My group hunts deer in Southern Iowa, about a two hour drive from where we live. Up here in central Iowa lives a state park officer who owns a cabin near where we hunt. One of my hunting pards has a little brother who had classes with the officer.

We have been using the cabin for the first Iowa shotgun season for about six years now. The officer worries about it during the season but has to work a state park hunt and cannot watch it himself.

It is a sweet deal for us, a free cabin, and no fees to hunt on my cousin's land. In a very real way the criminals have helped our group have a place to hunt. Without the cabin, bad weather this year would have made hunting a misery.

The picture shows how we spent most of opening day drying out.


Bob