Ok this is my last post on this subject.
Bowmaker thanks for your view on the subject, its good fellow outdoorsmans can agree to disagree sometimes.
To be honest I didn't know about the Drury brothers until after I became interested in hunting Iowa. I just knew that Iowa held big bucks and your DNR had done the best job out of all the midwest states in managing its herd. I won't percieve to have any knowledge on why many of you feel like your private land opportunities are decreasing. It would seem like the fact that Iowa has world record bucks and the lowest hunting pressure of all the midwest states would be the crux of the matter. However, that is a seprate matter to the original question.
To stay on subject, I just did a quick look at this Drury site
Drury Brothers inwhich they give advice on managing and huning small tracks. So they do make an effort to inform all types of hunters.
Its just a quick flipent comment to say they are not hunters like me because they have more resources. I still share the same drive to track big bucks, the same appreciation of good sunrise, the same drive to improve my land (if I had any) etc, etc, etc. as they do. Because they have more means to do so really make no difference to me, nor should it. Now what the results of that is a totally different issue which bowmaker talked about, but are they hunters like me, sure.
Its hard, if not impossible, to pattern a buck on small tracks. You thank God if you kill a buck of your dreams on such a small property because he could of been anywhere within his 2 sq. mile range that day. One might only have 1 or 2 decent stands on small parcels. But if you pattern him on large tracks of land and kill him at least you can say you put in your time and hard work and you succeeded.
Again, if I had thier means, I would manage the land in simillar fashion and so would most of us. I am not sure if I would turn it into busines as they or similar groups have done, but who knows.