Recent content by J_Barton

Soap bars, deer off sprays, etc. can work....but you must give constant attention, especially September-December.....so you are effectively driving deer off your property with foreign scents and working the area. Would you want someone to hang dryer sheets on the fenceline of your best bedding...

Numbers in my area of SE Iowa are down at least 50% over a couple years ago. The Farm Bureau got it's way- and we went over the tipping point when you throw in all the EHD kills. Now, we have to withstand 10 days of guys with rifles in January- and the majority of these guys are not aware that...

Same thing- Skunk is the dominant animal- sort of the wolverine or honey badger of Iowa.

Want to see the effects of EHD- compare Van Buren (SE) to Clayton (NE)? They used to rival each other for top county of harvest. VB is half of Clayton year to date.

Correction- a bowhunter from the early 80's was hunting in the DREAM WORLD. He could hunt any 'fenceline' he desired, could get permission to hunt about any deer in the county with a hand shake and a Christmas card, and was not bombarded with hyped up commercialization in his peaceful sport...

My opinion- we need every program we can get in this state to preserve timber. Why not take the 'incentive' ?....anyone think others are passing on social programs in big cities so money can be better used ? Sign up for Forest Reserve if you are eligible, and if you feel quilty, call the...

If you take ethical shots at standing deer- no more than 1-2 slugs per tag you plan to fill. Take a few extra in case you need to put down a wounded deer that someone else took poor shots at.

Less than 1/4" for the whole weekend, less than 1.5" since late June. No moisture in at least top 18" of ground.

Neighbor augered down 4-5 feet for new building.... virtually no moisture. Rest of Iowa has no idea how lucky they are. Even the weeds are drying up.

Keep posting pics of trespassers for indentification. The freeloaders need stopped. The innocent can explain their version to the law.

Dale Garner's orginal point- "wildlife resources belong to everyone" This is not all about CWD. It's has to do with normal distrubution of wildlife. Many of you complain about the late anterless seasons. These will never go away with all the artificial sanctuaries. What is causing many of the...

If this passes, Ebay will be full of used trail cameras in Iowa.

Of the thousands of things our government spends (and wastes) our tax dollars on.... conservation is in the top five items really worth keeping. It ranks up there with education and public safety. We should be cutting the earmarks and putting more into CRP type programs- in all 50 states.

The 90% of deer hunters that were brainwashed by Farm Bureau AP News releases do not read this site, nor do they understand basic deer biology in their hunting area. Just like everything else in life, they act like sheep and do as told. "Too many deer, kill them". It took many years of...

Exactly the same here.... I'd enjoy taking friends, neighbors, and the kids of my friend's and neighbor's, but the extra good buck or two in the area get's whacked from the road. You work your butt off to have half a dozen good bucks in the area, and find yourself chasing only one or two...