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Good luck. This weekend was pretty slow. Not a lot of gobbling after fly down. The few toms we saw were not really interested. Flocks have broken up for sure but I think the population is down in our area. Hopefully second season is better.

Would add the new walleye regs are aimed at protecting breeder females. Bigger fish are just a by product. If you want to take away some of my hunting opportunity it's going to have to be for a biological reason to get my support. Not just an attempt to have more big bucks.

The bill is real. I'm not saying it's good. What I'm saying is it's not going to go anywhere with a Republican Senate and a 2A friendly supreme court. No one is sneaking a bill like this through. It's an election year. Democrats are being Democrats. Republicans are being Republicans. Gun...

It's a Federal bill. Introduced in Jan and has gone nowhere still in committee . It's an election year same old BS.

I know I really shouldn't but can't help myself. I get it. You love trump and he can do no wrong. While I am no fan of the president as a person I don't hate him or wish him ill. I would gladly see him have 4 more years to have avoided this mess. I hope and pray he can lead the country...

I disagree. In my experience any timber near a major metro area usually brings substantially more. More money/more buyers wanting something close to home. Deer management isn't the determining factor. Pure supply and demand.

and there goes one of the last places on the web swept up in this mess I agree with the basic tenant of the OP that the current shutdown is untenable. It just is. That it's been designed to unseat the President is pure hogwash. When you're at the top you get to take credit for all the good...

I am aware of no cap on the total number of resident any sex tags that can be sold. If there is it's buried in the code somewhere deep. I'm sure some bean counter runs the statistics of total likely hunters and success rates. Those numbers go to the biologists and they decide it's OK for our...

Wouldn't really be upset if I got one floating buck tag but I'm not in a hurry to see it happen. I have never shot a buck with a gun but i would sure miss late muzzy season. I have shot 2 bucks in one year, one time. Both with bow couple days apart during rut. One was on a City Tag. If it...

In the same boat kinda. Need no batteries in the boat. Wife said something about unnecessary spending. Well, I'm going to need something to do if everything gets shutdown plus put food on the table. Told her she's lucky she married a real man who can put food on the table when there's none...

I have no response. I do not approve of the bill and have let the appropriate people know multiple times. I just shared what I found.

I would'nt be on the IFC's mailing list but I found this with a quick google search. http://iowafc.org/action/ Support HF716 2017 witnessed the passage of two bills by the Iowa legislature that were of great importance to the members and supporters of Iowa Firearms Coalition. One of those was...

Both sides have valid points that could make for an interesting and thought provoking discussion. There is a place where the pros and cons of welfare of all types can be discussed. That place is obviously not here.

I fully agree. However, when I see biologists make a recommendation to do something like ban artificial mineral sites because of CWD it seems the biggest push back is from the "deer managers". I know that there are many honorable land stewards out there. There are also many that just want a...

I've been debating adding my 2 cents to this thread for a few days. I have a few minutes so what the hell. Like the way things are going or not it is pretty obvious that it's not good for the over all future of hunters and hunting. That's especially true in a state like Iowa that has so...

What a joke. I don't expect most to tag the stands they leave out year after year anyway. Now if you can be held liable they surely won't, if they ever take the time to read the regs to know about it. Not like the CO's are going to be out there walking the woods checking on guys anyway.

Oh Brother. So blaze orange while bowhunting? Just passing through? Once I'm on stand I can remove? WTF. A solution in search of a problem.

Does this bill have to go through Sub and full committee or is out out on the floor?

Thanks for all your work Bonker.

Yes, but that was on a deer farm I believe. I'm pretty sure first case was documented in a wild deer in Iowa 2014 in Allamakee county. I get it that ehd is ugly and in your face when it happens but it's from an insect bite and not transmitted deer to deer. It's nothing like cwd. Probably...