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Tn...A Trophy Destination State?
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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 4234309" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>I've been going to Iowa for 10 years now bow hunting and muzzle loader. This is a so called trophy state. When we started the NR tags were plentiful and were about $100; now you might wait several years to get drawn for a bow tag in certain zones and the tag is $567. I hunt in zone 2 because that's where we have property to hunt. It's not a great zone because it's open country. Tags are a little easier to get. But, you can see the deer there after the crops are out. Over the years we may have seen 3 or 4 in the 150 class and they are rare. Since party hunting is legal the shotgunners tend to get most of the good bucks and every few years the winter take the rest. We've killed a few decent bucks but nothing over 120. Surprising huh? All I'm saying is that it's not all like Lee and Tiffany's place. True trophy bucks are still very rare, no matter where you go. There has to be more than big bucks to make a trophy state. Iowa has pheasants, limited gun seasons (5 days) twice a year after the rut, unpressured deer and big bodied deer, open country, at least where we hunt. Overall, it's a unique hunting experience. We really don't expect to kill anything any bigger than we could kill here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 4234309, member: 10373"] I've been going to Iowa for 10 years now bow hunting and muzzle loader. This is a so called trophy state. When we started the NR tags were plentiful and were about $100; now you might wait several years to get drawn for a bow tag in certain zones and the tag is $567. I hunt in zone 2 because that's where we have property to hunt. It's not a great zone because it's open country. Tags are a little easier to get. But, you can see the deer there after the crops are out. Over the years we may have seen 3 or 4 in the 150 class and they are rare. Since party hunting is legal the shotgunners tend to get most of the good bucks and every few years the winter take the rest. We've killed a few decent bucks but nothing over 120. Surprising huh? All I'm saying is that it's not all like Lee and Tiffany's place. True trophy bucks are still very rare, no matter where you go. There has to be more than big bucks to make a trophy state. Iowa has pheasants, limited gun seasons (5 days) twice a year after the rut, unpressured deer and big bodied deer, open country, at least where we hunt. Overall, it's a unique hunting experience. We really don't expect to kill anything any bigger than we could kill here. [/QUOTE]
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