Check out this video I took last year on our lease. This buck hopped the fence at 65 yards away, and I almost crapped my pants. ended up quartering away from me to about 100 yards as he walked out into the beans. I was standing there with a bow in my hands. 10 days earlier and I would have had the ML, and he would have been on my wall. Never have gotten a picture of this deer in 4 years until last january.I still call this a successful hunt, but I sure would have liked to have him come by in Bow range!
That's a real friggin nice buck. Even in IA.