Current State of the Land Market

[tall@wide]

What’s the main reason behind the longer draw periods for non residents? Are there more outfitters or just more NR landowners now these farms are all getting segmented?

I think it's because everyone's state has poor regs and poor hunting, and everyone wants to come to Iowa. Most hunters from out of state think Iowa is better than it is, and they think booners are on every farm. We have a great whitetail state obviously compared to others but not as good as people think.

 

[Hardwood11]

I think it's because everyone's state has poor regs and poor hunting, and everyone wants to come to Iowa. Most hunters from out of state think Iowa is better than it is, and they think booners are on every farm. We have a great whitetail state obviously compared to others but not as good as people think.

I would agree with that. Iowa probably has the best regulations overall, Kansas is very close.

If South Dakota moved their rifle season back 2 weeks, I think it would have the best regulations as “they” have a draw/lottery for gun tags. Which makes the prime areas of SD pretty good—they just don’t have the cover statewide.

**Unfortunately EHD had hurt several areas in Iowa!