Iowa Deer population, by year, graph….

[IowaBowHunter1983]

On another note deer get a lot of bad rap for damage coons do!!!!!

100% agree. We have a racoon epidemic. It's insane. Coons & Turkeys 100% do more "damage" to a corn field that deer ever dreamed of doing. Farmers see deer. They don't see the racoons nearly as much, but they are extremely over populated. Farm Bureau should wage ware on racoons, not deer.

 

[Muskrat24]

100% agree. We have a racoon epidemic. It's insane. Coons & Turkeys 100% do more "damage" to a corn field that deer ever dreamed of doing. Farmers see deer. They don't see the racoons nearly as much, but they are extremely over populated. Farm Bureau should wage ware on racoons, not deer.

I don’t have the luxury of having a standing corn food plot but there is a reason why hunters knock it down and it sure isn’t ONLY for more visibility…. Deer will eat on the stalk but not nearly as much as when it is on the ground after coons have hogged it down.