I disagree with the idea that the hunters of Iowa are different than the hunters of WI or any Whitetail state in regard to actually registering deer in the record book. There are record deer in every state that never get reported. Secretive hunters are secretive hunters no matter where they live. We have a problem and it's not getting better. Its technology and its not going away and it only gets bigger. The banning of cell cams, and more proficient weapons is a battle as well and the younger generation which is the future is obsessed with technology and only want more of it. We have to be Realists, and I think the only hope is to limit the buck tag to one deer between all seasons. I think as serious hunters we all agree the animal we all respect and love to pursue has little chance of surviving when being pursued given the new technology. I got into hunting because I started hunting at the age of 12 and being a bowhunter first. The long hours of sitting in a treestand and experience the adrenalin rush as a deer slowly closing in was my addiction. To me you can't experience true deer hunting unless the deer are within 20 yards. To me that is deer hunting. Sitting in a shooting house and holding a weapon that can kill a deer at 400 yards is just target practice. You can't appreciate the size of an Iowa giant until you are able to wait for him to get close. Being in the timber as a deer slowly approaches and waiting for the opportunity for him to turn his head to draw your bow without being detected as your heart is ripping out of your chest, now that is deer hunting. When you drop a deer at 400 yards only to appreciate his size when you walk up to him when he is down,I believe you missing the best part of the hunt. To all the fathers of young kids get them hooked on deer hunting the right way. Make it a challenge. The challenge will keep them interested. I believe a kid that experience the adrenalin rush of real Whitetail hunting will never do drugs because there is nothing like it.
