Score this buck and i'll take you hunting for 2 days any season

[FISHINGFARMER]

TJM:

Just had a chance to read entire post you started. Very good job in scouting pre-season locations for your deer hunts. And congrats on the buck you just had scored.

Many areas here hold bucks like that, but few have the insight to look at places that many would drive by and not give it a second look.

Good luck to you and the lucky winner of the pool quess on the scoring this year.

Farmer

[tjm]

Thanks FishingFarmer

Where abouts in Iowa you at?? Central sounds close to the area i deer hunt when we get lucky and draw a permit.Since Iowa is'nt that big i gotta be close

[FISHINGFARMER]

TJM:

Our home farm is near Perry, Iowa

The town is in what they call the tri-county area.

If you know it's location you know what counties we farm in and around.

If I was smart enough I would post a picture of a buck I shot a couple years back.

Again, good luck in this years hunt and don't shoot mine if your in this area.

Farmer

[harvey lee]

I will say this about parts of central Iowa.When I use to pheasant hunt around Carroll and the area south and aouth east of there we would see a large amount of big plus bucks.More than any area I have ever hunted around except maybe the Milk river area of Montana.

You guys have a excellent deer area.One might say the game and fish have done a very good job.Another thing that might help is your later season.

Good luck to all.

[tjm]

Farmer

Draw a line straight SE from Perry through DesMoines the same distance you are from DesMoines and your in my stomping grounds

I'm thinking back a few years ago i was around your area blasting a few yotes when we had no snow.The land around your area is mainly open ground but nice rolling hills just on the edge of the flat land am i correct???

Well next season when i get drawn for Iowa maybe we can hook up.I'm near red rock state park.I'm so close to that my stand is iffyyyyyy iffyyyyy on park land or private land.Just depends on how the fence grew through the tree and what side of the fence your looking down the line from.

Iowa is rated right up there with Kansas i'll say that much.Kansas just has big deer all over the state and Iowa has big deer all over as well just that Kansas has more Big bucks per square mile do to cover

I'm sure i'll make a trip down to see the local farmer around the second weekend of Dec just to let him know i'm still alive and ready to come back so dont let some new guy from Minnesota take my place cause he cant hit a darn thing anyways Send me an E-mail Farmer at tjmalaskan at yahoo dot commmm

[FISHINGFARMER]

Harvey Lee:

Yes, I have to agree that Iowa's DNR has done a great job with the Deer population's and our late season hunts do help also. But what I have seen to increase big Buck ratio is, and I don't want to blow our industry's horn is.

Farmers, especially here in our part of the state believe in conservation practices to preserve our valuable resource. That is our top 6 inches of top soil. Many construct filter strips and crp ground on their farms. Not your typical fence line to fence line farming in other states.

The last 10 or so years, this practice of helping to control erosion has exploded the area of nesting sites for upland birds and bedding areas for deer. Tucked away in these shelter belts are where the BIG BUCKS hang low away from traditional timber ground hunting. They grow big because of there age and they know where to hang low year after year right!!

TJM:

Like I posted earlier, your insight on finding and scouting out areas to hold big Bucks is your reason for the

results you recieve each year. Yes, you have to have some luck involved in hunting, but you have shown that hard pre-season homework does pay big in the bucks you end up with year after year. Your line sight on the area is just about the ideal locate here in central Iowa.

I'll shoot you a e-mail tomorrow night.

Red Rock is a good area too.

Farmer