Vermin93":zgq1aan0 said:
Any thoughts on the best deer unit for an Iowa DIY public land hunt? I have 4 points banked and I'm thinking about making 2017 the year to actually apply for a unit now that my mini hunting camper is fully operational.
I will go through some old Huntin Fool
Magazines and see what they have to say. Iowa is not known as a DIY public land state in the general sense but I do know pockets of public land exist, require some pre season scouting to fully monopolize and can produce some bruisers. Oddly enough they get most pressure during bow (rut) from what Im told.
Check out "Chasing November" on Carbon TV. They have a few public land Iowa hunts that might give you an idea.
On a side note; Im friends with a taxidermist in Iowa that lives on a small lake. It is surrounded by public land and he usually mounts a Booner or two from that area every couple years. So the hint is to check out the water access areas.
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