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I just don't understand the notion that a "one buck" limit is a solution, in and of itself. In our area, now just 2'ish years past a bad EHD outbreak, granted, neither we, nor any close neighbors, have anything on camera that is 4+...and since some guys have shifted to taking 3's, there aren't...

Just a FWIW...while I don't recall the exact distance/yardage of the super duper muzzy that was used...I watched a video clip a few years ago now where a hunter shot a buck at very long range with his muzzy. It so happened that the video was made about 1/8 mile from my main farm and we knew...

At the risk of being a broken record...while I don't oppose going to a one buck state, I don't see that as "the" solution in any way, shape or form here in Iowa. Older bucks are rare as hen's teeth right now around our farm and no one that I know of has taken a 2nd buck, let alone a 3rd, in the...

When I am setting for coyotes I always look for pond dams. They will naturally cross the top of the dam, especially if the grass there is mowed short. Good luck!

I am not doubting your high numbers Skip, I have heard similar things like that from others in S Central and SW Iowa over time, FWIW. In my area though in SE Iowa...we never have crazy numbers like that. Yes, there coyotes out there, but nothing approaching the numbers that people like...

Just be sure the bait isn't visible to any flying beast! :)

I am looking out at the frozen pond behind my house now and can see several places where the coyotes have been. Use a rock or CMU as a "triple threat"... a visual for Wily AND as a drag for a trap AND tuck bait/lure in the hole of the CMU or crevice on a rock. Spread some fresh hay on the...

Just one data point from one area of the state...as late as mid-summer 2023, we were preparing to "hit 'em hard" on the does because of persistent high numbers, etc. (FWIW, to that point (2023), this area was still high to very high pop, even though other areas of the state had been reduced...

Welp...short, short version...due, IMO, to a combination of factors...we have received info from the neighbors that ALL of the known "up and coming" 3 and 4 year olds have been taken down this hunting season. Factors = harsh weather in the firearms season combined with awesome food sources...

I run a 6' on 40hp and it is fine, just going by that, I would think you should be good...but I would ask a dealer for sure.

I have found that if you first dump a load of grain out of it and THEN hunt it they get used to it pretty fast. :) :) Seriously, I have never used an actual grain wagon for a blind, but if there is ag activity in the area I would imagine that they would ignore it pretty quickly...like within 24...

The key word to watch out for = "opportunity". "Stay in your lane" is absolutely correct.

To this point ^^ I literally just witnessed a fawn breeding a doe. I suspect it was one of the fawns of the standing doe, but can't be sure of that. The little frisker was "up" on momma trying his best, but I don't know if he is sexually mature yet and/or well, ahem, able to reach. :cool...

Any given big buck probably spends some time on, say, 3 to 5+ different properties no matter what is done to "hold" him at "home". The second he follows a doe, etc, over the fence a neighboring hunter knows it via cell cam and is there "hunting" it sometimes within the hour. This is not...

Facts! ^^ I think there is room to grow the population in areas where it is quite low now, due largely to EHD outbreaks. But anyone that thinks that the deer hunters of the state are going to get their wishes over the insurance and farm lobbies to boost the population back up to the "good ol'...

FWIW, we had a buck that spent time on our place last year and my son found one of his sheds this past spring and there was A LOT of skull plate on that pedicle. :oops: I thought for sure he would die...but he didn't. He hasn't been on our place much this fall, but he is alive and well on a...

PM me too. I have no idea where this is, but it looks like one that I should follow up on. :) :) :)

OR...just raise the fine(s) for poaching up to where it really hurts/isn't "worth" it?? They are barely a scratch now, IMO. Note - to my knowledge we are not losing deer to thermal poaching in our area. I freely admit that I might feel differently if we were. But generally, more rules seem...

He got hit hard by EHD at least twice AND some neighbors stepped up their hunting pressure too.

Curious...how do you allow for tree growth and/or movement due to wind, etc? Do you remove the "fixed" lag seasonally? TIA.