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    October cold front

    Have checked a few cams. Most pictures I have are all at night right now. And the mosquitos darn near run me out of there. I'll wait till the latter part of October bout Oct 25th, Sounds about right to me. Hopefully mosquitos are froze by then. Lol. When I was in high School, I used to hunt...
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    Best Late Season Food Sources???

    This is the first year of having my own property to hunt, And was wondering what you guys have luck with late season??? Probably will be hunting late muzzleloader season. The current producer of the tillable acres on the property was kind enough to let me buy 2-2.5 acres of standing beans from...
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    Question on land owner tags

    Guys forgive me for the stupid questions. So bear with me. This will be my first year as a land owner in Iowa. I have some questions about land owner tags. As a resident I always buy the Archery Resident Tag, and Gun 1 Tag(Both any sex) (I ll have to get registered first) So as a land...
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    Ill talk about the first farm since its locked up now.

    So the farm is 117 acres. 23% timber(River bottom) and the tillable land has an average of 76.5CSR2. Which is slightly better than our counties average CSR2. For the tillable I feel like I got a fair deal(Not a great deal but fair)Tillable here is bringing 115-135/CSR2. And I didn't pay that...
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    Bought my First Farm

    Made an offer on a tract 2 days a go. And they called back this morning and accepted!! Not going to release to many details, Because theirs a lot of things to iron out yet. Things I will share Its a combination Timber/Tillable farm. Which works great for me because I love to hunt and farm...
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    Coyote problem

    Been working on it. Best day has been 7 in a day. Average bout 3 in a day
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    Dads Shotgun Buck

    A very big 8 pointer, Brow tines are 11 and 13.5 inches long, biggest brows I've ever seen. (Pretty Sure I haven't posted this before) Buck was shot in 2019(Got mount back late in 20) Dad only gets to hunt a weekend a year, So I am Very happy for him. Congrats on a STAG of an 8 pointer.
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    Couple Yotes

    Could really use some more snow. But having some luck.
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    Now that I'm tagged out in Iowa

    I can start thinking about getting ready for Missouri s rifle season. Think I'm going to miss opening weekend, And start on the 17th and hunt it out. Then will be hunting Iowas first Gun season Should be a fun time, 2nd year hunting Missouris rifle season. Anybody else hunting out of state...
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    Movement in the heat

    In 2016 it got Warm here, and the movement just died off on my hunts the 1st, 2nd, 3rd. So on the 4th I decided to switch it up. And hunt a tree stand that I saved for later in the season, So I sat the morning. And Killed the biggest 8 pointer I've ever seen on the hoof. (So don't give up, and...
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    Shot a Tank tonight

    Was not able to weigh the buck, Dont have a scale. After shooting my last 2 bucks off of the ground, I almost like it better than hunting out of a tree.(Its more personal and challenging) Hunting off the ground was kind of inspired by Zach Farenbaugh from THP. I like the aspect of not being...
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    Shot a Tank tonight

    Didnt hunt this morning because of all the high winds. But pulled the boss buck out of the shed for this evenings hunt. Got the Boss set up on the clearest area of the farm(farm is 20 acres) so he d be visible. And I Set up on the ground 22 yards down wind.(Still fairly windy out) started to...
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    Rut report 2020

    Morning hunt half a dozen does, and a 2 year old buck looking. (First morning hunt of the year. Evening Just had some does come out tonight. Nothing to exciting. No bucks, There's quite a bit of corn to combine here. Corn is definitely hiding the activity.
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    Rut report 2020

    Sat on the ground last night, and 10 does come out. 4 went past at 9 yards. Not one buck behind them. (Didn't have time to hunt tonight, after work but I went for a short drive, Seen a lot of does feeding, seen 1 brute of a buck looking for does, Huge body, Awesome left side, But right side...
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    Decoys

    I have a couple trees stands that are literally out in the middle of no where, but have big draws, or creeks aka travel corridors withing eyesight about 200 yards. I've used the Boss Buck for a couple years. I really like it, I've decoyed in a couple monsters 170-185 inch bucks, Normally I see...
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    Anyone seeing early rut action???

    Just took the ol stick and string out of the closet, now that harvest is over. Went for a little drive last night and seen Does and Fawns Milling around.
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