ORIGINAL: Schultzy
ORIGINAL: Robert L E
I agree that most book deer in Iowa never go on the books. No one wants to screw up their honey hole with publicity.
More then you think go in the books from Iowa. I'm good friends with one of the P@Y measurer's and he measure's a ton of racks In Iowa that go in P@Y and B@C books. Look in the books, you will see allot of deer from Iowa.
"No one" was an exageration, I should have said "Most". I do know people with book racks on the wall who have not recorded them. I do not know anyone who HAS recorded a book deer. I could even lose permission to hunt if I reported a book deer. My guess is that 30 to 40% are recorded. I think the trend is downward too but as I said, these are guesses based on my limited personal knowlege.
A record deer will come out, there is too much money involved.
Keep in mind that I am talking the State of Iowa book here, 150 and up typical and 170 and up non. A couple were well above these minimums and two of the biggest have not been measured at all. (probably into P&Y)
Bob