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OK, This year is turning out to be about the same as my previous few years, so I'm looking for some advice to break my pattern because I'm obviously doing something wrong. The rut is on and I've seen at least 8 different bucks in the last 2 weeks, but no size. 1 buck might be a 3 year...

About mid morning on Sunday while on stand I heard crashing in the timber just over the ridge. (from a thicket where deer commonly bed during the day) I could see several deer coming through the brush, and the 1st deer I saw was a small buck. He was obviously running from something and...

The posts about antler values has prompted me to ask a question I have always wondered. I have always been told that selling meat from wild game is against Iowa Law, even when legally harvested. Can anyone verify this? If it is true, do you know why it is OK to sell everything but the...

3 years ago it was explained to me by a Polk County Game warden that doing a "deer drive" is considered party hunting even if everyone shoots their own deer. He also said that party hunting is only legal during the shotgun seasons, so you can not do deer drives during bow season or...

I plan to get a new muzzleloader in the next few months and the Encore system sounds good. But I would like ideas from anyone who has used them? Do the interchangeable barrels work as good as the concept sounds? Thanks in Advance IaCraig

I have to vent for a minute. I live close to Des Moines and I wanted to get an old muzzleloader of my dads drilled and tapped for scope mounts. (he is 77 and has problems seeing open sights) One gun shop told me to call a guy in Dallas Center, but after 5-6 tries I could never get in...

I want to get dad's older muzzleloader drilled and tapped for scope mounts. I can not find a gun smith in the yellow pages. My normal gun shop told me to call a guy by Dallas center but he has not returned my calls. If it was my gun I'd go to a friends house and use his drill press and do...

Here is my pet peeve: I have been bow hunting public lands for many years, and I have seen lots of spots I'd like to try but there is already a permanent stand in a nearby tree but no one seems to ever be hunting in them. I wish people would use portables and take them down so when they are...

I have seen where deer have gotten caught in cable snares set by trappers. I used to see it alot more when I used to hunt in northern Iowa back when foxes were worth big $$$. (showing my age again) But I still see it once in a while and I was wondering: 1) How often are other hunters...

I am not complaining about how much licenses cost, I love to hunt and fish and would pay even more to keep the privledge. However I was cleaning out my wallet and I added up my receipts for hunting and fishing and I think my Iowa state resident fees came to $169. That was more than I...

Are they OK entry level bows for a beginning bow hunter on a budget? I think these are made by Hoyt. My buddy just bought one, and when he asked for my advice and all I could tell him that compared to the other used bows in a similar price range it looked like the best value. Did I...