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I'd have to agree that it would almost be more fitting to honor the environment where the animal was produced and nurtured to its beautiful glory. It's hard to watch ownership put on an animal but that's just me.

I was up in Sioux Falls, SD for work today and stopped at Scheel's to look at some arrows. I'll probably actually end up going to an archery shop to get the ones I want but I wanted to see what they had. One of the employees wrote a website address on a piece of paper ( www.turbonock.com ) and...

Okay, time to get some arrows for my first bow. Who makes the best carbon arrows for hunting? I'm not afraid to spend money.

I appreciate it. Rumor has it thta we might get out of classes early today. I'll have to see if the guys would like to check it out. My boss wants to head down Merle Hay to go out to eat tonight so there might have to be a compromise.

Just pulled in to Camp Dodge last night. I'll be here until Friday evening. The only time I've ever been out this way has involved checking out gun shows and that's about it. Are there any good archery shops near Camp Dodge worth checking out? I have limited permission to use the...

I called the DNR. They confirmed that you have to be stationed OUTSIDE the state of Iowa. Therefore, I could take advantage of this if I was stationed at the Norfolk, NE station which is about 75 miles west of here. Go figure. Anything to draw the out-of-state dollars I really have...

As I understand it, you have to be stationed OUTSIDE of the state of Iowa. I am a resident of Iowa AND I'm stationed in Iowa. UPDATE: Just checked it out. There's a loophole in the regulation. "Military personnel whose permanant address is in Iowa and who are here on official leave do not...

Big Timber--Actually, I was born in Iowa. Most of my extended family lives in Sioux County. My parents moved to Minnesota when I was about 3 years old. I moved back to Iowa and established residency before I joined the Army. I've been paying taxes to Iowa and have been voting as an Iowan...

Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll be waiting for next year. That's okay. I arranged it so I still have 12 months and 5 days left in Iowa.

I've been working until about 10pm every night lately and haven't gotten to go buy a tag for the late special season. Is there a website where one can go to find out what counties still have tags? I have some public land I want to try in Sioux County that I've checked out but I also have an...

It probably sounds like I'm talking out my rear end but I listen to the news on the way to work everyday and I heard (last week) that a local horse was killed by a mountain lion. It sounds like mountain lions are being seen quite a bit more by humans than bobcats. They seem more comfortable...

Egg on the Governor's face It's so nice to see a Governor with such pity for the poor cute cuddly (and tasty) defenseless dove. Little do most people know..... Our Governor is one of the two people drumming up opposition to the President's "Healthy Forest" initiative which could go a long...

I caught a bit of the Hawkeye game on Saturday. Our illustrious Governor started chatting up how great it was that Iowans were enjoying the pheasant opener. I guess it's okay to hunt pheasants but not doves. Then he really killed me. He said something about "firing off all them guns" in...

Doctor Mahaffee is a pretty cool guy. I went to that college for a year (born in that town) and agree that that region is no place for a mountain lion. I can imagine it now. Mountain lion walks through college campus in search of food.....enters cafeteria and runs away in terror.....there is...

I got pulled into the First Sergeant's office today and was "invited" to voluntarily extend my time as a recruiter here in Iowa. I long for the day when I put on camouflage and do "soldier stuff" again but a lack of volunteers to extend their stay in recruiting could bring about a mandatory 12...

I was looking for a place to bring my venison. I ended up dropping it off at a meat locker who is known well and highly recommended by good friends. Is there a place near Sioux City? I heard that there is some guy who freelances down in Sergeant Bluff but I can't seem to get his name or...

150 class--I didn't even realize that. I bought one Any Deer tag and one Guthrie County Antlerless tag for the Early Muzzleloader season. I've been living (and hunting deer for the first time) in Iowa now for three years. I guess it was an oversight. The shotgun option was just an...

I have an Ithaca Model 37 outfitted with their "Turkey Retro Kit". It's basically a camo gun with fiber-optic front and rear sights. I was thinking about running some slugs through the gun because I've never used slugs in a smoothbore shotgun before. What choke tube does one use? I...

buckknife--I'm so wrapped up with work right now I haven't had time to shoot it but I DID buy a new PSE Predator from Scheel's a few weeks ago. I'm already taking crap because it's not a "top of the line" Matthews or Hoyt or Bowtech.

I'm officially hooked. I've been drooling over a more "traditional" front-end-stuffer lately. It's a Lyman percussion rifle with fixed iron sights. I want to shoot some patch-and-ball with real black powder now. I heard that there are some pretty intense competitions out there with those...