racksnbeards, you are right about NR in iowa..they are waaayyy too hard on us. but im glad they do it that way. protects all the huge monster bucks. thats why they have so many. i wish they had a preference for landowners...we own 640 acres and we get as much preference as some schmuck hunting the public land...ugh...oh wait, sorry, i meant texas when i was talking about those huge deer...yep, only like 3 deer in iowa...they live in a pen..no deer in iowa, been extinct for centuries.....wisconsin is really good as a trophy state too...way overlooked IMO

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