Definitely hard to beat. Love living in Iowa!
You cannot even guarantee that on the best properties in Iowa, or anywhere. Do you know how rare 200" bucks are?
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He gave a range, he did not specify a 200" every year, yes, true 200" are quite rare. However, his range is very reasonable in my experience. Even in our down years there are at least a couple/few over 160" to consider and in our up years...well, we once had pics/sightings of 9 different bucks that were 155"+, with a couple of those right at, or north of, 190".
I have only been here a couple years but like you mentioned finding a 160+ definitely hasn’t been a problem.He gave a range, he did not specify a 200" every year, yes, true 200" are quite rare. However, his range is very reasonable in my experience. Even in our down years there are at least a couple/few over 160" to consider and in our up years...well, we once had pics/sightings of 9 different bucks that were 155"+, with a couple of those right at, or north of, 190".
Not all of those spent the majority of their time on us, but we wouldn't have their pic(s) if they didn't come on our place some. The biggest "problem" in those times...you start seeing A LOT of broken racks...just too many brutes around for there not to be some breakage going on.
FWIW, I know of other neighborhoods that are even stronger than that year in and year out.
Very rare. That’s why I was asking about 160+
Definitely they're killing a lot of giants. I think the one buck rule make a huge difference and lots of private land. The Iowa numbers as well as some other states are most likely lower due to most hunters don't enter them.
True. ^^ I don't know enough to say what the number really is...but very few of the big boys I know of that have been taken over the last several years are registered anywhere. I would guess maybe only 10%-20% get officially recorded?? Whatever the real number is though...the "stats" are way low to what is actually happening in my experience.
