I don't know how good the public land is up around KC but I do know that there are a few places that are archery only. If you go to the MDC web site and click on the Conservation Atlas and then do a search by region or county and choose the KC region you get a list of the areas around KC. From there you can research each area and decide which ones you want to check out.

As far as my user name goes. I comes from a school I attended while I was in the Army. And yes I beleive the SAPPER School takes it's name from the Sappers that you refer to.