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Stick to your goals. If he is alive next year, you will be glad you did.

This pretty well sums 200" deer up perfectly. I have been hunting 44 years and hunting the Midwest since 2008. I've had 2 200" bucks to hunt in all those years on some incredible Midwest farms. I have seen bucks with 200" potential on several occasions, but neighbors always shoot them when they...

In Illinois I would have people send a letter or call every year. In Iowa zero.

Speaking of California, how long before they start saying we are bankrupt? Now that Biden's bogus funding to keep them afloat is gone, they will be in serious trouble..NY and illinois too.

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I hear people say we have less hunters, but I don't personally see it. In Southern Iowa and West Central Illinois, every farm seems to not only be hunted, but they are pounded. As lease prices rise, it takes more and more hunters to pay for the lease. This results in more younger bucks shot and...

I saw noticeably more buck movement starting on the 6th and about that time the mature bucks locked down with the first round of does coming into heat.

I had poor antler growth in my area this year too. I think it was caused by last years drought, and next years poor growth will be from this years drought.

This is very common today even on the best farms around...A couple of main reasons stick out the most to me..Technology has made it too easy to kill the good genetic young bucks and hunters definitely kill lots of them. When I say technology I mainly mean things like cell cams and weapons like...

Mature bucks are definitely with does right now. I've seen a couple of old bucks the last couple of days with a doe. I had a small plot I was on last eve fill up with does and fawns just before dark. I was surprised a youngster didn't come in to bust their party up.

This was a HUGE deal for the country! I have to admit I was a little emotional when I woke up and saw Trump pulled it out. It is a little concerning that so many Americans voted for Kamala but at least Trump came out on top.

Not sure how the moon is affecting them. But this warm, wet weather will probably save a lot of bucks this year during the rut.

I saw on the news this morning that Kamala says she is going to send all the illegals home and close the border. What a joke!! People must be so stupid to believe anything that comes out of her mouth. I voted Monday and can see how Republican votes can be thrown out in Democratic areas. They go...

We definitely need to keep more outfitters out of Iowa. I saw how badly outfitting effected Illinois and we don't want it in Iowa. What about guys who lease land to sell hunts on? Are they considered outfitters too? If not, they should be.

I think almost 100% of the guys making negative comments do it because they are jealous. Anyone who knows Skip or most of the other hunters taking great bucks every year knows they work their tails off. They have earned everything they get and nothing was given to them..Some guys choose hard...

With the warmer weather, I'm getting about 20% of the pictures that I did during the last cold front.

Schuyler was a great county (mostly ruined now by regulations). My neighbor and I both had a 200 inch deer living on our farms there in 2012. Both bucks died that fall of EHD.

One of the things I did in Illinois was to buy land near large, wealthy landowners. The large landowner will eventually want your farm or it will raise the price for other buyers wanting to be next to a large highly managed piece. You get top $ when selling.

Nice job! This story is great...Having your son there with you, and it shows what age can do for these bucks. In most areas he would have been toast at 3 years old. Congrats!

I think this is a great idea but who decides if it is an actual EHD death? Do they take the word of the hunter sending it in, or do they send a DNR official to investigate..I just wonder how accurate the results are since some deaths are caused by other things. Obviously, a death in a pond or...