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Oxbow Gator Blind Boats

660-412-2548

Truly the ultimate waterfowl experience, designated, engineered, and restored by the expert help and advice of The Missouri Wetland Team, this huge “naturally occurring” private oxbow wetland is simply the best the State of Missouri has to offer, visited by government officials from as far away as Canada, this unique property has the credentials and the amenities necessary to define it as “as good as it gets”, for your waterfowl hunting adventures.

Oxbow Duck Hunting – at The Crossing

Oxbow Duck Hunting at The Crossing is truly an experience where hunting memories begin. Imagine this – a unique Grand River oxbow with a water reflection big enough to draw-in the highest flying waterfowl into adjacent feeding resting grounds that are perfectly managed to hold waterfowl of all species. Then imagine – being well camouflaged in a spacious 8 x 18 motorized heated gator duck blind boat on the fringe of this feeding resting area.

Let your hunting memories begin by renting this truly unique set-up.

Hurry only 6 boats available this season.

huntlands.com # 1		Hunt Manager: Donnie Asher 660-412-2548
Year Project Completed & Restored: 2007		Acreage: 300 acres more or less
Levee Perimeter: Approximately 3 miles		Pool Maximum: Approximately 300 acres
Oxbow: Approximately 120 acres		Deep Wells: 2 strategically placed for ultimate fill
Oxbow Perimeter: Approximately 2 miles		River Pumping System: Crisafulli Humpback Pump
Hunting Access: Large Harbor Easy Access		Featured Game: Waterfowl
On Site – Refuge Resting Area – Center Oxbow Area: Approximately 200 acres
Rental Features: Superior Location Natural Oxbow Extensive Engineering High Capacity Pumping Pumps 30 acres per day Levee Access Pool Digs Mud Bars Food Plots Natural Vegetation Refuge Status Control Central Resting Area	Featured Wildlife: Superior Waterfowl Early Fall Teal Ducks – many species Geese – many species Diving Ducks Mid-Season Mallards Late-Season Mallards Late-Season Canada’s Late-Season Snow’s Confidence Waterfowl		Amenities Furnished: Parking Viewing Tower Duck Boat Dock Large Harbor Access Oxbow Float Hunting Duck Boat Blind Premium 8 x 18 Large & Comfortable Storage Boxes Dog Quarters Boat Camouflage Boat Motor

HISTORY

The Crossing is the premier waterfowl hunting area in North Missouri. It is located on a natural flyway that exists between the Swan Lake National Wildlife Area Refuge (near Sumner, Missouri) and the Missouri Conservation's Grand Pass Waterfowl Refuge (near Miami, Missouri). Swan Lake occupies 10,800 acres and has the largest wintering population of Eastern Prairie Canada Geese on the continent. Over 250,000 mallards along with a variety of other ducks were also present during the 2006 season. The Grand Pass Refuge encompasses some 4,700 acres and has become Missouri's key wintering ground for mallards. Each year has seen significant increase in the mallard population with last year's count exceeding 300,000.

The Crossing Complex is an 800 acre tract of land located four miles Northwest of Brunswick, Missouri, right next to the Grand River, and three miles north of the Missouri River. This puts the land midway between the natural flyway between the Swan Lake and Grand Pass Wildlife Refuges. True to its name The Crossing is the location where ducks and geese from both refuges come to feed and roost. For many decades, this entire area has been the home to excellent waterfowl hunting, especially Canada geese and Mallard ducks. During 1998 initial development of this property was started. Contained within an abandoned Grand River levee, it was the perfect place to construct a 500 acre marsh for waterfowl. The property also contains one of the largest natural occurring, privately owned Oxbow’s in North Missouri. With concrete water control devices, large flooding spillways, deep wells, crisafulli pump station, and other water management structures not typically seen on private developments, The Crossing is truly something special. Literally millions have been spent to restore this property to wetland conditions of yesteryears. It has the capability of holding up to 400 acres of water with all types of natural mud bars, flooded grasses, trees, and other areas that attract thousands of waterfowl. To top it off – field after field of surrounding private farmlands offer abundant corn and milo as a food source for the birds.

This is truly the “duck magnet” of this superior waterfowl flyway.

DIRECTIONS

From Brunswick, Missouri.

TAKE…highway 24…east…less than 1 mile…TO…county road 109 (Grand River Road)…

TAKE…county road 109 (Grand River Road)…northwest…approximately 3 miles…

TO…the property…

THE HUNTING

The Crossing features superior – private – waterfowl hunting. The waterfowl hunts on this marsh have been truly fantastic and very consistent. Consistent, because even in recent drought conditions the property can generate its own water supply. 2 deep wells, rigged for “timely water control management” guarantee that The Crossing will be ready for you to start your waterfowl adventures in even the driest of conditions. Also, the property is rigged with a high capacity 16” Crisafulli Humpback Pump – that is capable of speed flooding the entire property within days.

Waterfowl

The types of waterfowl hunting run the entire gamut. The season starts with September teal hunting, continues with three months of mallard hunting in October, November, and December, and is followed by large flocks of Canada geese arriving in December. The culmination of the waterfowl season is spring snow goose hunting, which is the best to be found anywhere. Over a half million snow and blue geese come through this flyway on their return to Canada. All birds are decoyed, and the shots taken are well within range. Roosting waterfowl, ducks passing over the oxbow to feed in the secluded on-site private refuge, and the birds exchanging between the two state and federal refuges offer a total and complete waterfowl experience.