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Got in the stand at 6:14 this morning and immediately heard something in the timber to the east of me. Looking through the binocs I made out a doe about 40-50 yards out. The slight wind out the south and the fact that I approached my stand from the west allowed me to get in the tree...

The deer vs. property rights is down the page a bit, kind of a long read too. Found it through a Iowa Woodalands link. Note his comment about bow hunting. http://www.kellytreefarm.com/info.html

Got this in an email from a friend today. Taken last summer in east central Iowa on a farm I hunt. Check out the suspicious looking hole in the left ear, caused by a shotgun slug? And the damage to the other edge of the same ear. Looks like the slug almost took the tip of the ear off. Isn't...

For those who enjoy short and easy tracking of mortally wounded deer may I suggest using the Nosler Partition HG 260 grain bullet? I’ve been using that projectile for the last 3 years and the NP HG’s terminal performance has been nothing but spectacular. Every deer I’ve shot has been a...

Hopefully some readers can benefit from my close call this morning. Let me preface my story by detailing my stand set-up. I have a hang-on stand about 20 feet up in a big walnut tree that has many big branches, lots of Y’s, coming off the main truck. I have a total of 9 screw-in steps in the...

Took a nice healthy doe last Friday AM, meat for the freezer. Here’s the story; just so you know, maybe 30 seconds passed from the time I saw her to the time I shot. Testament to the adage always be ready (which I almost wasn’t). Was in the stand nice and early, didn’t see anything but...

A co-worker just stopped by with some pics of the bucks her 14 y.o. son and a friend collected this past week-end during the youth hunt. I'm not an expert, but I gotta believe these are 170+ class bucks. One buck has drops on both sides at the front and the other has a huge spread and tine...

Was forwarded an email from a family member about some elk near Harpers Ferry. A bull and two cows, the email states the DNR shot the cows. Anyone know anything about this? I’m sure there’s an explanation. They took some pictures of the bull, now if I can only figure out how to attach a .jpg...

In case any gastronomes are interested... I just made a batch of summer sausage that came out just about perfect. I got supplies from Eldon Sausage in Idaho, you can google the site up. I used A.C. Leggs Olde Plantation summer sausage seasoning. I used 9 lbs of beef bottom round roast and 13...

I hunted a deer population management zone yesterday and saw 4-5 deer before dropping a nice doe at 128 yards with the scoped inline muzzle stuffer at 7:45 am. Hit her in the neck and she dropped like the proverbial bad habit. The yearling that was with hung around, giving me enough time to...

Had a good morning yesterday; got to my stand late, about a ½ hour before sunrise. First time hunting out of this particular stand and since we need some fresh meat I was prepared to zap the first decent sized doe. I was also prepared to drop a monster if one happened by; having shot a number...

Sat. evening I took my 8 year old daughter with me, she just turned 8 a couple weeks ago. Every year I take each daughter (I have two) on a couple hunts just to expose them to bow hunting, deer, and nature. After arriving at the farm I hunt, I’m putting on my gear and I smell perfume. My...

I just have to share the "Outdoor Life Network" type hunt I had last evening with the ML. Took off a little early from work and made it to my hunting ground around five pm. A quick survey revealed that the neighbor had picked his corn but the corn on our property was still standing. The...

Until I see the photo, I say this is pure rumor... but I was talking to a friend on Sat. and he knows someone who's trail cam snapped a mountain lion. So this is officially a friend of a friend report. My friend hasn't seen the trail cam photo either, so take this report with a tablespoon of salt.