2025-26 - Our Inaugural Season. Don't you miss it!

Major League Archery - Premier Missouri Whitetail Competitive and Incentive Driven Bow Hunting Membership

The Incentives and Competition

Mission Statement: Provide ethical, conservation-minded bow hunters who are passionate about the sport an opportunity to hunt incredible whitetail deer habitat under controlled pressure with an opportunity to earn money back for exercising discipline in the sport and doing so with other like-minded bow hunters.

Vision Statement: Create a different hunting experience. Seeing each member become the best version of themselves for the purpose of growing as a passionate, conservation-minded bow hunter as well as a person. Develop a long-term relationship with each member.

The Incentives & The Competition:

This is one of the most exciting things about being a member of Major League Archery! There are several fun and competitive ways to earn some money back! We have a payback system through our incentive program that every hunter automatically qualifies for. These incentives are in place to help us manage our deer herds and build age structure and create opportunities for future years while paying our hunters back. If we can have these kinds of hunters in camp the rewards for this year and the years to come will pay huge dividends to every member. By doing this we believe we will have repeat members that come back year after year because they trust their hunting experience will be the very best it can be.

** Any cash awards will be reported to the IRS by way of a 1099 being filled out by the member upon receipt of any cash for any incentives. Members can have the cash credited to their following years membership and avoid the 1099 form.

If a member attempts or is found to be guilty of bringing a deer not harvested on MLA property to be used in competition or incentives will automatically be disqualified, removed from the club with no refund and potentially charged with the crime of fraud or attempted fraud. Major League Archery will not tolerate any form of deceit. Zero tolerance!

End of the Season “Banquet"

Major League Archery will host a “banquet” of sorts to get members together to honor those that have accomplished awards or reached incentives and to update on what’s coming up next season. All of this is paid for by Major League Archery. Location TBA but will be held close to the lodge or at the lodge.

The MAJOR LEAGUE ARCHERY "DUB” Award: $3,500.00 - Highest Scoring Buck

The highest scoring buck for the season earns $3,500.00. P & Y gross score and not net. Minimum gross score of 160” to qualify. Self-video the hunt and give Major League Archery the rights to the video and will get paid $1,500.00 for the video. Major League Archery reserves the right to buy the video rights. Paid at the time video rights are transferred to Major League Archery. Ties will result in the money being split among all winners.

“Tagged Out” Award: $1,000.00

Harvest a buck with a minimum score of 150” (P & Y gross score) and two mature does. A mature doe must have a non-field dressed weight of at least 100 lbs.

Each member that achieves this will receive $1,000.00

200” Buck: $3,500.00

Harvest a 200” buck (P & Y gross score and not net) and you get paid back $3,500.00. Self-video the hunt and give Major League Archery the rights to the video and earn $2,500.00 for the video. Major League Archery reserves the right to obtain the video rights. Money for the rights is paid at the time the video rights are transferred to Major League Archery. Yes, we have some history of 200” bucks.

Defend “The Dub”: $1,500.00

The winner of “The Dub” Award can defend this title by continuing their membership through the next season.

Should they successfully defend their title they will receive an additional $1,500.00.

Overall Points Award: $1,500.00

$1,500.00- One point is earned for every non-field dressed pound and every P & Y inch, gross and not net.

Widest Measuring Buck: $1,500.00

The widest measuring Buck of the season earns $1,500.00. 20” wide eight point minimum to qualify. Ties will result in the money being split among the winners.

This buck must green score at least 145” using the P & Y scoring system.

Most Scorable Points: $2,500.00

Most score-able points for the season earn $2,500.00. 12 points minimum to qualify. Ties will result in the money being split among the winners. A scorable point is defined the same as the Missouri Department of Conservation definition of a scorable point. Ties will result in the money being split among all winners.

This buck must green score at least 145” using the P & Y scoring system.

Target Bucks: $1,000.00

Harvest one of Major League Archery’s target bucks and earn $1,000.00 per buck.

Major League Archery may or may not have established target bucks. It is at the sole discretion of Major League Archery to target bucks. Major League Archery will publish these bucks for every hunter to see when they have bucks targeted as well as the last seen location.

Heaviest Buck: $1,000.00

Harvest the heaviest buck in weight for the season and earn $1,000.00. Weight is non-field dressed weight. The buck must not be in violation of any rule. A tie will result in the money being split among all winners. This buck must green score at least 145” using the P & Y scoring system.

Heaviest Doe: $1,000.00

The heaviest doe for the season gets $1,000.00. 150 lbs. minimum to qualify.

Weight is non-field dressed weight. A tie will result in the money being split among all winners.

Doe Management: $500.00

Each harvested doe above 130lbs will result in $500.00 off membership the following year. Weight is non-field dressed.

This can be in addition to other incentives for doe harvests. Harvest two does during the season and get paid back $500.00.

Two Doe – Two Days

Harvest two doe before the end of the hunting day on October 31 st that weigh at least 100 lbs. non-field dressed and get two days added to the number of hunting days for the season.

The days are automatically added to the members’ total hunting days the moment the member has harvested these two does.

All scoring will be done by a Major League Archery representative selected by Smitty or Trent

The member must be present. We will utilize the Pope & Young scoring system based on a gross and not net score. All scoring must be done within 3 days of the harvest.

All earnings or winnings are paid on or before January 15th following the end of the season except for the video rights, which are paid at the time the rights are transferred.

Major League Archery must be present when hunter returns to the lodge for all weighing, measuring or verification of target bucks and doe harvest. All weight is non-field dressed weight.

Hunter is responsible for getting their deer from the field, cleaning their own deer, and caring for it until they depart or take it to a processor.