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Post by badbrad on Sept 21, 2020 7:35:37 GMT -6
So I'm interested in starting to do more traveling hunts. Besides Elk and Muleys I'm thinking about starting to apply for iowa bowhunting. I believe it takes 2-3 years to get a tag for out of state residents. So what is the best way to secure a place to hunt? Can you find reasonable priced land to lease? outfitters? Public land? What is the best way to go about this and what is realistic?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 21, 2020 8:01:48 GMT -6
I could show you to some public land in the western part of the state if interested. Very nice area, you can google or Youtube Loess Hills, for the type of terrain. It is good hunting. My neighbor has 280 acres of prime land and he spends 50% of his time hunting on public, just because he knows a giant could show up anytime. Jerry was looking down there as well, be happy to show you guys some spots.
*It usually takes 2 years to draw.
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 21, 2020 8:06:49 GMT -6
My friend hunts The Fort Dodge area on public land. There is a LOT to hunt. Iowa DNR plants food plots on their public land. They see lots of deer activity and have gotten some very nice bucks. They rarely see other hunters.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 21, 2020 8:10:56 GMT -6
My friend hunts The Fort Dodge area on public land. There is a LOT to hunt. Iowa DNR plants food plots on their public land. They see lots of deer activity and have gotten some very nice bucks. They rarely see other hunters. BLB--that is a good area! Plus easier to draw. I looked very hard at Boone & Webster County before I bought in Monona County. Great genetics in both areas, not uncommon to see 3 year olds in the 150 range. |
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 21, 2020 11:49:58 GMT -6
My friend hunts The Fort Dodge area on public land. There is a LOT to hunt. Iowa DNR plants food plots on their public land. They see lots of deer activity and have gotten some very nice bucks. They rarely see other hunters. Food plots on public hunting ground? I want to trade managers! I tried to get a firebreak in a wooded area seeded with clover. I said we could supply the seed. Simple answer was Nope! There is enough of that type of habitat. |
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 21, 2020 11:57:25 GMT -6
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 21, 2020 11:59:37 GMT -6
My friend hunts The Fort Dodge area on public land. There is a LOT to hunt. Iowa DNR plants food plots on their public land. They see lots of deer activity and have gotten some very nice bucks. They rarely see other hunters. Food plots on public hunting ground? I want to trade managers! I tried to get a firebreak in a wooded area seeded with clover. I said we could supply the seed. Simple answer was Nope! There is enough of that type of habitat. Heck ya, there is a big block of great public land in my area in Iowa, and they have about 100 acres of crop right in the middle of it. They lease it to a farmer and he leaves about 10 acres of corn in exchange for the rest...something like that. So different down there! |
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 21, 2020 12:01:04 GMT -6
click on any of the public hunting spots and it brings up a table of information about that specific chunk of land.
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Post by wiscwhip on Sept 21, 2020 14:19:14 GMT -6
Find yourself a nice, corn-fed, Iowegian 'rasslin' cheerleader (they likes 'em some 'rasslin' in those parts) who's family owns about 1,200 acres of prime farm ground, and your in like Flynn!
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 21, 2020 14:40:45 GMT -6
Find yourself a nice, corn-fed, Iowegian 'rasslin' cheerleader (they likes 'em some 'rasslin' in those parts) who's family owns about 1,200 acres of prime farm ground, and your in like Flynn!  |
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Post by smallchunk on Sept 26, 2020 21:32:31 GMT -6
My two buddies and I put in this summer for the points. Maybe get drawn next year? We really need to start doing some scouting haha
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