Meagan Duffee-Yates

Hunting is my passion, as I can imagine it is the passion for most everyone here. I was born with this drive to pursue wild game, to harvest an animal and bring to my table the meat provided. Ever since I was old enough to remember I have been hunting. Growing up in Dallas, Texas with a father who has a passion for the outdoors I can remember long sits in the deer blind, the pre-dawn hours nestled into the tall milo fields waiting on the first signs of doves and of course the great fishing that the lakes around our house provided. I am 28 years old now and it seems that the older I get, the more this passion grows. To introduce myself to you all more formally, my name is Meagan Duffee-Yates, and I have called Missouri my home for almost ten years now.

I was born in raised in Texas, moving here to Missouri to attend college, where I met my now-husband, and nestled down to stay. I am happy that I did so. I love this state and all that it has to offer. I have always been an outdoors woman, hunting deer and dove mostly back home, and fishing for large mouth bass, crappie and catfish. But moving here to Missouri provided me with a new avenue of adventure, a new way of experiencing the outdoors in a way that most other hunters can only imagine. I am a falconer. If you are not familiar with this word I am not surprised. There are less than 120 of us here in the state of Missouri, and only 5,000 in the United States. I am permitted by the USFW and the state of Missouri to use a trained bird of prey (hawk, eagle, falcon and owl) to hunt wild game.