‘24 Iowa Whitetail

[Gellar]

Good luck!
I've been waiting patiently for the @Gellar big buck picture/story.

me too.

 

[Gellar]

The day was not wasted though!! I had a pretty important meeting scheduled from 8:30-9 that went 30 minutes long. But after that it was jigs in the water! A 13” crappie makes hand sized bluegills look small.

 

[awells36]

Much to the shagrin of many longtime hunttalkers the first Friday in December can only mean one thing…The proper use of the butt out tool…an Iowa gun season tradition! all the boys are starting to show up, we have a pile of atvs, a pyramid of beers, and we are dreaming of killing big deers. Saturday morning will be opening day of the Iowa regular gun season. We will be hunting on public and private land with a group of 20 (give or take a few) guys and gals who are all interested in having a good time, safety, killing a deer or two and tradition. This same group has been hunting here for over 35 years and the original members have been traipsing these hills since they were kids well over 70 years ago. If the group patriarch tells you to go somewhere, you do it because he knows these hills and deers better than anyone. Deer hunting dates back much further than our group, we are walking among the mound builders. A group of native Americans who built burial mounds in the shape of effigy’s 1200 years ago because of their spiritual connection to these bluffs. If you want to follow along for the next couple of days we are sure to have a good time and shoot a few deer. Maybe even a true Iowa giant!
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Sounds like a great tradition! would love to see the results!

 

[Nick87]

Sounds like a great tradition! would love to see the results!

Did you scroll down..

 

[Gellar]

There was about 20 deer in this photo then all of a sudden this one ran out across the field and all the deer scattered. I have a feeling this one will be the best eating deer I’ve ever had.

 

[Nick87]

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There was about 20 deer in this photo then all of a sudden this one ran out across the field and all the deer scattered. I have a feeling this one will be the best eating deer I’ve ever had.

What am I looking at?

 

[Gellar]

What am I looking at?

A 900 pound angus steer.

 

[Nick87]

A 900 pound angus steer.

Thought so. Almost looked like you cropped it in. You shoot that and your family gatherings will get a little more interesting lol.

 

[Gellar]

Thought so. Almost looked like you cropped it in. You shoot that and your family gatherings will get a little more interesting lol.

i texted a video of it chasing the deer to my FIl. At that point the steer was probably close to a 1/2 mile from where it was supposed to be and about a dozen more were on the road. Based on his response If I would have shot that one he would have been the first in line to cut a steak off that dam thing.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

i texted a video of it chasing the deer to my FIl. At that point the steer was probably close to a 1/2 mile from where it was supposed to be and about a dozen more were on the road. Based on his response If I would have shot that one he would have been the first in line to cut a steak off that dam thing.

This happened to us a few years ago. Finally had a 170ish buck figured out, then a couple of the neighbor's cattle got into our property and made it home where the buck was living. The cattle chased all the deer off every time we were there, and we never saw the buck again. Dad finally had enough and ended up chasing the cows for miles going around our whole property and another neighbor's property until they finally went through the gate that was "accidentally" left open. We've had other issues with this neighbor.
I'm actually amazed my dad restrained himself enough not to fill the freezer with beef.

 

[Gellar]

This happened to us a few years ago. Finally had a 170ish buck figured out, then a couple of the neighbor's cattle got into our property and made it home where the buck was living. The cattle chased all the deer off every time we were there, and we never saw the buck again. Dad finally had enough and ended up chasing the cows for miles going around our whole property and another neighbor's property until they finally went through the gate that was "accidentally" left open. We've had other issues with this neighbor.
I'm actually amazed my dad restrained himself enough not to fill the freezer with beef.

It’s a bit different when it’s your father in laws steer and they are ready to go to the next auction, and it will probably bring $1500 or better.

It actually went back into the pen pretty easy along with the others that were out and we got the fence shored up pretty quick too.

 

[buckbull]

A 900 pound angus steer.

We had brown swiss cattle on the dairy farm but heifers were always inseminated with Angus because it produced a smaller calve and we had less issues for first time mothers. We usually sold them but for some reason one didn't sell. That damn thing broke through more fences than you could count. Angus are kinda nuts.

 

[Gellar]

We had brown swiss cattle on the dairy farm but heifers were always inseminated with Angus because it produced a smaller calve and we had less issues for first time mothers. We usually sold them but for some reason one didn't sell. That damn thing broke through more fences than you could count. Angus are kinda nuts.

There’s always a few who are a pita, they usually get shut in the barnyard pen until they are sold.