Missouri Public Land?
08-24-2008, 03:48 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 42
Missouri Public Land?
Anyone have any suggestions on a conservation area for a good bowhunt in mid October? We will be travelling from Alabama and have absolutely no idea where to start! Done a lot of research but there are so many areas of public land that we can't decide. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
08-24-2008, 09:18 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 643
RE: Missouri Public Land?
I killed my avatar buck on Howell Island in 2006. He's a 10 point that netted 151 4/8. Howell Island isarchery only and is about 2500 acres along the MO river in Chesterfield, MO.Therearequalitydeer on it. In 2006, there was a 190" gross that netted over 170" killed on it.I missed a buck in the 160's the same day I ended up killing my buck. On another sit, I sawbuckin the 130's - 140's.
One problem...it may not be worth hunting this year due to the flooding this past spring/summer. I haven't been up there this year.
One problem...it may not be worth hunting this year due to the flooding this past spring/summer. I haven't been up there this year.
08-24-2008, 09:31 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: Missouri Public Land?
If you can go anywhere you want, I'd head up north of the "I-70 beltline" connecting St. Louis to Kansas City... that's where the bigguns are, because the terrain and agriculture mimick Iowa and Illinois so closely. Too many hills, pastures and cattle down this way on the Missouri side.
08-24-2008, 09:55 PM
#6
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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RE: Missouri Public Land?
Thanks for the input guys! There are just so many public land tracts that it's tough to decide not knowing the area. How is the hunting pressure on the public land tracts during the week?We would possibly be interested in a private land pay hunt also if anyone knows of any that won't cost a fortune.
08-24-2008, 11:18 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 716
RE: Missouri Public Land?
ORIGINAL: Doubled 150
I killed my avatar buck on Howell Island in 2006. He's a 10 point that netted 151 4/8. Howell Island isarchery only and is about 2500 acres along the MO river in Chesterfield, MO.Therearequalitydeer on it. In 2006, there was a 190" gross that netted over 170" killed on it.I missed a buck in the 160's the same day I ended up killing my buck. On another sit, I sawbuckin the 130's - 140's.
One problem...it may not be worth hunting this year due to the flooding this past spring/summer. I haven't been up there this year.
I killed my avatar buck on Howell Island in 2006. He's a 10 point that netted 151 4/8. Howell Island isarchery only and is about 2500 acres along the MO river in Chesterfield, MO.Therearequalitydeer on it. In 2006, there was a 190" gross that netted over 170" killed on it.I missed a buck in the 160's the same day I ended up killing my buck. On another sit, I sawbuckin the 130's - 140's.
One problem...it may not be worth hunting this year due to the flooding this past spring/summer. I haven't been up there this year.
Hey Derek - isn't that boat access only?
08-25-2008, 10:18 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 643
RE: Missouri Public Land?
No. On the east side of the island there is a dike/concrete and rock levy that crosses the chute. There is a parking lot right there. You just walk of the flood levy and you're on the way. Plan on walking a couple miles to avoid the other hunters.