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Ghost, Great question because this might not be the best thing to do in every location. I'm outdoors year-round and continuously do counts when I'm watching/photographing/videotaping/hunting whitetail. I count numbers but also sex and age ratios. Usually I keep track of bucks/does/fawns...

The non-hunting public sees this stuff and the non-hunting public votes. Whether we want to admit it or not and whether we care or not what we are seen doing and heard saying when we are recognized as hunters all has an impact. It is up to you to decide whether you want to have a positive...

Hopefully someone smarter than me can make a link to the article in the Metro and Iowa section of the Des Moines Register titled, Recreation site's bull elk is fatally shot by Jennifer Dukes Lee on Jan 13, 2005. The article talks about how another idiot fired a bullet into the neck of a bull...

Sure do! So do lots of neighbors, friends and thanks to HUSH, also the needy! Old Buck

Most were taken while in one of my blinds. Let me explain. First, in my old age, I've become a bit of a pansy. When spending an afternoon outdoors that propane heater sure can feel good (is being in a blind being outdoors?). Second, I often have tons of gear along and can switch from bow to...

Oooops! I hit submit too soon. It is written by Dr. Grant Woods, Bryan Kinkel and Robert Bennett. I found the book so good that I started it one evening and finished it the next morning. Even if you already know a lot about herd management it is beneficial. It really ties a lot of things...

I just read a book on deer management. It is called Manage Your Way To Better Hunting, Deer Management 101. I highly recomment this to anyone seeking a better understanding of how to manage deer. It is available at http://www.deermanagement.net/deer-management-books.html The book includes...

Thanks Ghost. Great website!

Well, I haven't been able to find a mature buck for quite some time so I decided to go back to improving the deer/habitat balance and local sex ratio by harvesting more of our excess does. This is the result of four days of effort. Four were taken with a smoke pole, the rest by arrows. A...

I've planted both plus red pine, white spruce and Norway spruce. I like the way white pine look and feel. Once established they can put on three or more foot of growth in the right spot. Deer absolutely love to eat them. Every one of mine is caged. White pine are found native in NE Iowa...

Congrat's on a great buck! I love the Iowa Whitetail logo in the night photo.

I've had the same experience. The expensive stuff never seems to outperform the local ladino, red clover, alfalfa, corn, beans and turnips. It just costs more.

Great job! The more everyone gets involved the more poachers we can put out of business.

Great photo! Looks like a huge cottonwood. I really like the way you put the main subject off center. Good composition. We had the same thing here on top of fresh snow which was on top of a heavy ice storm. I got some awsome backgound shots for future paintings. Every place I looked...

I saw one again. This time right by my trailer at mid-day. Really cool. Yesterday I had two bald eagles working on a doe gut pile. One was juvenile and the other an adult. They really look big when up close. That is one of the things I love about the outdoors. You never know what you will...

United we stand. Divided we fall. Let's make it united! Old Buck

Randy, Well said and thanks again for all you other dedicated IBA'ers do to support bowhunting in Iowa. Bonker, Way to go man! What a great example to set. Welcome to the IBA lifers club! Old Buck

I've got ice and snow now so the deer really have the feed bag on. They are now working both corn and turnips. I guess that means they are smelling the turnips through a 1/2 inch of ice! How is that for a good sense of smell? Old Buck

Bobcat, You can save yourself the trip. I'm about out of arrows. If it is a pass through they are lost for now under the fluffy snow. If not the doe always seems to drop dead on the side with the arrow sticking out! Even carbons won't take that. Three more doe days! Old Buck

Onecam is on the ball. He questioned my getting 4 animals with three arrows. I tried to tell him I killed the gobbler with a well thrown rock but he wouldn't buy it so I had to confess my math wasn't very good. Old Buck