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I don't think cell cams create a spike in buck harvest, but argue they are a big contributor to high grading. Scent tight blinds, standing grain for late season, and many more also contribute. A significant increase in population is 100% the solution. Every other regulation can remain the...

I agree that increaasing the population is the only answer, but I think it has to be a grass roots effort by hunters. I think most hunters see a 130" 8 and think it's 3 years old and is on the way up rather than a 5 year old dominator taking up room on a farm. Hunters need to be educated...

Yeah, not really surprising. I'm a NR too but I bought there before the Drury's made it cool!!!

Wow, it's hard to believe NR's are responsible for 25 to more than 50% in the northern tier counties.

First IA hunt since 2010 and it has been GARBAGE! Haven't seen a buck over 125". Granted, I'm hunting 2 new spots but I don't suck at hunting this bad! Long term, my MO farm right on the Iowa border has fallen. I haven't had a next level buck on it since 2018, #high grade. I quit...

Iowa needs a grassroots movement to get the population up signicantly! Without it, high grading will only intensify, just like iowaqdm stated. This is true even if Iowa goes to one buck. Where are the young, tech savvy social media guys?

I had a cell cam could have killed him moment yesterday. I had a buck I want to shoot on a staging plot at 6:50 am yesterday. I was about 150 yds away but don't have cell coverage so I didn't get real time pics. I got back to my truck late morning, checked pics and there he was. I said to...

I recall a podcast where a hunter that hunts the Amana Colonies said it had been high graded since going to one buck. It will be interesting to see how 2 bucks pans out.

Iowaqdm for president!!!! The heck with the Orange Man.

Two words: High Grading. There's is one thing about deer that I wished I never learned and that is the fact that only 3 out of 10 bucks are above average from an antler standpoint. The book, Strategic Harvest System: How to Break Through the Buck Management Glass Ceiling, outlines this fact...

Interesting point on them vanishing at 5, we have experienced the exact same thing with home body bucks 3 out of the 4 years we've owned one place. It's demoralizing!!! We confirmed they survived hunting seasons, yet they haven't shown up the following hunting season. I picked up sheds from...

I continue to be shocked by how many does have zero fawns in North MO. This is is a stark contrast to when I owned land in Wiscosonin where every doe had at least one. We bought a farm in North MO in 2021 and have not shot a single doe, yet the population appears to be stable. I don't think...

I did some reasearch and landed on either Bear Creek or Barnes VOR-TX 170gr TSX. I went with the Barnes since I could buy them locally but we haven't shot a deer with them yet. This guy has tested a bunch of 350 Legend ammo, here's the Barnes test

Well, I let the Liberty rip yesterday so we'll see.

I've got some yellow nutsedge along with grasses so I'd like to use gly/Liberty to burn down before putting in a new clover plot. Plan is to spray this weekend and plant clover/chicory along with rye Labor Day weekend. I'm seeing conflicting information on Liberty plant back. Can anyone...

What I'd like to know is how Don's farm is able to hold and keep so many older age class bucks on such small acreage. He talks about having 3-4 high potential four year olds along with his older target and management bucks,. I would think the four years olds would seek out their own turf but...

Well that was a Grim read!!

Is it really that bad in the well known counties in Iowa? I figured not having the gun season during the rut would offset the high grading to a large extent. Hunters have become too effective if at least a few high potential bucks can't slip through the gauntlet even in Iowa.

Cub Cadet makes a ZT with a steering wheel that is supposed to good on hills. However, Cub Cadet quality appears to be suspect.

12 oz gly?