| One Season of Missouri Duck Hunts for Two Buddies
In the background is one of our Missouri wetlands built for chest wader accessibility. The blind is on the far left with the shooting pool show immediately behind the hunter and to the right.
Pictured are two hunters that have been in the Association for over 20 and 10 years respectively. They make an annual trip getting together for a Missouri duck hunt making memories and friendships anew each season. At this point in their duck hunter career it is a matter of enjoying the day on the wetlands with MAHA making it possible without the hassle of public lands issues.
Every duck hunter can work his own dog and any duck hunter that does not have a dog no longer has an excuse not to have one. All may hunt with their dog each time out. Dog work is also safe due to our lower water levels and easy access to the waterfowl sites meaning boats are not necessary. However, during the freeze/thaw cycles we have each winter a dog needs a flotation device.
By way of the links below you have options of to continue with waterfowl specific information that will provide a complete overview of what we offer. Reading through this information will assist with generating questions to ask us when calling to inquiry about your own particular duck hunt concerns. When we do talk by telephone it will be readily evident that we speak from the experience base that can only come from building and being duck hunters ourselves. |
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Missouri duck hunts are primarily after the Mallard within the Missouri portion of the Mississippi Flyway. This hunter during his Missouri duck hunt shown on this page did harvest other birds such as the Merganser, as a bonus duck.
This shooting pool is 40+ acres of water with 2 blinds, no wade-in areas. Surrounding this wetlands are marsh edge, farm ground and timber. The key facet however is this wetlands selection along a key micro flyway that is part of a larger watershed that aligns with the migration from the Central Flyway dominated by the Missouri River watershed out of Montana to where it joins the Mississippi Flyway. Just three hours drive east we turned down an offer to lease a large wetlands at half the cost of the one pictured here due to its location off the major local or what is called a micro flyways.
The hunter on the left starts his duck hunts season in Canada in September works his way south with Missouri his primary focus especially so for the last 8 - 10 seasons when the warmer weather has keep the migration falling short of reaching Arkansas.
Unlike public wetlands, within this Association, in most cases after the duck hunt four wheel access to retrieve equipment and ducks is permissible. In this case the duck blind was back in the trees, they also shot from one of the wade-in areas. Our wetlands are made to best serve the interest of the hunter having a good duck hunt. In this case of truck access near the water's edge the hump in and out of the blinds was a 1/4 mile. Come prepared for a real waterfowl experience rather than a guide service with a near by lodge with wet bar.
By pooling the dues together Association hunters are able to hunt expensive wetlands and blinds that rent for high rates in other areas. Another benefit is that hunters are not confined to one duck blind for the entire season. Also, during and after waterfowl season hunters may work their dog on pheasant and quail and prepare for spring turkey season as well as fishing with the family all summer.
