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By far last had the most flies in my blind I've ever had. My blinds pretty much sealed up, no moisture gets in but the flies have found ways to get in. I will have some each year but not like last season. Will be hanging several strips in there this summer and if they're thick will set off a...

I'm planning on meeting a friend to do some spring turkey hunting on some public ground in southern Iowa. Areas we're trying to meet up at are, Mount Ayr, Sand Creek, or Dekalb WMA. These just happen to be in the area we're visiting friends at. We are not familiar with these areas and...

Another win for the good guys, thank you sir.

Why does everyone assume EVERY anysex tag is used only on bucks? Lot of people that party hunt are hunting for deer meat, not trophies. I think some people get QDM mixed up with Trophy Deer Management?

Not every locker automatically keeps every rack and stores it with the meat unless you specifically request it. Most lockers will remove the antlers or head when you drop it off so they don't have to deal with it, unless it's getting caped.

Guess I've never heard the reason for two weekends during second season was for working people? I thought the reason for a longer second season was because the deer could be scattered from already being hunted first season so they give the option for second season to be longer to try and spread...

Ask your local salebarn because this time of year they might have a person who brings hay to the sale barn to sell.

Just curious, did you specifically tell the locker to save your antlers for you? Unless it's specifically included in how you wanted your deer processed, I could possible see the person processing your deer throwing it in the pile like they do others not marked as keeping?

Thanks for being there. Oh, and I ate my anysex tag too, I prepared it just like I did my 1st season doe tag!

Glad I'm not the only one who was having a hard time figuring out his logic? He lost me on the compensated part that farmers get, almost made it sound like you get extra money from somewhere for feeding the deer? And it seems everyone just assumes every LO anysex tag is filled, and only used...

Not really!

So landowners feed and house the deer year around so you can hunt them a few weeks out of the year, but they don't deserve anything for doing that? Who owns these large plots of land you're talking about?

Very nice buck and like already been said, lockers don't lose antlers. Someone saw them laying there and took them.

Good points that I have mentioned before about habitat, or lack of in places. I might be wrong, but guessing most who're wanting shorter gun seasons and no party hunting are bowhunters who didn't see as many trophy bucks this year? I think EHD killed a lot more deer in the heavily populated...

Sorta like hunting the rut then isn't it?

Bow hunter's might be more selective because after all the season is 61 days long compared to say 5 days or 9 days of the shotgun seasons? I know the deer numbers were very good around the late 90's and 2000, but just look around your areas you hunt now and see how much habitat is gone...

Nothing wrong with either. You need them in Iowa or we'll become like other states and have gun seasons a lot longer than we do now. I'm not sure why hunters can't see this? Sure it gets abused by some, but look at other states around us, what will happen to Iowa if we have gun seasons like...

I see a lot of comments about using straight wall rifles during shotgun season. Is it because some have an AR type platform? These cartridges don't shoot any further than a good shotgun with a scope, I know, I have both. Both are 200 yard guns for the most part. Yes some will shoot further...

Ya sometimes I'll go look at the card before getting into the blind to see what's been moving. It's not a live update as to what's moving at that very minute, but as it reads I can't do that. I don't consider that being the same, but as the law reads it does.

I got my 1st season tag online for the first time this year. Tag came but my wife didn't say anything so I called the DNR number for the license department and they sent me another one. When I saw the first tag my wife showed me, I just tore it up and threw it away. I didn't check if the...