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 Fewer Deer Harvested in 2012 |
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Feb 17, 2013 - 6:47 AM - by blake
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From the iowa DNR:
Hunters Reported 5,800 Fewer Deer Harvested in 2012
Iowa’s deer harvest declined for the seventh straight year as hunters adjust to the smaller herd, and to fewer antlerless tags. Hunters reported 115,606 deer to the harvest reporting system for the 2012 season, a decline of nearly 5 percent. The harvest is down 23 percent from its high in 2006.
Deer hunters purchased 378,447 licenses, nearly 14,500 fewer than in 2011, due to the elimination of the three-day November antlerless season, a shortening of the January antlerless season, and reduced antlerless license quotas in some |
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| Stealing iowa's trophy bucks |
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Feb 25, 2013 - 9:15 PM - by blake
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From the magazine: Iowa Game & Fish
Written by Rich Patterson
POACHERS ARE STEALING IOWA'S TROPHY BUCKS
According to several conservation officers and wildlife biologists of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the poaching of white-tailed deer continues in the Hawkeye State, with unfortunate effects on both the deer-hunting success of law-abiding hunters and the recruitment of trophy bucks into the... [Read More]
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 Deer Harvest Numbers??????????????????? |
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Dec 05, 2012 - 7:41 AM - by blake
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From the Iowa DNR:
Deer Harvest Nears 60,000; Second Shotgun Season Begins Dec 8
The Iowa deer harvest is running about the same as last year near the end of the first season, with nearly 60,000 deer reported to the harvest reporting system.
The first shotgun season ends Dec. 5.
Second shotgun season is Dec. 8-16.
More seasonal weather is in the forecast beginning this weekend, to welcome the estimated 65,000 hunters who will be out for the second shotgun season.
Hunter safety should be discussed as part of the hunting plan to help prevent injuries. Hunters are encouraged to wear plenty of blaze orange to increase their visibility to other hunters.
Five hunters were injured during the first shotgun season, of which, two had self-inflicted injuries. There were no fatalities.
Shooting at running... [Read More]
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