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Antlerless harvest until further notice Long range muzzleloader downgrade either powder or optics Straight wall rifles elimination or atleast optics restriction Instant photos from cell cameras ( have them dump once a week random time after shooting hours) Floating landowner tag Go to one...

Population is 1/4 of what it used to be out there.

They had 3 public meetings in western Iowa in June.

7 counties in NW Iowa are going to be designated as a different zone, different tag For the most part buck only , no party hunting, landowner tag counts against one of your statewide tags.

Looks like roughly : 6% of total harvest goes to late muzzleloader, 20% to gun 1, 20% to gun 2 , 20% to archery, 11% to landowner tags ,5% youth tags, 2.5% early muzzleloader. Seems like muzzleloader dates and weaponry are pretty quick to get thrown on the chopping block and I’m not saying...

I think the most logical way to fix Iowa is 1:increase the population 2: look at harvest data for each season and make an educated decision on how to reduce buck harvest for each one ( for example if 75% of our harvest is during gun season then that’s probably where we should start changing...

4,000 more from late muzzleloader, and 1,700 from January antlerless. Grand total 96,700

How many farms like this would remain good for multiple seasons if party hunting went away ? I honestly don’t know, just curious what everyone’s thoughts are on it ? How much access is actually available if vehicle restrictions were strictly enforced (some states they stay at the road , period )...

If I’m reading the harvest data correctly for every 6 “antlerless” deer shot 1 of them is either a button buck or a shed buck. Somewhat of an argument against shooting at running, driven deer? 6900 buck fawns and 1000 shed bucks against 39,900 bucks means 16% of the bucks shot so far in the...

100% but Deer stop won’t do anything if they’re caught around the neck. And a fawn won’t break the breakaway from what I’ve been told.

When I was running snares before the snow matted the grass down I would catch roughly one coyote per day for every 20 snares out. This was 99% right of way trapping so I could hit a big area in a small amount of time. What I learned so far: stay off trails that are beat to dirt they have too...

That’s a problem

I keep hearing about “social stress” from deer being overpopulated causing bucks not to meet their full potential. Watching a few deer in the field last night when the coyotes started howling all around I would hypothesize there is 10x more stress from coyotes than from a few extra deer. The...

Anyone ever use these?

I would use snares on the narrow spots where they’re running the ice. I tried using footholds on trails where I’m afraid of catching deer and I’ve only caught opossums so far doing that. One thing I’ve done with snares is just go to areas maybe a mile away from where the deer are , out in open...

That definitely makes a difference, I’d be curious exactly how many antlerless tags were taken away. One interesting statistic I noticed was in 2010 we shot 47,000 bucks and in 2024 we shot 43,000 Everyone I talk to says they have half as many deer as they used to if not even less than that...

13,000 fewer tags sold last year than the year before!!

I I think the landowner tag should count against one of the statewide tags. That way the landowners can’t say they don’t get their cheaper tag.

What do you plan on using for chem? I’m considering trying to spray a little with a drone.

Do you think there’s any argument that cameras can help reduce high grading? For example I got pictures of a buck that score wise I would absolutely shoot no questions asked, studying pictures of him over the course of a couple weeks i decided I want to pass him because I think he’s 4.5. If I...