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I took the photo from up in the tree, was like the 3rd or 4th time seeing the deer with no ears.

All tillable tracts here have come down some. Last land sale in the area 147 acres brought 9600/acre. 74 CSR2 BUT it had 43 acres of BLOW sand not so good of ground. If ya broke the 2 short 80s apart. The Poor 80 being valued at 5k, and valuing the other 80 probably worth 13ish. A very good...

E Bikes, Cell Cams both should be banned on public property. I can think of several 2000+ acre pieces that used be really good. Because you could get away from pressure. With E bikes that doesn't exist anymore. To improve public lands I think Iowa should go to some sort of draw system for Public...

Has anyone ever seen a deer with no ears? It just looks like the hairs of its ears are hanging out and that's it. Anyone know what could cause it? Was with another fawn that looked totally normal. Fawns were together, but no mother.

Some of the ideas above aren't bad. But I think a touch unrealistic. Banning straight walled cartridges won't happen. And Banning Cell cams won't happen. And Banning group hunting also won't happen. A couple I see being a little more realistic. 1) Slash doe tags hard. The areas west of I-35...

Was out swapping some batteries on a food plot, and looking around the brassicas a little bit, and found this. First one of the year. Looking back on the cam, looks like I have the other side to look for......

To all the deer that have survived the deer season in my county, we have no extra tags available. Thank God. Don't have many antlerless tags to start with. Been watching my late Season standing food sources, and my hopes are high for next year. LOTTA of potential still out there. Even after a...

Iowa Bowhunter I had 2 loggers look at the trees, and they each gave me a bid. One of the loggers was referred to me by a friend that has had him do a lot of work. It looks to me like the maple market is 50-60 dollars a tree depending how big, and board footage. Like I said I'm interested in...

I have an upcoming logging project that I'm planning for the end of February, I worked with a state forester to start. My trees are not as valuable as yours. Maples, but their BIG, and need to go. My farm was like a city park before I started cutting some on my own. Then after I had a narrow...

Some people complain about them temps, but Dad always has said it keeps the tourists out, and he likes it that way. Lol. I actually prefer these conditions, Throw the heated socks on. Layer up. Set the LP heater in the blind. Add 6 inches of snow. And some standing beans. It's not if, but when...

Run reveals, which I like very nice clear photos. Pretty economical on batteries. Unless in a very high traffic area. Tried a Stealth Revolver this year. Now they are a battery hog. 16 batteries needed and I've killed 2 sets in say 3 months. BUT I really like being able to see in 360...

Looks like some pretty sweet adventures. A lot of young men only dream of living a life like that. Congrats on the new family member that a lone changes everything. At least it did for me. A mountain lion 200 yards from the house. Ya I think I'd be packing every day.

My Taxidermist has a pretty good business, and to this point he thinks he s going to be down 15-20% this was a little while ago before the 2nd gun season. 2 different lockers I ve dealt with said similar things, deer numbers down. The brown is down crews have to quit shooting everything. They...

Had some decent bucks to hunt this year, but nothing that made me say Wow. So decided to dedicate the rest of my gun season to hunting an ugly cull buck. For sure the ugliest buck I'd ever shot, he has the age, the body. He just didn't have the genetics. He had the same identical rack last...

I've had an opportunity to shoot this buck, but I elected to pass. Not sure how old he is. I don't think think he ll ever score high. He just keeps getting heavier and wider. The 2 pics are 1 year apart. Pic in the woods is last year. In the food is this year. He busts his rack up every...

Did some deer pushes on Saturday with disappointing results. So took my sister's boyfriend hunting on my sanctuary farm. Sat for 3 hours, when the deer started to pour out into the beans. With this young 2 year old 8 pointer. At first I wasn't going to let him shoot him, cause I really don't...

I have good late Season food sources on my farm. Accessing the spots isn't an issue getting in. But getting out is a real problem. There can be 30-40+ deer on the food after it gets dark. What do you guys find is the best way to get out so the deer do not associate my blinds with people and...

After price shopping for Commercial seed, Pioneer and Dekalbs were the most expensive by aways. If I was going to plant it for food plots, I would look else where. Albert Lea seed house on corn would be a consideration. Sometimes treated beans will come back to a dealer, and they can't send...

I was about to come on here and start a thread identical to this thread. I've talked to a well known taxidermist and he s 20-30 deer mounts behind the same time as last year.(Many reports of the deer just not being there) Also talked to some sanctuary owners(in this county the rec land is held...