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TheMadCatter

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Hey guys, it's coming down to crunch time and I'm not sure if I'm going to sign with Iowa Central to do Track, XC, and Swimming or go to South Dakota State and swim.

Was wondering what the hunting is like around the Fort Dodge area? Or the competition to get on to private property.
 
Former ICCC grad myself. Hunting is decent up there. Ok amount of birds, definitely different from our southern iowa style hunting of big timbers and draws. Everything is very flat and can be difficult without studying topographic maps alot to find good places along the river to hunt. I always hunted the river bottoms with a group of friends and we were normally successful.

If you go to South Dakota, I'd be just huntin the ringnecks ;)
 
Three sports in college is tough! Good luck with your decision, some very good hunting in SD.
 
If both are a toss up academically I'd go to Brookings and enjoy some duck and pheasant hunting.
 
I will be the oddball here and say that college is a short, short, part of your life. Make the most of your scholarships and education. Don't let hunting opportunities influence your decision. Although take part in whatever the area has to offer for the time being.

After school is over then you can let your hunting desires play a part in your career path and where you want to end up residing.

Best of luck!!
 
I'm going to end up in Brookings either way, only 1 year or 2 years at Iowa Central then I'd be at South Dakota State, just wondering what the hunting is like in Ft. Dodge.

Got some buddies up in Sioux Falls and Vermillion, I know what the hunting is like up there. Not much of a fisherman or bird guy anyway.
 
I think you will have a better collegiate experience by staying at one school instead of relocating halfway through. So many of the friends you meet in school are the ones you meet year one in the dorms. Just my $.02
 
I will be the oddball here and say that college is a short, short, part of your life. Make the most of your scholarships and education. Don't let hunting opportunities influence your decision. Although take part in whatever the area has to offer for the time being.

After school is over then you can let your hunting desires play a part in your career path and where you want to end up residing.

Best of luck!!

I think you will have a better collegiate experience by staying at one school instead of relocating halfway through. So many of the friends you meet in school are the ones you meet year one in the dorms. Just my $.02

Two of the best pieces of advice I've ever seen. If you are going to be doing up to three sports in college, you won't have much time to hunt. You will learn to make do with the opportunities you have with the time you have.

SD fishing....

Good luck!
 
Two of the best pieces of advice I've ever seen. If you are going to be doing up to three sports in college, you won't have much time to hunt. You will learn to make do with the opportunities you have with the time you have.

SD fishing....

Good luck!

You can do 3 sports and hunt/fish all you want. You might just fail all your classes like my brother though ;)

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You can do 3 sports and hunt/fish all you want. You might just fail all your classes like my brother though ;) Sent from my XT1030 using IW

Good thing I'm part way to having an associates right out of high school and have been handling 12 college credits for two semesters just fine this year. Along with YMCA Swimming, High School Swimming, Club Swimming, Track, FFA, 4-H, Cross Country, USA Cross Country, AAU Track, USA Track, used to have band, jazz band, choir, plays, and everything else thrown on top and still seem to maintain a 3.98 Cumulative GPA while going to Kansas, Colorado, and Iowa to hunt. I think I'll be okay wherever I go, but thanks for the college advice guys!

I'm asking about the hunting, not where to go to school. ;)
 
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College classes in high school are way different from college classes at college. Plus you'll have more time commitment to the sports.
 
Regardless of hunting I think staying at one school would be best. I'm coming up on my last track meet in my collegiate track and cross-country career and for the sport/team/coach/school/friends aspect I think staying at one school is the better option. You can hunt and fish the rest of your life - I know I know, you are extremely passionate about it. BUT, you go to college for 4 years (yes some go more for higher education) and have the rest of your life to hunt.
 
I will be the oddball here and say that college is a short, short, part of your life. Make the most of your scholarships and education. Don't let hunting opportunities influence your decision. Although take part in whatever the area has to offer for the time being.

After school is over then you can let your hunting desires play a part in your career path and where you want to end up residing.

Best of luck!!

Personally I agree with this. I went to a college and played football in a town with limited outdoor opportunities (Fargo/Moorhead) kind of by design.

Although it was only 45 minutes from great hunting and fishing, it allowed me to concentrate on school and sports. If I had went to say Bemidji State, where there is a huge classic walleye lake right off campus...well I don't know that would have been hard to focus.

Then again, I was not a 3.98 GPA :)D)

Good luck to you!
 
Looks like you got the world by the short and curlys TH. Good luck with that.

Sound advice about staying in one school if you can. I went to 4, including SDSU, with a year off mixed in. My first semester was a nightmare academically largely due to being more concerned about hunting then being in class. Don't care what your doing now college is different.

It's been said there are 2 primary parts of the college experience, academics and your social life. Make it 3 if you add a sport. You can only be good at 2 of them.

For what it's worth I don't remember anyone even talking about deer anywhere around Brookings.
 
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