Haven't been able to hunt much in the last few weeks due to the ****ing blizzards. I'm a huge phesant guy and walking in 25 inches of snow is not my idea of a good time.

Looking forward to turkey season for sure. Buying a new bow in a couple weeks as well.

"A hunter and his friend were sitting in a tree stand early one cold December morning.
Suddenly, a huge buck walked out to the corn they had spread in the shrub. The buck was magnificent -- a once in a lifetime animal. His rack was huge. The hunter's hand shook as he was already counting the Boone and Crockett points. Moving quietly but quickly, the hunter carefully aimed his .30-30 Winchester at the unsuspecting buck..

As he was about to squeeze the trigger on his deer of a lifetime, his friend whispered that a funeral procession was passing slowly down the highway. The hunter pulled away from the stock, set the rifle down, took off his hat, bowed his head and closed his eyes in prayer.
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His friend was stunned. 'Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I've ever seen you do. You let a trophy deer get away to pay your respects to a passing funeral procession. You are indeed the most sensitive man I have ever known, and I'm proud to call you my friend.'

The hunter shrugged. 'Well, we were married for 37 years."

LOL

Does anyone here have experience with a hunting club out of Blue Springs named "Hunting Sports Plus"?

I am fed up with not having anywhere to hunt and fish without going back to my parents place in Iowa. I need to be able to get out on the weekends and hunt/fish like I did in my younger days. Living in the KC area just doesn't give you many options without something like this. It's fairly expensive, but if it's all it's advertised to be it would be worth the $$ for me.

It comes down to season tickets or a membership to this club which I would use year round.

Anyone have any input? Ever been a member in this or something similar?

I never have been involved with anything like this but for 1200 a year, you could get around 200 acres to lease on your own with no worry of being crowded by other members.

True - Can I find a place with upland birds, waterfowl, turkey and deer, and fishing for that price?

This comes off as a smartassed response, but it's really not. I don't know, because I've never looked into it.

Bought a new bow a couple weeks ago. The weather is finally starting to turn and I'm seeing Turkeys. I can't wait to get in the blind and start calling.
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I used to belong to HSP. It would have been better if I'd lived up north instead of SW MO. It wasn't as expensive when I was a member but most of the properties were pretty far off. If you live in N MO or KS you should have lot's of places to hunt and fish though.


PhilFree:arrow:

Not sure if you will find a place that offers every thing but alot of crp gets leased out so you can most likely cover some of what your looking for and then hunt on conservation land for the rest. I have to hunt conservation land for quail and pheasant because our farm just will not hold them.

If you got some buddies looking for a place to lease then you can always go together and geta bigger place with more options.

What conservation areas do you hunt and did you find any birds this year? I was out at Bois D' Arc a handfull of times this year and never jumped a bird. I've got some young dogs so I took to a shooting preserve just to get them on some birds.

PhilFree:arrow:

Mostly Thomas Hill and Mark Twain Lake areas. Thomas Hill was pretty shitty this year, got into some birds early but late season sucked.

I'm not familiar with those.


PhilFree:arrow:

They are in NE MO. Neither 1 are hot spots but its better than sitting at home.

What kinda dog o you hunt. I have a German Shorthair comingin April that was born 2 weeks ago.