Anybody Doing an Urban/City Bow hunt?

[Hardcorehunter]

I just signed my girlfriend Emily and I up for the hoops we have to jump through in order to qualify for a city/urban deer hunt. We have to take a Bow hunter safety class. The class is free, but lasts 4 hours and and then 4 days later we have to pass a shooting proficiency test. The class is good for any city hunt in the state in upcoming years, but every year a shooting proficiency test has to be taken again. Last year the city I live in, offered 200 of these tags, and only had 10 applicants participate with only 5 does checked in, according to what my pro shop claimed. The City hunt will be in its' 3rd season this year. A lot of guys think it is a pain, as there are rules such as the deer has to be covered entirely as it is being dragged out of the woods and you can not gut the deer in the city woods either.This, and there are no buck incentives, like some other city hunts in IOWA offer. I am doing it as it will be great way to train Emily on how to bow hunt, hang a stand/sticks, stand area selection, and etc since this is her 1st year. I can be relaxed training her, as it is doe only and I don't have to worry about educating deer in my own woods. looks like a great way to train youth and new comers to bow hunting deer. Plus, season opens 15 days before regular season. I figure it will be a great way to also get some experience in my new Tree saddle. Anybody else doing an Urban hunt?

 

[deerhunter93]

This will be my forth year doing the urban hunt. My dad has been doing the urban hunt for 10 years, and this will be my brothers second year. We like them becasue they are easy to get to and close to home.

 

[bowhuntr311]

I have never done any sort of urban hunt.

But I like your thought process about teaching someone new to hunt that way with out educating the deer in your woods. Not to mention that most urban hunting has plenty of deer, thats why your there in the first place.

If you wanna try something totally off the wall that has a possibilty of sending everydeer in earshot into the next county...HAVE AT IT. Or at least thats my thoughts on it. Might as well use that hunt as an experiment hunt.

 

[oldgene]

Nothing like practicing on the real thing.

 

[biggest buck]

This will be Council Bluffs' second year, as well as my second year participating in the Urban hunt. September 12th is coming quickly!