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When you register the parcel, you have to claim some sort of ag related income. It’s not necessarily crop specific. You could have an 80 of pasture and timbered draws that you run cattle on. I’m sure there are some that take advantage (orchard trees) but it’s not enough to affect the #’s like...

Not arguing but I’m going to address some of your points here. As I said before, just because we understand what you’re saying doesn’t mean the rank & file do. They need it spelled out specifically, no different than gun debates. Are we debating LOT or shotgun season regs? Your first point is...

Some quick #’s from the 22/23 report which is the 1st one that showed up: (Button&shed #’s excluded) Across all Seasons 1. Of 31,733 Anysex LOT issued, 5036 were used on bucks & 1689 on antlerless for a total of 6725 deer harvested. A little under a 25% success rate overall with only 16% of...

I was going to point that out later. Youth are eligible for 4 of the mighty “Buck” tags. How many parents are taking advantage of that? It’s always kind of been tongue in cheek that six-year-old junior shot that 200 inch buck

We may know what you’re inferring but the majority of those folks making the decisions don’t know any better. And why insist on calling it a third Buck tag, It’s an any sex tag. The numbers I’m seeing show that roughly 25% are even used on avg with youth being the most successful. I haven’t...

It is certainly happening. Example: BS Farms owns 1k and rents 1k. Dad gets a tag on the home place. Mom gets a tag up the road on the BS Trust parcel, Junior gets a tag for xyz rented parcel, and his kid gets one for another rented parcel. The kids wives could also get tags on rented ground...

Well said I’ll have some #’s here in a little bit and it doesn’t look like they’ll be supportive of the bill

I could see a single floating tag with another for landowners. No reason that couldn’t work. If this whole debate is honestly about population and health then antlerless tags should be addressed first. Isn’t that why urban hunts are “earn a buck” systems? You knock down the antlerless population...

Until someone can show me otherwise, I’m going to stick with the belief that the issue is NRLO’s wanting a tag because residents get one. Someone has gotten in someone’s ear/pocket and this is just the first step. Next year we can bump it to 80 or 100 and include NRLO”s getting a tag because...

There’s a lot of liability walking out the door if they set it up so I’m sure they know what they’re doing. It’s been about 15yrs but that’s where I bought my daughters and had it set up.

“The reality is, the poor man will have to make due with 2 buck tags“ That’s a piss poor comment to make and expect continued support. Kind of sounds like you’re in that “elitist” category and not really here for everyone as you make out to be. Your own argument contradicts itself. If 2, 5, or...

I’m going to have to disagree with you Skip. SF247 is not a win. It’s catering to the guys that can spend a qtr million for their own piece of hunting ground. Those of us that have been managing and taking care of our smaller parcels are now SOL? FYI, I’ve never used 3 tags but that’s not the...

Unless you’re absolutely sold on a straight wall, have you considered a bolt shotgun. The Savage 220 or 212 will more than do the job. A 12 ga shooting Hornaday SST‘s has the same ballistics as a 45/70 at the muzzle (300grn/2kfps). I’m not sure what the 20 compares to but it’s still a 250 grain...

The local NRCS office should have a field biologist for the area

If we’re talking raising money for the DNR, let’s just raise the state sales tax .375% and let the $$$ roll in. Raise it a half a % and they can use the extra 1/8 for administration fees. There is no excuse for a constitutional amendment to sit dormant for 15 years. In 2010, 63% of Iowa voters...

I’ll post 2 pics here. The first was 16mos ago and the ground was in IHAP. The second is now. Not a single tree left. It was sold, cleared last winter, planted and is up for auction. Overall hunting while in IHAP was excellent. Deer, turkey, birds, etc… You could find them all there. Something...

Nowhere does it say that your license expires when the tag is filled. The license itself is good until the end of the season so there is no “hunting without a license”. They could charge you with taking game without a tag if they thought that was the case. Agreed, not carrying a weapon would...

Are you guys against “group hunting” or the sharing of tags? Party hunting is defined as the sharing of tags, not groups and pushes. At least according to the local CO. As long as you have a valid license, you can participate in the hunt. Late muzzy group pushes/hunts are fine, you just can’t...

Think I saw somewhere else where you said it was less than an acre. You may be further ahead renting a skid steer and doing it yourself. No idea how thick or big the trees are but just a thought. A couple different attachments and a weekend may be all you need.

I went to the forestry center while out in Portland years ago. They had a simulator of that first machine that you could play and get rated on how many trees you could process in a certain amount of time. I thought it was neat as heck back then. Still is. Would’ve enjoyed playing some more but...