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Few more photos. I hunted hard during the Late season, and had a few opportunities, but nothing I wanted to harvest. And stacking a few yotes up.

This thread will be Picture heavy Naturally Start of April with Snow This was the first year of farming on my own. So a special year for me.

Not really sure on the point of this season. It says Population management. But I read it as big insurance company money pushing to thin the deer herd down to nothing.

For those wondering who did the taxidermy work. Chris Heying. Heying Taxidermy. He s done all 3 of my shoulder mounts, and does a first class job.

I have dogs, and love them. But the 3 S rule applies to running dogs. Once a runner always a runner.

Finally got my 2021 Buck Back. First Deer that I've harvested on my farm.

Not a tree Stand. But a late season deer blind......BRRRRRR

3 tracts sold today at auction, and needless to say the Market hasn't softened. 39 acres sold for 16,000/acre. 83.9CSR2 Tiled and 2 terraces. 72 acres sold for 13,500/acre. 72CSR2 Drained. But needs to be split. 76 acres, 66.10 Tillable 8700/acre. A little over 10k/acre on the tillable...

Talk to 2 different Taxidermist in the last couple days. And their seeing significantly less deer brought in. Bow Kill Numbers are down, Shotgun kill Numbers are down. I think the deer Numbers are there, I just think the Mature Deer Numbers are down. I'm still holding out for a Mature buck. If...

I agree, Things have moderated some.(It really needed to, Waste ground has been bringing 4500-5000 with 0 return) I'm going to find out just how much next week, 3 farms just up the road 4 miles going to sell next week. Bluff country timber, and rec ground was bringing 6-7,000/acre 2 counties...

In reply to a couple of the comments (I have no problem if people hunt legitly, and not doing shady things to hunt deer) I do not own the deer, but I own the farm the deer live on, I pay the taxes, I invest time and money into food plots for the deer. I spend time creating thickets and...

During the gun season, when most tracts around are getting pushed and the deer are moving around, those quite places and sanctuaries tend to be loaded up pretty hard. Around here the hunting pressure is so high, even in the sanctuaries, the deer don't come out till dark. And yes highly managed...

Have owned my farm for a little over 12 months. And sat quite a bit on my farm during the 1st gun season. Had the same gun group walk the entire border of my farm,(Borders are just AG fields with no cover) and my neighbors farm trying to wind the deer out.........to push to their standers...

The orange army will be hitting the timbers. Expect company unless you can get way-way-way back.

So just over a year ago, I bought 120 acre farm. It's a mostly tillable tract, but has a deer hunting wildlife element to the farm. The Wildlife element to the farm consists of some CRP, and A river bottom that looks like park city.(Hollow) So after visiting with a fella that works on Timber...

Corn, Corn, Corn, Corn. By my 2 best farms, there is 240 acres standing by each one. Later planting dates, equals a later harvest. Now snow on the corn making it later. (I bet there's 50+ deer in each, I hope they leave it stand though shotgun season, at this point) (Our harvest was later as...

Sat Last night, and tonight.(For my first 2 sits of the year) No real Rut action for Nov 4th and 5th. Seen 2 bucks tonight. Both just feeding. Have a 240 acre field bordering my farm. That might be hiding the rut activity. Hunting won't get good until corn comes out.

I agree with a lot of comments above. If I had to hunt for an occupation, I think it would take all of the fun out of it. Pretty soon you resent it. I hunt to get away from the world. Not be video taped, and broadcast to the whole country. (I wouldn't be to excited about having a cammera man in...

I just enjoy the hunt. Getting to shoot a good buck would just be a bonus. Last year I killed a 10 pointer right under 160. I've got 3 on the wall so far.(Which is mostly just keeping the memory of the hunt alive)(I can look at the mount and remember the hunt well) So if I'm going to shoot one...

Jeepers, Seems like there's an awful lot of pictures of Mountain Lions in Southern Iowa. Think I'd be strapping an AR15 along to the bow stand, if I bow hunted in Southern Iowa. Running into that in the dark would not be for me.