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sounds like a lot of smaller bucks and does are moving right now, although one of my buddies called around 5PM saying he stuck a Boone-class buck on our farm. He got a pass through with a very bloody arrow but because of not a ton of blood being present where the buck stopped after running away...

I truly think in any state, in order to effectively manage the resources, landowners, resident or otherwise, should be consulted when creating regulations. Especially with increasing generational land turnover to non-residents, why would you want to drown out ideas from people just because...

Some would say the same about the IBA. I think its funny some would call to not vote for a specific legislator because of where he stands on deer hunting by non-residents that more than likely doesnt affect a large number of people. Aren't you more concerned where he stands on things like taxes...

yeah he was up for the weekend for that, sounded like a good time haha. he drew a tag for 1st shotgun this year, he's always a blast to hunt with. Getting access to that 80 has been an absolute pain in the ass, the surrounding landowners just don't want to grant access in the worst way. I don't...

wouldn't that be a public records deal, like a Freedom of Information Act type thing? jjohnson: PM me and i can help get you in touch with the right people for that

because EVERYONE gets on their knees for the IBA right? god forbid an iowa resident might have to lease hunting land, or worse yet BUY it!

does anyone have a list of people receiving governor's tags/how many were allocated this year?

aaand another year of not drawing for me..i'll save my iowa dnr/IBA is crooked/corrupt/unfair/backwards/an absolute joke for later. one of my friends dad's was almost sure he would draw after 3 years of not drawing a bow tag in zone 9. nope.

I think a lot of land that comes out this year won't be renewed because of the economy. speaking personally, my dad is renting out the CRP ground behind our house because he can get 3 times as much. with 2 kids in college, it makes more sense. i'm looking forward to finally have a backyard full...

same way we used to do it at Cabela's when I worked there. Push the credit card until it hurt. The store got like $50 for every approved applicant. I rarely asked people to sign up, I feel it's pretty rude to assist a customer and then try to push a credit card on them, when chances are, they...

I've driven around Clayton/Allamkee counties about 7-8 nights over the last two weeks, noticing the same thing. a lot less deer. I mean, we killed like 19 does off of our farm during the season, but we always get mad reload from Effigy Mounds. I'm noticing it everywhere, where I used to see...

it's more of an academic/athletic protest than an indictment of the NR laws in iowa. Sconnie(www.sconnie.com) is a company that makes shirts in Madison, one of their more popular lines is the one depicting each state that has a school in the Big 10 with WORST STATE EVER in the middle of it. At...

We have quite a bit of public ground near both our farms in Allamakee/Clayton counties, Hmong problems have been every now and then. we've found their campsites before, but it seems to be improving every year. I personally have never seen one hunting our land, but our neighbor kicks them out...

it coincides with the Rendezvous in Prairie du Chien this weekend. In tents, no building, on Saint Feriole Island, flea market usually starts on Blackhawk Ave across from the ball fields.

when we first got our ground in iowa we had a lot of tresspassing problems, 90% resident. I'm not saying its different or the same everywhere, but its a lot easier for a resident of the area to pop over the fence on a tuesday afternoon than a NR that may not know the area as well. It's a pretty...

you're assuming so many things for all of that to happen.then again, maybe a longer, or week earlier gun season would get more deer killed? some areas, especially NE Iowa, need a lot of thinning, Residents and Non-residents alike have failed in the last 5 years at getting enough deer killed, and...

so i'm uninformed if i disagree with your stance? of course the IWF is going to put that small NR view on tags on their website, they'd be foolish not to. They're a lobbying group. typical haves vs. have nots view. as i've said for a while, if you don't have land, buy it!

i mean, look at it from her standpoint. she's a state legislator. shes got the sagging economy to deal with, poverty, education, law enforcement, etc. appeasing a single minor issue lobbying group or two, especially for deer hunting, probably doesn't rate super high on the list of priorities...

This would still perpetuate the 'pay to play' system so many of you are against, is it not? Just sayin'..

This will fall on deaf ears because anyone in IBA/IWF will refuse to listen to anything but: -increase NR tag numbers to say, 9,000 or 10,000. It's a pretty meager increase. You would potentially be staring at another $2mil in revenue. Because apparently nobody in the state of Iowa can afford...