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Other side was a small, but very regular 4 point

Here is a summary of expert analysis for Iowa dating back numerous decades https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-70.html You can also dig into each annual summary to get averages for 9 regions of the state and individual counties. Those are broken down even further for high...

We got land three years ago and it's up 85%

Because there are landowners buying up the land strictly for agricultural purposes and making "improvements" such as clearing all the trees from waterways to increase crop yields. That, in turn, eliminates habitat for wildlife. Even if you don't get to hunt that specific parcel, the wildlife...

Massively under reported

My county DNR officer just had me text him pics and he mailed out a post card with each listed on it - 4x5, 5x5, etc..

I saw one two winters ago crossing hwy 37 into a cattle yard in western Iowa. It was very distinct and memorable, something one wouldn't confuse with any other critter. At the time, I didn't even know a gray fox existed but I looked it up as soon as I could

How dare you bring factual evidence into this?! Blame the Dems, always especially when it has anything remotely connected to ag or guns. Bottom line - capitalism for the individual will always run counter to the naturalist and conservationist. It's not a R or D problem but a money power...

Army Corp of Engineer land that is bordering the Missouri river. Nebraska already transferred their adjacent land to the tribe The red lake situation sounds awful. Those resorts and home owners can't possibly be given comparable/adequate compensation if they are forced off

Senator grassley (Iowa Republican senator for about fifty years for you out of staters) is a co-sponsor of this bill that would give 1500 acres in Woodbury and Monona counties to the Winnebago tribe. Sounds like it's a done deal. The house committee of natural resources (led by a Republican and...

Couldn't read this entire rant. You lost me completely when you suggested anything in Iowa is being led by a left leaning liberal. The problem is the insurance lobby and farm bureau are awful. They put profits above everything else and deer are a financial loser for them.

Interested in how the needle has moved 15 years later. Where are some of the better taxidermists and what are their rates? I suspect the rate hasn't risen as fast on mounts as it has on most other things. $450 back in 2008 rising at an annual 3% rate would be $700 today. I'm guessing that's...

Congrats, that's a beauty

Yeah, but once you fill your tag, you are tagged out and can't push the next drive. The group dwindles if they are hunting per the rules

Here is the score card from this weekend *EHD carcasses-11 *Our group of 12 - 2 bucks The bucks were shot by a middle schooler on the second property we hunted on Saturday. Both were mature bucks We intentionally passed on does/fawns. We saw about 7 of those and two other bucks. Six of the 10...

It's gotten better. People are more open to educating themselves on what it takes to get desired deer to grow. But, for each of those pockets there remains the imbalance between less and less standing timber, consolidation of private land ownership, and too many hunters each wanting to get a...

I have a family member in Harrison whose whole neighborhood does QDM and they have great age structure. Now at the point where they cull bully bucks. But, can second that EHD hammered the area. Western Shelby and Crawford both got decimated by EHD this fall and was hit hard just two years ago too

Oops, yes

Our group is going buck only first season and another big group considering not going out at all. West Central Iowa, terrible EHD losses found in CRP during pheasant hunts.