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Skip, I’m sorry but that argument makes some big assumptions. #1, who says all three bucks came off the five acre tract? Number two, how many people actually shoot three buck and of those how many are on tracts under five acres? The premise you are suggesting of unsupported harvest would mean...

Depredation tags is exactly what I was going to point out. Does the basis of getting a depredation tag come on multiples of 40…. 1 buck per 40 acres…. Let’s limit our resident landowners with this bill but let our neighboring landowners bring their family in every year to hunt. Wow

They have an opportunity to come to Iowa. It is called the draw system. The net loss to actual residents is far greater than taking care of some family members that chose to leave the state for greener pastures.

I agree with 1983 on the blood trail as there has not been a great trail BUT all deer shot with the .350 that were decent shots were recovered in a short distance. I have saw the same blood trail issues with muzzleloaders so maybe something to do with speed of bullet and limited bullet...

I have a .350 for my 13 yo twins and they have used it the past three seasons with no complaints. IMO knock down doesn’t come into play when hunting from a heated blind with shots coming under 100 yards. All the deer they have shot have gone down within 30-40 yards including one that was not a...

BE grows down to the northern part of Missouri at least. I would say the tree species is less prevalent than it was when I was a kid as a lot of them have died and don’t se much for young BE trees. I have a small treed area on a pasture farm that is primarily BE but 90% have died since I...

Sounds good and wanted to know for myself also. I was wondering and didn’t want OP to think no big deal. From what I have checked into it by asking DNR is each CO may interpret differently but if hunter is gaining an advantage then chance for citations. I agree that taking the gray out...

1983, is that answer a little loose? Hunting directly over the bait is illegal but hunting on a trail just off the bait pile would be suspect to most COs. Can you put out corn piles during season, yes. But I sure wouldn’t want any active piles when I was hunting the property unless that...

I always have a few places where cheap or starting to fail cameras come in handy. Checked one such cam yesterday, great spot where deer cross a road. Cam is about 20 yards off a lightly traveled road on private ground. Someone decided to shoot it in the past week and destroy it. Love the...

Date changes (jumps around) while deployed is that what you mean?

Correct. The problem I see though is these are the population numbers that tag numbers and season decisions will be made from until 2027? And the area I am talking about did not appear to have had a significant EHD outbreak this year. I am not saying there weren’t any but have not came across...

So I ran a few numbers on the population estimates and current harvest data this morning. Based on the square miles in my main county and the population estimates the current harvest is 7% of the estimated population for this county. While statewide a 100,000 deer harvest is between 20 -25% of...

I understand that the approach to this study is widely used and widely accepted. I also recognize that my personal observations are not scientific but I am pretty good at math especially when using both my fingers and toes but…. I have thermal hunted the coyotes pretty hard the last two months...

I farm and will assuredly tick some farmers off here but our tax dollars are going to heavily subsidize crop insurance which can be manipulated to guarantee profits from ground that should NOT be farmed. The dozing out of trees and ditches comes from that profitability that has been guaranteed...

Rob you bring up a point that I have thought about for a few years and concerns me in many ways. In no way am I blaming anyone but we are our own worst enemies when it comes to the long term viability of all types of hunting/trapping. As more and more landowners and hunters limit access to...

Very true and have heard others say of seeing the same conditions that you are talking about and have related it to EHD.

Beat me to it but I agree with 1983.

Not saying it couldn’t be Duracor but I would say the timing of disappearance may have been coincidental. Again not saying it CAN’T be but Duracor is not as widely used as other chemicals and for sure not used in crop rotations.

And maybe I am wrong but that appears to be a young doe, maybe even a yearling compared to the second deer?

Same story, another year. Just replace 2024 with 2025…. I feel 2024 caught the attention of even more hunters that there is a problem.