I just looked back at last year post and it started on October 20th. It's that time again!!! The leaves are turning beautiful colors. The last few morning have been frosty with temps in the upper 20s. Harvest is in full swing. Scrapes are showing up along field edges and in the timber. The pre-rut is in its early stages.
I haven't hunted at all yet. I bought my archery tags last Friday. I am going to start sitting in the evenings soon.
The only thing complicating matters is the fact that I spent about 4 hours in the Davis County Hospital Emergency Room yesterday morning. I had a scary episode early yesterday morning with my blood pressure and ended up in ER. I was pretty sure I was having a heart attack. Fortunately the EKG and bloodwork indicated that I did not have a heart attack and there was no damage to my heart. The Dr. adjusted my blood pressure medicine and scolded me on some of my lifestyle habits. I am scheduled for a echo stress test. I am going to have to take it easy and be careful, but as far as I am concerned the hunt will go on. Any prayers will be greatly appreciated.
I reviewed my journal from last year. During the 2021 season in 46 sits I saw 63 bucks and 106 does. In comparison during the 2020 season I saw 68 bucks and 78 does in 54 sits. Last year I tagged two bucks during archery season. One on my landowner tag on November 8th and one on my statewide tag on November 18th.
I really don't have a "target" buck.....yet, but things can change quickly as we head into November. I have some decent bucks on camera, but none to get overly excited about.
Despite what you see on TV and have heard, hunting Whitetail deer in Iowa is not easy. There is abundant food sources everywhere. A lot depends on crop rotation, harvest schedules....generally what the farmers are doing. You try to set up using the intel from scouting, game cams, observation at dawn and dusk, etc. You never really know which trail the deer are going to come from. Then you have to be fortunate enough to stop them in your shooting lanes and make the shot.
My food plots are looking good. I walked down to take some progress pictures of my food plots this evening. One of them had several deer in it at about 4:30pm.
I will do my best to keep this thread updated throughout my season.
Here is a link to last years thread:
Here are a few pictures to get this thread started.
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I haven't hunted at all yet. I bought my archery tags last Friday. I am going to start sitting in the evenings soon.
The only thing complicating matters is the fact that I spent about 4 hours in the Davis County Hospital Emergency Room yesterday morning. I had a scary episode early yesterday morning with my blood pressure and ended up in ER. I was pretty sure I was having a heart attack. Fortunately the EKG and bloodwork indicated that I did not have a heart attack and there was no damage to my heart. The Dr. adjusted my blood pressure medicine and scolded me on some of my lifestyle habits. I am scheduled for a echo stress test. I am going to have to take it easy and be careful, but as far as I am concerned the hunt will go on. Any prayers will be greatly appreciated.
I reviewed my journal from last year. During the 2021 season in 46 sits I saw 63 bucks and 106 does. In comparison during the 2020 season I saw 68 bucks and 78 does in 54 sits. Last year I tagged two bucks during archery season. One on my landowner tag on November 8th and one on my statewide tag on November 18th.
I really don't have a "target" buck.....yet, but things can change quickly as we head into November. I have some decent bucks on camera, but none to get overly excited about.
Despite what you see on TV and have heard, hunting Whitetail deer in Iowa is not easy. There is abundant food sources everywhere. A lot depends on crop rotation, harvest schedules....generally what the farmers are doing. You try to set up using the intel from scouting, game cams, observation at dawn and dusk, etc. You never really know which trail the deer are going to come from. Then you have to be fortunate enough to stop them in your shooting lanes and make the shot.
My food plots are looking good. I walked down to take some progress pictures of my food plots this evening. One of them had several deer in it at about 4:30pm.
I will do my best to keep this thread updated throughout my season.
Here is a link to last years thread:
Here are a few pictures to get this thread started.
Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
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