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Or...#4. In the main, I really don't care if they do go to "one buck", I just don't see it as the solution to the problem that several people do. I have a very mild preference to leave it as is to continue to allow for #2...but not so much that I really care if it goes away. I have been...

My answer will be a little murky, as I either never started using some of the "things" or use it/them so rarely that it really wouldn't be a big deal to give up, etc. Cell cams - we have 3 or 4, but they are strictly used for security purposes. I was never comfortable with them as a tool to...

IMO, I really don't care if it goes to 1 buck. I personally have shot ZERO bucks in at least the last 3 years, FWIW. One buck would be an INCREASE for me and several neighbors, some of whom have also voluntarily restricted themselves. Granted, others are still shooting bucks, but no one I...

Just an FYI...even with the "isolation" factor that Don Higgins enjoys those deer do still come and go, if not every day, then seasonally, with frequency. He often gets pics of known deer several miles from his farm. So, I don't think even with say a hypothetical 2 mile wide buffer that these...

This is unfortunately also true.

That's basically the Higgins model. On at least big side of his property if you turn and look the other way from his ground...you can't see another tree for miles. Also, I doubt it would take 10 years to create an "island" of cover that would atrract deer for miles...provided it is then...

I think it might be 25% of the north boundary. I have been on his farm, around the whole perimeter except for the north line, and did not see any high fence on the boundaries and I saw a lot of the boundaries.

Are you sure that he has high fence on 25%? My understanding is that it is considerably less than that and was installed to thwart one small adjacent landowner from letting dogs run free in his yard that then went on into Don's sanctuary.

You and everyone else. :) For those that understand how/why that farm "works" like it does though, it greatly aids the understanding of the dynamics that we are discussing. FWIW, Don was "losing" bucks to hunters on a neighboring farm who were much less choosy as to which bucks to...

Other than that, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln? This ^^ completely ignores the reality that cell cams ARE being used in a fashion that then leads to choosing "that" field/blind/stand to then hunt...minutes or hours after a Mr. Big appearance. It is electronic surveillance, pure and...

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.