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My 9 year old killed her 1st deer Friday night. We sat 4 times and she had deer in range every sit, but we couldn't get her set up and comfortable in time before they moved off. This doe cooperated and came in perfect to 15 yards.

Every spring and fall for a week or so we have an Osprey that hangs around the pond. He always sits on the same dead branch in an oak tree, and brings any fish he catches back to it. They are an impressive looking bird.

I had a Stealth Cam I liked and used for 5 years. I bought 4 more and they all quit within a year, all with different issues. My dependable 1 is junk now too it keeps getting moisture in the lens. We switched to Moultries last year and didn't really have any issues. Now we have the same issue...

My daughter ended up shooting a doe Friday evening. We sat 4 different times and she had chances to shoot a deer every sit. She had the time of her life, and I probably had the most fun of any hunting I've done myself. She's already talking about next year. When I get some time I'll post up some...

My favorites are tall, heavy, and long beamed typicals. I have a clean 8 over 150, now just need a 10 over 160, and a 12 over 170. I don't mind them having junk, but I like it to be symmetrical. split 2's, double drops, etc. Luckily for me I'm not picky and any old ugly buck at 20 yards is in...

I'll be taking my 8 yr old for the 1st time this year. I have her shooting a muzzle loader with 60 grains of 777, and using open sights. She's pretty solid out to 50 yards with it. She has sat with me a few times bow hunting and turkey hunting, and has shot some squirrels with her pellet gun...

The area I've moved to seems to have a proclivity for producing typical 6x frames by the time they hit 2/3. These were all from last year, plus a couple more I can't find at the moment. .

This 1 yr old caught my eye last year. Edit . . . added photo

Mine are doing pretty well. I have to water them a few times a week, but there are tons of blossoms. Besides being dry the only other real issue is foxtail.

I just put some cams out on Weds. and have a couple more to put out. I'll hopefully find out in a couple weeks what's still around.

I've only bought white clover. I didn't have any issues with it, but can't really compare it to anything else. The only other clover I've planted was from PF. I plan on trying more, but what I've noticed in the Marshalltown Theisen's at least is that they struggle to keep seed in the bins...

I agree with getting rid of cell cams. If a guy in a tree stand can get a picture sent to him, and now knows to get ready, or knows he needs to move to a stand down the hill crosses a line with me. I run a few cams, and check them every couple of weeks from July to January. I will switch cards...

Looked promising for awhile, but it all broke up and went around me. We've been watering the garden, and new trees daily for a couple weeks now.

Thanks, that's a plan that makes sense to me. I'm a complete novice to food plots, and this clover was my 1st attempt at growing anything for wildlife. It's going better than expected so far.

In general how often do clover plots need mowed? I planted a plot last spring, and I mowed it once, but then it became hot and dry and I left it alone. It came back great this spring and I sprayed it with cleth a couple weeks ago . I mowed it a couple days ago to knock back the broadleafs.

We had one that shed a normal 4 point side as a 2 yr old with the pedicle snapped in 1/2. As a 3 yr he was a heavy fork on that side, and he shed it with a chunk of skull attached. 4 yr old that side was a 14ish inch spike that had 1/2 a dozen points randomly coming off it. 5 yr old was just a...

Bushnell TRS-25 is a tube style, and what I use. I have this on a Remington 12 gauge 870 Tactical. I don't use this for hunting, but have had it for 5 years. I use this gun for work and it has spent the 5 years getting slammed around in a patrol car in temps from -20 to +100. I have probably put...

I'm planning on putting in a 1/4 acre or so of pumpkins. the wife and kids want to try growing them so it's a win/win if the deer start chewing on them after the girls take out what they want.

I finally saw my 1st shed buck on Tuesday night. I took my cams down at the beginning of the month so there's probably a few more around.

Depending on what county you're hunting, the county assessor's webpage usually has a link to an interactive site that has aerial maps where you can click on individual parcels to see owner info. The mostly widely used website I see is beacon.schneidercorp.com. The majority of counties in iowa...