Deer Hunting

Private Land Self-Guided Deer Hunting with Mid-America Hunting Association in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa

Thousands of acres of private land are available for members to scout and deer hunt. Each hunter may hunt the same farm or hunt several throughout the season.

Deer

Choose from 160,000+ Acres spread Across 79 Counties in 3 Top Producing Midwest States

Each farm is posted and mapped on county road maps with aerial photos and GPS coordinated.

All hunting and scouting is controlled by our online reservation/map system.

Licenses, tags, stands and gear are supplied by the hunter.

100% Fair chase do it yourself hunting.

Choose Firearms, Archery, Muzzleloader or Shotgun Seasons.

Lodging is not included, but we provide a local lodging listing.

Reservations can be made up to 30 days in advance or as early as the day of the hunt.

If a deer hunter tags out early, Upland Bird, Waterfowl, Spring Turkey & Fishing are also included.

Mid-America Hunting Association Deer Hunting Gallery

Kansas deer tags are by draw with a high success ratio. The application period is during the month of April.

Association private leased land covers management units; 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16 & 17.

All leased land is within grain farming regions; mostly corn, soybean, wheat, milo and some sunflowers.

90,000+ Kansas leased land acres in 37 Counties with over 450 deer hunting spots.

Each hunt is controlled by reservation to eliminate overlap

KANSAS COUNTIES WITH LEASED ACREAGE

Select the highlighted counties to see currently available acreage and principle game.

Missouri deer tags can be purchased over the counter and/or online.

Missouri has a 4 point one side deer restriction in many of our Missouri lease land counties.

All counties, except the Ozark region are in grain farming county with corn, soybean and wheat.

60,000+ Missouri leased land acres in 36 counties with over 400 Missouri deer hunting spots.

Each hunt is controlled by reservation to prevent overlap.

MISSOURI COUNTIES WITH LEASED ACREAGE

Select the highlighted counties to see currently available acreage and principle game.

Non-resident Iowa deer tags are by draw and the draw is competitive.

Iowa deer application period is during the month of May.

Iowa private land deer hunting is in south central Iowa. All in deer management Zone 4 and Zone 5. 

Iowa deer leases are predominately grain farming, mostly corn and soybeans.

Nearest towns to M.A.H.A. Iowa leases is Bedford, Mt. Ayr, Leon, Corydon, Red Oak, Osceola, Corydon, Leon, Red Oak.

Each hunt is controlled by reservation to prevent overlap.

IOWA COUNTIES WITH LEASED ACREAGE

Select the highlighted counties to see currently available acreage and principle game.

Deer Hunting Pressure

We currently have over 160,000 leased acres in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa spread across 76 counties. MAHA has a total of 916 deer hunting spots.

The average deer spot is 160 acres m/I.

In 2022-2023 we had a total of 392 deer hunters. This included archery, muzzleloader, and the firearms deer seasons in Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa.

If all 392 deer hunters hunted at the same time, that would average 408 acres per deer hunter. Not all our land has a huntable deer population, but most of it does.

Below is a deer hunting pressure report for the 2022 – 2023 season for gun, muzzleloader, and archery with the number of counties, acreage and number of deer spots listed by each state.

KANSAS

35 Counties

91,095 Acres

460 Deer Spots

DEER HUNTERS

Gun    68

Muzz    24

Bow    121

MISSOURI

34 Counties

59,881 Acres

406 Deer Spots

DEER HUNTERS

Gun    213

Muzz    27

Bow    205

IOWA

7 Counties

9,000 Acres

50 Deer Spots

DEER HUNTERS

Gun    12

Muzz    4

Bow    18

Trophy Restrictions

The Association does not have trophy restrictions.  The vast majority of our deer hunters are looking to harvest a four plus year old animal.  We encourage everyone to hunt the deer of their choice and believe the “Trophy” is in the eye of the beholder. Youth hunters may harvest any legal buck or doe.

Doe Harvest

M.A.H.A. does not have any doe harvest requirements.  Our landowners encourage hunters to harvest a doe or two each season.

Member's Deer Success