Absolute bull$hit with Iowa. I have lived there and hunted deer for 15 years. Mason City area. Yeah we have taken some nice deer and luckily we have our own land to hunt on. Good luck if you are out of state getting on some decent land. I now live in Seattle and for the first time I am going to miss the 2005 season. Kinda depressing but to spend that kind of money for a chance to take a poke at an Iowa whitetail with a pumpkin lobber. Iowa has good deer but not that good. They need to reduce that price for out of staters. Look at how the pheasant opener drives the economy. Deer season could do that as well. Just frustrated with Iowa gov. One good thing, unlike Seattle, there are no tree huggers in Iowa.