any Iowans out there!!!!!!!!
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: carroll, IA/ Mountain Home AFB
Posts: 175
any Iowans out there!!!!!!!!
i am getting ready to return to iowa after a couple of years over seas and was wondering if the rut has started or what the deer have been like this year. good luck to all.
Marshall
Marshall
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ROCKFORD ILLINOIS USA
Posts: 120
RE: any Iowans out there!!!!!!!!
Scraping and rubbing big time. I drew a non res this year and will be hunting it for the first time this weekend. Looking forward to it. Best Pre Rut sign I have seen in years. Then again this will be the first time in Iowa.
#4
RE: any Iowans out there!!!!!!!!
I hunt Southern Iowa. The small bucks are starting to chase, so I would say primetime is about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks out. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be going now though. There has been a lot of scraping and rubbing going on too.
#5
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Iowa, Dubuque
Posts: 67
RE: any Iowans out there!!!!!!!!
Yes, Dubuque. Iv'e been out about every other day and the last few weeks have been slow. Small bucks and some does. My trail cams having been picking up all the activity at night- and all night at that. The last two days there has been considerably more movement along with local stories just starting to pop up about bucks moving. I always look at Nov. 1st as a good marker for the start of action and it seems to be holding true to form this year. Good luck!