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Slow the last 2 days.

I agree it encourages fence sitters. Most other states require landowner permission to retrieve game on their property.

Some of my apples hold until they rot in the tree. Not sure why this is happening?

A lot of good comments above. Maybe this legislation season we can work on a few things like cell cam use, # of buck tags, and I’d love to see no supplemental feed or bait allowed at all during hunting season. The deer population issue is real. My home farm is loaded with deer but I go to my...

I think banning cell cams would really help age structure. They would need to do it in the future because a lot of hunters have $1000s invested in cell cams. Make it take effect like January 2028 or similar. Then hunters can digest it, and know it’s coming. They should still be allowed on...

The next technological advancement will be guns that automatically adjust for distance and wind, then fire themselves .:p

Trying bed in places where bucks won’t harass them as much? Next to a house would be a good spot. It doesn’t match your question, but I have seen several instances where mature bucks regularly bed near a highway or buildings. I think they do this because it a low pressure area and less predators.

I agree 100% that finding them is the hard part. It seems almost impossible now to find a giant..Killing them isn’t that hard on private land.

Since muzzle loaders go out to 600 yards now that is why I mentioned them. I watched a video from mcwhorter on their muzzle loaders. The owner and his son say on video “these are 600 yard weapons and there is nothing primitive about these muzzle loaders. People are using these and similar in...

I think getting something changed once it’s legal is almost impossible…I’m all for banning cell cams but you imagine what 90% of hunters in Iowa would say if they proposed that. They couldn’t even get it done on public land last year much less trying it on private land. Limiting buck tags would...

No doubt giant bucks are extremely rare now. It’s not just Iowa, it’s everywhere. I think technology is the biggest contributing factor. Mainly cell cams, crossbows(where legal), and long range muzzleloaders. It’s made hunting too easy and unfortunately most hunters want easy. I talk to serious...

I saw a knock down drag out fight yesterday afternoon..3-4 year olds..Also saw a nice 8 pt pushing does and grunting like crazy . This week could be great with cooler weather

Not to discourage anyone, but it is tough to buy land when you are young today. Lets' say you buy 40 acres for $230,000. You put 20% down which is $46,000 and then take a loan on the rest. That leaves $184,000 to finance (over 20 years). If you use 7% interest rate that is about $1,426 a month...

Alfalfa and acorns mostly from what I'm seeing right now.

I've had the farmer knife standing beans in the past and it does do damage but not serious damage to the standing beans. If you own the land, ask him to put anhydrous down next spring instead of this fall.

I've had just about every brand of trail cam and nothing compares to reconyx that I have used. Some of my reconyx cams date back to 2009 and still work perfect, I did send one back this summer (older cam) because the SD card reader stopped working. They did a complete refurb for $30. When you...

I’m starting to see agents break farms up more into small parcels now so they can sell them. Not good!

Yes, I saw on a goggle search that some articles say Iowa does have it, and others say it doesn't. I have a small farm I bought, and it has some deer drives nearby. I am going to post it and was hoping to use purple paint.

Does Iowa have a purple paint law indicating no trespassing? When I was in Illinois, I always saw purple paint. In Iowa, I have never seen it.