pen raised birds or lunch in the field. We just need some places to hunt with a reasonable possibility of finding and shooting at some wild pheasants.

Based on what I've seen on this forum, we are like other members: we love our dogs, we love to be in the field together and we LOVE to hunt pheasants. If anyone on this forum could provide some suggestions, we would really appreciate it. You can reach me at rmione@aol.com if you wish.

Thanks,
 
Good luck! I haven't heard of any operations like the one you're describing. I'm sure if you search hard enough, you'll find what you are looking for. How about knocking on doors and offering $50 or $100 for an afternoon hunt once you've found something you like?
 
Looking for a place to Hunt

Thanks for getting back to me and a good suggestion. When I lived in MO, I could/would drive up to Iowa during the Summer and do exactly what you suggested and did find several places to hunt that way. Now, with my work schedule and the distance involved it just hasn't been pratical (it is a loooooooooooooooooooooooong way from TX to NE). We may have to change our approach and take the time next Summer to go knock on some doors. The big big challenge with that technique these days is that while the farmers used to live on or close to the land they owned/farmed that is not the case much of the time now. Our observations in IA about the loss of farmers living in the country were two: The BIG increase in the # of predators and the even bigger increase in the amount of poaching, especially on posted land.

We'll keep looking and all the best to you and yours with hunting this season. Be safe out there.
 
Texas44 said:
Thanks for getting back to me and a good suggestion. We may have to change our approach and take the time next Summer to go knock on some doors. The big big challenge with that technique these days is that while the farmers used to live on or close to the land they owned/farmed that is not the case much of the time now. .
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Sir,

I understand your concern and have seen it first hand on several occasions. Portions of family farms beings old or members of families w/ farms moving to cities far away from the land parcels. Well, I've found a relatively inexpensive/very convenient way of getting around this problem.....Buy a land ownership guide. People w/ rural addresses and "x" amount of land get one for free each year in the mail. Guys like us have to contact someone (appraiser's office I think) and buy one. I paid just under $50 for a Pawnee county guide and $30 for an Edwards county guide. I know that one for Wabaunsee county is close to $80:eek: Even if the landowner doesn't live near the land, their name and address is given. Some counties include a phone number right there in the book, but not all. Buy one, I'm positive it will help you in your quest.
 
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