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So help us rookies out, because I have one I want to try...what is the process that is used, and if anyone can improve it, lets hear those tipe. I'm not sure where to even start.

Wow...actually pretty quiet tonight...had some does on an almost late feeding pattern (hitting the corn field early)...did have one small buck still a little frisky, and a decent 2 1/2 eight in search mode, but not a whole lot else...beside the fact it was realllly cold compared to what we've...

The way this wind is blowing in SE Iowa...I'm thinking you would see A LOT of movement from any tree you were in right now if the tree weren't big enough!!! And nooo, I'm not necessarily talking about deer movement...I'm just saying...you'd be moving!!! P)

Hey...just a thought...some of the biggest ethical issues that we have dealt with have to do with "depredation tags". I know this could be a hot one, but could you please tell me why there are such an incredible amount of depredation tags available in the same counties that have an...

The deer is on the same colision course as the pheasant. But here is the truth, there are a few who get to shoot a lot of pheasants every year because they have access to awesome ground. The same will hold true for the whitetail hunting. There will be a few who will have access to large...

There were deer in the fields everywhere tonight. Some were being chased, some were being patient enough it looked like they were still coming in. I also think the front that is going to dump into eastern Iowa tonight had them on their feet looking to eat hard before the messy weather. If...

I've gut shot two through the years, and found them both in the water after a day or so. I also liver shot a deer a few years back. I found him over three weeks later. There was an area with a lot of blow downs along a river, and there was no way to check every one of those. I waited until a...

I'm going to get a chance at an afternoon hunt...first time out in over a week, so I'll be able to give you a "before" and "after" later on...

I'm just asking...when did guys who spend time in the field (who know the difference between coon damage, and deer damage) get "reduced" to IMO...you are not an IMO...you are someone who understands what is goingd on!!!! Sooo why don't you need a $27 coon tag, unless you are a NR to get rid of...

Thanks for clarifying Sask...we thought you were in another planet zone...that's a little more radical than time zone. Hey really...I've been on this site for awhile, and I just wanted to say it's been good having you and others from different parts of the country on Iowawhitetail. I also...

This is just for fun since you guys are sooo worked up over this mound thing. My mom is 89, and I asked her what she would think about a "tower stand erected over her tombstone". She said if he was big enough I sure better put a stand up!!! She's also the same one that got me started trapping...

My son was out both Sat. and Sun. evening. Sat. had a NE wind, and Sun. a south wind, so hunted two different stands. He said the movement on Sat. evening looked like it did almost before the rut, but then Sun. evening there was chasing going on, and smaller bucks still in search. I'm still...

Funny charbs, but I thought the same thing...and this is coming from someone with quite a bit of cover around...but it reminds me of where I grew up in the 80's in central Indiana, and they started doing fence row to fence row. There are a lot of little "woodlots" being cleared right now around...

Yes, I agree that each of us has a responsibility, but I think we also forget that many of our young hunters can't even remember a time in which you basically couldn't shoot as many deer as you wanted. It has become a cash cow for the state, and I believe will be a hunter's nightmare in a very...

Dale Garner, chief DNR Wildlife Bureau Deer hunters reported harvesting 136,504 deer, including 71,273 does this past fall. It was the fifth year where the doe harvest exceeded buck harvest. This harvest has reduced deer numbers in many areas of the state to a more acceptable level. We...

dedgeez...I completely agree with you. My son, who has never taken a deer yet with a bow, had a doe coming the other night, and he held off because we have decided we aren't going to keep helping with the problem.

There has definately been some "lock down" going on. I have seen good bucks in the daylight all week...some of them with does, and some of them hoping she falls back in love. I think Thanksgiving week is going to be a classical rut week where most of the does have been bred, and the weather is...

I have been reading where many are seeing lower deer numbers (myself included). I had a few years where I participated in the hunt at Lake Darling to reduce doe numbers. Isn't it interesting that the same DNR who is caving to Farm Bureau and the insurance groups, would only allow two days...

It finally got on fire this weekend...a buddy and I both saw more bucks without does on Sunday and Monday than we had seen all year. I wasn't able to get out this morning, but these weather patterns have had to have made for some great morning hunts!!!

It was windy all day yesterday, and there was some nutty running in the morning (bucks just wound up and moving)...and had a few more move in the evening. I'm a pastor, so Sunday morning isn't my best idea! :) Hopefully this evening will be a good one.