Dan - great looking place! Love log/wood cabins! Just something about them....

Al - looks like you have a nice chunk of land to hunt! Should be able to find some sweet stand sites!

Fran- looks like you've been busy with your varmit rig and have a good handle on your fall strategy...

Mike - nothing like learning some new property on the fly - you've got enough whitetail knowledge that you'll be fine.

Was reading on IA's DNR site, and it looks like the draw results won't be posted for another month - it's like sitting on pins and needles.... Won't be all bad if I don't draw though, I'll just hunt around here that week instead...

Will be putting some trail cams out next month and be hanging stands soon... Got a couple of new stand sites I want to try this year... One of them should be corn which should be good, the other will most likelybebeans (assuming it get's planted within the next week), but still,there are some nice little draws and pieces of cover that should help hold the deer...

Expectations?? Not sure yet... If I draw the IA tag, they will be higher... Around home it just depends on what Isee on thetrail cams...