re: Kansas Nonresident Deer Application

No. They take a pic of your tag and mail the bill. They don’t seem to get a pic when a cooler is on a hitch receiver.

It’s very entertaining when they are so responsive. How long are you staying? Seeing a few nice bucks driving around. Making first sit now

Slow evening. The wind calmed down and I made a long grunt. I’m watching the creek to the north of me where all the deer have been. Then I hear a buck hooking a tree behind me. I had to turn around and look. There he is at no more than 15 yards. 16” wide, but a bunch of long tines, including an 8” tine growing from the inside of the beam and going forward. I’m guessing a 150” buck. There’s limbs by me and by him but I see a gap. I’m in a chair and he’s eye level. I turn around, pick up my bow, and draw. I’m pushing my bow into brush and he’s just standing there. Sight picture is great. He’s quartering away. But a complete miss. A fletching is about torn off so I had to have hit a limb. He loops around into the bottom and stops behind a tree. I short wheeze him and he paws the ground. I grunt and wheeze again and he paws the ground again. Finally, he starts to walk. I draw, but he’s going too fast in my 35 yard gap and I can’t stop him. Didn’t seem too spooked. So I’ve got him and the 20” wide 8 from this morning in the same creek bottom. Wind change, so I’ll sit on the other side tomorrow.

Bucks are up and walking, but no chasing.

Holy shite dude.

Private

Not sure. I’m with an outfit that’s been around for a while. Mid America Hunting Assc. They have land in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa. It’s $2,500 for the full year for all of the various hunting that’s available in those states. Of course, you need to draw for turkey and deer in Kansas and Iowa. I killed two turkeys in Missouri and this buck. I feel like I got my moneys worth. And I can be hunting in Missouri this afternoon if I wanted to.

That is my dream deer. Right there.

Awesome.

You have rights to access properties in all three states as long as you have a license for a season. For instance, you must show proof of Iowa deer tag to be able to make an Iowa deer reservation. I couldn’t always get every farm I wanted reserved, but was able to hunt four days on my first choice. You can reserve farms up to thirty days in advance and have a total of four reserved days on the books. I met three other members while I was up there. Good guys and hardcore hunters.