FishN4Eyes
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Full disclosure: this was a DIY (with help from a buddy) hunt on private land. There didn't appear to be a lot of public land in Iowa.
A buddy of mine from the Midwest wanted to trade an elk hunt for a deer hunt. He came out the last two years to MT and shot two elk each year so that part was a success.
After a couple of years of buying points, I put in the for late season muzzleloader this year and headed to Iowa.
Hunting out of a stand and with a muzzleloader was a new type of hunting for me.
It was different but fun and we had this nice buck come into a bean field early in the hunt.
With not great weather conditions (it was pretty warm, mid-30's) and no snow we decided to take him.
He scored 157" and we figured a 4.5 YO which was what we were looking for age-wise.
Anyhoo, it was fun to do something different in a different part of the States and I enjoyed it.
We also shot a doe as my buddy wanted some jerky stick meat and I wanted some more backstraps. Good eating deer for sure.
My buddy's friend shot the big eight (now I'm sounding like those guys) in the picture below, a really cool buck with good mass.
No packs required on this one!
A couple more pics:
One thing I should add is the sheds in front of my deer are his from last year.
He put on over 30" in the last year. A good reason to not shoot those 3.5 YO. And maybe those 4.5 YO's either!
Pretty cool to get those as well!
A buddy of mine from the Midwest wanted to trade an elk hunt for a deer hunt. He came out the last two years to MT and shot two elk each year so that part was a success.
After a couple of years of buying points, I put in the for late season muzzleloader this year and headed to Iowa.
Hunting out of a stand and with a muzzleloader was a new type of hunting for me.
It was different but fun and we had this nice buck come into a bean field early in the hunt.
With not great weather conditions (it was pretty warm, mid-30's) and no snow we decided to take him.
He scored 157" and we figured a 4.5 YO which was what we were looking for age-wise.
Anyhoo, it was fun to do something different in a different part of the States and I enjoyed it.
We also shot a doe as my buddy wanted some jerky stick meat and I wanted some more backstraps. Good eating deer for sure.
My buddy's friend shot the big eight (now I'm sounding like those guys) in the picture below, a really cool buck with good mass.
No packs required on this one!
A couple more pics:
One thing I should add is the sheds in front of my deer are his from last year.
He put on over 30" in the last year. A good reason to not shoot those 3.5 YO. And maybe those 4.5 YO's either!
Pretty cool to get those as well!
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