My 2017 Iowa Hunt
I just returned from a week of DIY bow hunting in south/central Iowa. I had a fantastic hunt. Every sit I saw bucks chasing doe.
On the third morning I had a mature buck come in around 7:45AM. He approached from my left and as soon as I saw him I knew I was going to try and get a shot. A medium size buck by Iowa standards, he was a giant to me. I released an arrow at 15 yards and watched him disappear into the ravine. I thought I made a good shot, but backed out to give him some time. We went back in after 2.5 hours and began the tracking. He went about 150 yards and lay at the top of a finger Ridge.
He dressed out at 185lbs. He is a 9pt with an 18”inside spread and grossed 126”. What amazed me the most was seeing bucks every day chasing doe and grunting. Even got to watch a couple of bucks fight for about 10 minutes. As a bonus, my partner also took a beautiful 11pt 129” buck on the ground by rattling him in. An exciting week for us!