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Do you have proof of this happening? If so, this sounds like something you should be contacting a game warden about. If not, this sounds like the usual rumor that gets passed around without fact to make all non-resident hunters sound like the boogeyman.

Seemed like when we had it roll through 3-4 years ago in NE Iowa, it pounded about half of our bucks 2 years and up, does and fawns were definitely not hit as hard.

There is zero correlation between land prices and timber prices. And more logging would be a huge benefit for the deer herd even today, mature forests don't have as much cover or forage available to support deer.

Housing starts are indeed up, but most of that lumber is softwoods from out west or from Canada, so there is a bit of a demand lag on the hardwoods. I don't have hard data to back this part up- but I know enough that more likely than not there's a lot of mills sitting on dried inventory that...

Red Oak has probably bottomed out at this point but is still pretty low compared to where it's at historically. White Oak has been strong because of increased demand from the railroad industry for ties. Until we get some tariff relief, hardwoods will probably remain soft price wise but anything...

I really think the effect of moving to rifles during shotgun season is being very overstated. The biggest thing that Iowa has going is the fact the firearms hunts occur well after the rut. I also know it's easy to say that guys would start shooting deer at 500 yards+, but I would challenge...

Walnut prices are solid right now. Red oak has bottomed out completely right now due the tariff situation. Until we get some movement on the trade deal, it would be inadvisable to sell any standing red oak. White oak is doing better than red oak because of rail road ties.