1 December 2007
My Whitetail Deer, Quail, & Pheasant Hunting Trip To Iowa
Posted by Darrell under: Planning a Trip .
I’m off to Iowa. Actually, by the time you read this - I’ll be in Iowa, happily hunting for giant whitetail deer. My friend Dana invited me to accompany him to his family farm for this season’s whitetail deer hunt. The ‘farm’ is apparently over 7,000 acres of Iowa rolling hills, all planted in corn; except the treed wind rows and small draws between the fields. According to the information I’ve been given, those small wooded areas are plumb full of giant whitetails.
In an effort to further excite me about this hunt, Dana told me about the giant bucks that come off the property each year. He makes almost casual references to the 160+ class deer that are taken EVERY year and even mentioned in passing the 180 class buck his cousin took last year. Did I mention it had a 12″ drop tine? That is my dream buck. A drop tine. I’ll be ecstatic if I’m lucky enought to see a big bruiser buck with a drop tine, let alone get a shot opportunity.
In Iowa deer hunting requires a shotgun and slugs. Rifles are not allowed. Fortunately, I’ve hunted for years with a Remington 870 Express Deer gun. It has a smooth bore and rifle sites and I shoot the cheap Remington 2 3/4″ slugger slugs that can be purchased at Walmart for around $3 a box. I bought 75 rounds in preparation for this trip. The guys at the sporting goods counter in Walmart looked at me like I was crazy (especially since firearms season is over here in Missouri). “I’m heading to Iowa” I stated in my matter of fact way. “Ohhh” the Walmart guys said in return, like it made some kind of sense. Man, people are weird! But, I’m digressing.
So, back to the subject at hand. Big Iowa whitetail bucks. Two hundred plus pound does. All corn fed sweet meat. Throw in some quail, pheasant, and rabbit hunting, a nighttime coon hunt (the real deal where you set the hounds loose) and a possible coyote hunt and you have the ultimate mixed bag hunting trip!
I hope to return with some great stories and pictures and maybe a deer or two. Wish me luck!
5 Comments so far...
CDGardens Says:
1 December 2007 at 9:10 pm.
Hope you are having some great success hunting here in the state of Iowa. Little bit of a bummer today with the weather that passed through. Waiting to hear how you faired.
deerPhD Says:
4 December 2007 at 6:50 am.
Darrell…my plane ticket still hasn’t arrived - I thought I was coming?!?!?!
Best of luck man - you should be in for a treat!
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