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Many years ago I saw a deer a guy shot with 60 grains of FFG and a round ball at a little over 30 yards. I shot the deer as it came on down the creek and when we skinned it we found that round ball kind of laying against the shoulder blade. The ball looked like you could just load it up again...

NWBUCK you are absolutely correct. Not to say that you other guys are ignorant, just that you can't really speak until you have experienced it. If you think that it is exciting watching a 10 point buck walk down a trail toward your stand, you just can't imagine the rush when you look away and...

Much of it depends on where the land is because there are quota areas there and others with over the counter sales. If you are talking about hunting right now chances are not very good that many bears will be still coming to baits. If the acorns have started to fall there then the bears will...

I think my question is what difference does it really make if most of the does are breed by 2, 3, 4, or 5 year old bucks? Isn't the net result still the same? We can all pretty easily tell the difference between a really young buck and a really old buck, but I really question how many hunters...

I am going to agree with Bonker. I have compared the "RAISING" of trophy deer under our current craze of QDM to raising Herefords or Angus. We try to control habitat, food plots, mineral sites, and even supplemental feeding of high protein easily digestible man made feeds. We even try to control...

I can hardly wait until this video shows up as proof positive that there are mountain lions in rural Van Buren County, because my uncle's friend's knows the cousin of the girl in the video. Just proof that you can never really be prepared for what you can see in the out doors if you just pay...

I strongly support some type of sustainable funding for the Iowa out doors and the DNR much like what I see in some of our neighboring states. I have not read all the proposal but I do have a question (imagine that). What happens if the new sales tax isn't called a sales tax? What happens to...

One of the major spearhead thrusts of the FOI is the push for " EQUAL hunting privileges" for the NRLOs because they should be ENTITLED to have a guaranteed license every year just because they own land here. Currently they say it isn't even a money issue they just want to be able to hunt deer...

I shoot split fingers with a very high anchor just under my right eye so I still look down the shaft. I don't like my knocks to fit real tight on the string and it seems that to shoot 3 under this is a requirement. It also seems to put a lot of pressure against the nock point and I like to...

Well you asked for it. For just starting out there are a couple of ways to go. First suggestion is to look for a white ash tree that is straight and without limbs for or swirls on the trunk for about 6 or 7 feet. It is best if it is from 8 to 12 inches in diameter and it must be green and...

I have to agree this was certainly not a concealed weapon issue at all. I have hunted alone in all kinds of seasons and with all kinds of weapons and have honestly never really been so concerned about my personal safety that any kind of a hand gun would have made any difference, with one...

Ya know I find it really interesting that almost every one who claims to be NRLO on here and posts very derisive comments doesn't even have the personal conviction to even list where they are from so that we Iowa residents can return the favor and attempt to attach our agenda to their home state...

Great start! Now comes the fun and hard parts so take you time. Some one said "If you slow down and take your time you will have a much more harmonouis outcome". Nice pictures as well.

That is a mighty fine horn indeed! I know a couple of guys here in Iowa that make horns and do all the schrim shaw and I can't believe what they can do free hand. I have made 2 horns, but nothing nearly that nice, and know how many hours of scraping, fileing, sanding, and polishing go into...

Give me a hand will ya! I still got 3 more doe tags in my pocket to fill. WAY to many deer here in southern Iowa!!!

Them two fellas can't be far, we got their horses. SPREAD OUT!!

Since he doesn't look much like Redford I would say Jed Smith. Who said this was an easy one?

I seem to recall about 10 yards in a willow patch. Good question.

I must agree with the other posters, this is not right. On another subject I recently heard a person say "It is real hard to march to the drummer when the drummer don't know how to drum", and I find that true here. On the State Parks subject the State runs off a lot of volunteers. For several...

This sounds a lot like what I have been predicting for Iowa in the next couple of years. It still seems to me that the IDNR is making some big mistakes that will lead to huge revenue decline from lack of licenses sales. Maybe they are counting on the sustainable funding package.