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put a 100 grown men in a room and I bet less than 50% of them are proficient with a bow outside 30 yds. Some of you guys would argue the sky is purple if that meant you getting your way. The bar of today’s deer hunter has been raised by far more than those who continue to do the same thing...

Less than 8% of Iowa is considered timber. We lose habitat every single day; southwest Iowa can show you some stats on that. We’ve lost thousands of acres of CRP with more set to come out and most likely not be re enrolled. I bet you’re a ball to hang out with………….. I’m also tapping out on...

So you’re saying we should compare every square acre of Iowa vs what deer actually live in? I never said it was merely timber; but it’s a heck of a lot closer to 8% than 100%

Bingo!!!!!! You took the words out of my mouth as well as many others I’m sure………

Same. Especially trying to convince myself that someone is using data about Iowa as a whole when less than 8% of the state is wooded…………..Comparing deer density in Osceola county compared to Decatur county is wild.

Hard to beat good day on the ice. Looks like after this week, entire state will have some what fishable ice. Headed to South Dakota end of the month. I’m ready to get the short rod’s and livescope out to play around.

Wait………….don’t you reside in the Spirit Lake/Okoboji area of Iowa? How is that area any different than the exact area in Kansas you’re defending against? There’s no place in Iowa easier to pattern and kill a big deer than northern Iowa. Nobody is saying mature bucks are stupid, but today’s...

Great response…………. This right here explains it to a T what is happening in 90% of Iowa as far as lack of absolute giant deer.

There’s no big deer around there either haha I just assumed farmer was from up that way since he said he was from way far north central Iowa. Point being though, every county in Iowa has the potential as we know under the right circumstances to grow giants.

I’m not back peddling on anything I said. The goal of this post I’m assuming was to inform people the glory days are gone. And if we want on even come class to keeping what we once had, we need to be aware of why things are changing. Believe it or not, we are to blame just as much as EHD.

Nobody said all deer will hit 180, not one person has said this. This right here continues to prove why it’s so hard to get things accomplished as a whole. You’re trying to compare your area to the portions of the state that actually have deer. Do fish biologists from Florida tell biologists...

Cmon now, you can’t possibly believe this is the case? The reason deer aren’t scoring their top end potential is because they aren’t getting to the proper age. I don’t even need to know your county to know that the reason deer don’t get to age is because you don’t have the habitat for them...

I guess we control what we can control. Rule breakers are going to continue to break rules regardless of what laws are placed in front of them. However, I don’t think our population issues are from poachers or even poachers “over harvesting” our issues lie with common folks who merely don’t...

On a side note……………let the shed buck season begin

Very easy to say, not so easy to do for some. I personally know of 3 bucks killed in last 48 hours that were less than bucks, just to fill the tag and post on social media………..”got it done” It’s happening and it’s happening more now than ever with social media being the high of so many...

It’s wild how much Iowa Climate has changed in my 25+ years of hunting. I saw guys pulling boats on the interstate coming back from fishing today. Good chance there will not be an ice fishing season anywhere south of i80 this year outside small farm ponds that freeze fast. Looks like well...

Does anyone have a good, trustworthy antler buyer in and around South central Iowa. All shapes and sizes, most of them are in good shape / fresh when picked up. I’ve got 100s of them in 50 gallon barrels in the garage and the wife says they’ve gotta go……….. I opened up my mouth about how...

It’s like talking to my wife………….. We all agree that 2 + 2 = 4. We understand how anatomy works and more females on the landscape equates to more deer. What’s your solution, how are you going to get the state to 1st agree there is a problem and 2nd cut their own revenue stream by cutting...

This right here defends why many of us say this problem can’t be solved without rules and regulations being changed……. Guys know that population was destroyed, yet here we are, doing what we’ve always done even though we know the population has crashed. Guys coming from all over to hunt an...

The risk Is that some guys would have to go find a new hobby to obsess over, or they’d have to spend time with their wife and kids more. Or maybe go to Church on Sundays. Or heck, the worst of all, actually let someone else hunt the 1000s of acres they have leases up / own; to help manage...