Recent content by cbw

And the first visitors of the night. Great to see fawns—we have several pair on our property this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice pinch point where a pond to the left (behind the trees) brings deer where 4 habitat features merge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After not having any success trapping, I tried a few snares last winter. Caught 5 coyote and a bobcat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Always nice to see a momma with twins! On a new stand and new plot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First pheasant I shot as a kid was with my grandfather’s a single shot Ithica with a lever action break. Loved that gun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nicely done! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is so awesome! Great job, Dad! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not that bucks are scarce, more that in gun season, it’s mostly party hunt and brown is down. Fill the freezer mentality. Tradition. It was the way I grew up learning the sport. Until I started archery hunting. Though the party hunting is getting less and less. Sent from my iPhone using...

Most deer/bucks are taken during our short gun season. Most gun hunters are meat hunters. You either have a 4 day season or an 8 day season. If you let one pass, not likely to get another. Throw in deer drives where brown is down and a lot f yearlings drop. Would be completely different if the...

Great interview with Jace Elliott. Super impressed with his grasp of the issues that hunters care about. They cover a ton: - EHD - and how they responded after getting hit hard last year. - the positive effect on the resource of keeping crossbows/crossguns out of archery - harvest limits — 1 vs...

Our area of SW Iowa has been hammered by EHD the past few years. One farm 4 miles from us found 40+ dead deer last summer/fall. Gratefully, I have not found a single dead deer that looked like it was from EHD (in water, etc). Our farm has 8 ponds, several creeks and a river that run through...

I have a 6yo redneck, a couple Banks, and a couple homemade blinds. Favorite is a bank’s mounted on an old wagon chassis so we can move around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Granddaughter catching her first ever fish! (With her Aunt) Love it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks, Bowsnbucks ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got 4ac fall foodplots drilled in today and yesterday. - GC Fall Release - brassicas - clover/brassica mix Good chance of rain tonight. The clover / alfalfa plot we put in last year is looking the best any of our clover has done… The other timber plot, however, I failed completely...