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This might sound crazy, but last night I couldn't sleep due to the fact that I am awaiting the season opener. I've been watching a 170" ten point since late June. I know where he is bedding, entering, feeding, and exiting every night. Problem is I don't have my stand up yet, due in part that...

MXZ, I think you should fare pretty well over in Western IA. I have heard of some real brusiers coming from the Missouri River Valley and the Loess Hills. I have also heard, however, that it may be hard to get on private ground due to the amount of leasing in the area. I wouldn't be discouraged...

I have tried both types of tips and I personally like fixed blades better. I have shot several bucks with expanding blades, but have never been happy with the penetration I got from them. My largest buck to date, 170's net, was shot with a 125 grain rocket steelhead. At 11 yards it went thru one...

Yes, my theory has been confirmed. Big deer DO relocate. I was driving out to my hunting spot to do some shedding this week, and I found the huge buck I have been trying to locate since bow season. He has relocated to a nearby neighbors garage. How disheartening to see the head of a buck you've...

The experiences I've had would lead me to believe that mature bucks will relocate. Over the years I have been lucky enough to take some nice mature bucks out of the same location, which every year seem to be replaced with one just as big or bigger. It's like the old addage with big bass. If you...

I just received an email from a friend from Albia. He said that someone had recovered a or both of the sheds from the "Albia Buck", and sold it/them for $100,000. That's a lot of money for a set of sheds, but they are incredible. Like SHEDHEAD said, a lot of questions will be answered at the...

From what I understand, they were from this spring. The deer was wounded during shotgun, which would cause it to drop early. I suppose everybody and their dog were out looking for them. Last years sheds are owned by Brian Lindberg and will be at the classic, according to an earlier thread in the...

A couple of out of state hunters decided to go on a guided hunt on a huge tract of land. One rifle hunter and one bow hunter.The guide shows them where to go and explains that if they somehow get lost, to just shoot three times into the air and he will come find them. Around dark, the hunters...

I have an idea. We'll stop making govt. payments to farmers for CRP and like programs. We'll then just pass the buck to all those big wigs throwing money around to lease hunting ground. They can be the ones paying the farmer/landowner. If they want to be in a new hot spot every year, then...

The Big Buck contest will award the top five deer in each category. You will receive a trophy, ribbon, and usually a cap or t-shirt. I haven't heard of too many big non-typicals shot this year. A 180 class buck has a pretty good chance of placing.

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I agree with Tinks69. I believe it is the buck from Missouri that scored around 300 BTR.

5 inch groups was a conservative estimate. At this time I am using 240 grain TC sabots and 150 grains of pyrodex pellets . I am worried about knock down power of a smaller bullet, though I have not seen the knock down power of what I shoot now. What have your experiences been with lighter...

This was my first season shooting a muzzleloader(Knight .50 calibar disc rifle). I have fired the gun around 80 times and have it well sighted in at 100 yards, 5 inch groups. I just can't connect without a rest. I have missed several nice bucks at around 100 yards. What can be done to correct my...

To those with unfilled muzzleloader tags, what style of hunting are you going to use as the season winds down. Lately I have seen a few nice bucks chasing/running does. Would it be effective to hunt near doe groups? Have seen a lot of deer feeding in corn fields, but the bucks don't show up...

I too, hunt around Montour on my grandfather's farm. Fortunately, none of my stands have been stolen by the hoards of local trespassing pheasant hunters. I think your best defense against theft is to have treestands that are less noticeable/obvious. I have however had one stand stolen in Huxley...