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    First deer and I did it with a bow!

    I used to have a blind that looked like that! I had a new block target that's missing too, any chance there's one of those lying around near that blind? Just kidding, glad they were part of your first!!
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    Food Plot Fail

    We put some in late last year in southern Ia, a little earlier than 9/12 but not much rain, and we pretty much got nothing. Seedlings, little growth. So, guess I'd go with a grain overseeding, probably rye if you can find some although this year is our first use of rye so I'm definitely...
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    January Anterless Season Poll

    The late season has been a valuable management tool for us, taking 6-10 antlerless each year by centerfire. Not one shed buck, take great care to be selective--we hunt from stands, and w CF you should be able to be careful. If hunting in drives it would be a greater problem, but those hunting...
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    Annexing???

    You need to contact the city that annexed the property--city manager's office, or city clerk if your city doesn't have city manager, would be a good place to start. City ordinances will determine whether hunting is or isn't allowed--many don't allow guns to be discharged within city limits, but...
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    What Arrows?

    100 g tip with a 31" draw @70 lbs seems awfully light, would have thought you would need 125 g. I do with similar draw length and weight and stiff shafts, but do shoot heavier arrows. Have you checked your arrow balance to know that 100 g is right? Just wondering, would like to know myself...
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    ChippewaWedgeLoc

    I have the Brute model, and a friend has a WedgeLoc. They're excellent stands, would definitely recommend them. We also have others, but the Chippewas are the best--well designed for ease in putting up and adjustability, well made and strong. If I could only keep one of all of the brands I...
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    hunter's review

    Turkey decoys. I've only ever had one turkey ever pay any attention to one. In all other cases they've seemed to ignore them, don't care one way or the other. Had a hawk sort of swoop at one once until he got closer and apparently could see it wasn't real. Best thing a decoy was ever good...
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    HABITAT CHANGE QUESTION ??

    My experience is that once the beans are harvested they will have the same attractive level as a WalMart parking lot--great until then, but harvest usually happens before intense hunting, unless you have a slow farmer. Corn is an excellent attractant, but can be too good--they may never have a...
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    I need a new tree stand!

    I have a Chippewa Brute that's very easy and quick to put up/take down and also easy to adjust the level on, and has a high weight limit for we "king size" hunters. Pricier than many but could be your only stand if you're willing to carry in/out and that's easy to do and the best thing to do if...
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    SCHEELS IN WDSM!

    Once the new Scheel's is completed in WDM, patronizing that store would be "buying local" for anybody in the DM area.... I have mixed emotions about buying local. I try to when there's not a substantial premium to be paid in doing so, and can get what I want rather than compromising just to...
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    License question

    You can buy a gun license and hunt with your bow if you want, switch back to gun if you get frustrated. From what I remember, you can hunt longer on a bow license than with a gun license--at least I think that's why I got bow licenses last year when couldn't hunt much in any one of the early...
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    Iowa Land Values

    To be serious about the subject, most of what has been posted is correct, except for the post stating CRP payments are driving up cost (no offense intended). The land in northern Iowa is FAR more fertile, might actually have a chance to still make a living farming every once in a while. In...
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    Iowa Land Values

    The hunting is terrible all through Iowa, whether deer, turkey, pheasant, duck, or sparrows. I'd suggest buying/leasing in Minnesota or Illinois.
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    coyote or fox sightings?

    Coyotes are all over southern Iowa, can't hardly walk without stepping in their scat. My son squeeked in and shot a female earlier this fall--now that the other seasons are closing we'll be going after more. There's a big dog in the timber that lets loose every evening as the sun goes down...
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    Question for Old Buck

    There have been various "deer progressions", with seasons, renewal of generations, etc. by various artists. Don't recall seeing a "hunter progression" however--young hunter after first buck, young man stalking with bow or whatever, to grandfather taking another young hunter out. Not totally...
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    Whats a cure for cold feet?

    Use an underliner sock that will wick moisture away, with a heavy sock over--wool or a high tech fiber, whichever you prefer. Definitely not cotton anywhere, since it absorbs and holds moisture. I wear Rocky boots with 1000 gram thinsulate over that "sock system", has kept my feet warm on...
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    finding arrows

    I'd try looking for it in the local bow shop. Might have to pay to get it back though, they'll claim it's new. I lost one in the grass two years ago while sighting in a new bow, friend and I raked half of the farm looking for it unsuccessfully over a couple of days. Two weeks later I found it...
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    Need advice

    I'm inclined to think that you're making a small amount of noise that is unnoticable to you, but the deer notices due to its superior hearing. The noise draws its attention to you, and it looks at you to try to determine what you are and whether you pose a threat. If after that they determined...
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    Do you name your treestands????

    Barf stand, in a relatively small hickory that swayed greatly in even the slightest wind, until you were ready to. Sniper stand, up very high in a tree and with a view of almost the entire farm. Not that good for bow, but would have been great for long slug shot and especially rifle if was...
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    the name game!

    The name of our Jack Russell Terrier. Sometimes Cooper is a "Good Dog". Neighbors don't want to hear me swear when he's not, so he answers to GDCooper instead of something a little stronger. Suppose I could go by "That SOB" instead, but most people use nicknames instead of their own.
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