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I quite enjoy your channel. Thanks for all the content.

It always amazes me how many hunters are satisfied with the level of sharpness straight out of the package. Most breadheads simply don’t come as sharp as they should be. I’d go so far as to say it is unethical to fail to sharpen one’s broadheads to their maximum potential. And who wants to risk...

Coherent argument, well done sir.

https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/gov-reynolds-signs-several-bills-into-law%C2%A0-3 Friday, June 17, 2022 Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law: … SF581 A bill for an act relating to fishing and hunting licenses and permits.

That goes to my point. The third deer herd healthiness tuning knob in my post is when those deer may be harvested. If we are having a problem with trophy bucks being harvested after they’ve shed, the issue is with the timing of the season and not the method of take. That said, I hunt to fill...

There’s nothing wrong with having a difference of opinion. I’ve explained, multiple times, why arbitrary caliber restrictions amount to government overreach. I’ve also explained why the appropriate knobs to tune to manage the health of our deer herd are the following: 1. Which deer may be...

Let’s hope the Governor signs it into law. This is a step in the right direction.

I'm fine, thanks for your concern! I'm not Nathan, as you know, but hopefully he is OK as well. Would this not lead the logical and unbiased observer to the conclusion that the problem is with the style of hunting, then, and not caliber of the weapon? Or perhaps the problem is both with the...

Fantastic! Nothing beats hunting with a lever gun.

Yes, I bow hunt as well. I enjoy bow hunting more than rifle hunting. I run a Bowtech that is getting a little long in the tooth but still does the trick.

That’s a fantastic trophy!

I am working up a load for my 375 H&H using 279 grain Hammer bullets. I am excited!

I don’t understand … is the removal of arbitrary caliber restrictions an imminent threat to all things deer hunting in Iowa? Or is it a deeply unpopular change that very few hunters want? I am having a hard time reconciling these two positions… since, by definition, if very few hunters are...

What happens when another hundred thousand hunters join our ranks over the next few decades? What happens to Hunter opportunity then? You’re counting on method of take to achieve a balanced herd in both quality and quantity instead of just doing it directly with tag management. I have no...

You can have the quality deer herd without arbitrary caliber restrictions. That’s what we all want!

I am not an Iowa native. But now that I am a resident I am doing what I can to help make the state a little better for future generations.

If it was up to me the legislature would have allowed all centerfire calibers between 22 and 35 before they allowed them between 35 and 50. But at least we are better off than we were this time last year. That’s not for nothin’.

To me, hunting is just as much about tradition and family as it is about filling the freezer or getting a monster buck. Who doesn’t want to take our kids hunting with the same rifle we learned to hunt with, and that our fathers learned to hunt with, and perhaps even their fathers before them...

I am a lifelong sportsman and conservationist. I applaud their efforts to remove arbitrary restrictions on caliber. Why do you not want to restrict archery season to traditional bows only? Nearly every argument you made against allowing necked cartridges vs straight walled can be made against...

As you said previously that there were “too many opportunities as it is to kill deer” I thought perhaps you’d support restricting archery to traditional bows only. If too many deer are harvested once we have a proper rifle season, do you think we should limit the number of tags available during...