Compatibility
Deer hunters seeking an Iowa deer hunting lease have created a lot of their own
problems with the most vocal hunters seemingly the least interested in deer hunting or a
lease.
Leasing Iowa hunting land has general issues as any where else and some
specific to Iowa. The common issues include the not all
compatible landowner and hunter goals.
Hunter
The do it yourself whitetail deer hunter’s goal in a lease is first the right habitat within a
region of the state that has a trophy whitetail history along with limited
surrounding pressure in the form of less hunting pressure or higher quality
whitetail
management. That same ground must have sufficient acreage for freedom to
maneuver and allow for plenty of loafing area away from the property lines. A
tall order to fill.
Landowners
Landowners want the maximum income possible even after having heard the many
Co-Op and coffee house rumors of the high payment costs someone knows someone
else is getting. That same landowner seeks to limit liability and contact time
with the hunters, unless of course that contact time comes in the form of more
money by providing room and board.
Conflict
Landowner and whitetail deer hunter goals further come into conflict with land use
practices.
The landowner seeking maximum farming income through minimizes
waste (wildlife habitat) ground.
Hunters want food plots and year
round non-farming/cattle use of the wildlife areas to limit human pressure and
animal displacement.
If overcoming these common deer hunting lease and land use issues Iowa offers
additional lease hurdles mostly in the form of the non-resident deer tags being a
competitive draw, meaning how to get tags in order to justify lease payments.
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I would also like to thank you guys for the advice over the past two years. My
first year I did hunt [location deleted]. I saw great deer but had no luck. My
second year, I drew an [location deleted] tag. I spent seven days hunting some
great land in [location deleted]. I finally met another member by the name of
Bernie (from Missouri). We spent one afternoon tracking a deer he had shot but
were unable to recover the deer. He was a really nice guy and it is nice to know
that this is the type of member that the staff is recruiting. Anyway, during my
week in [location deleted], I saw some great deer. I saw two really nice deer
and had one about 37 yards out from my stand. Unfortunately, I was never able to
get a shot off on him. On the second to last day, after a few days of light
snow, I had a nice buck respond to my grunt call. I took the shot at 15 yards.
He was by far the biggest bodied deer I have ever seen. I am guessing in the
230-250 lb range. He had only seven points because of some rack damage to his
right side. It looked like he may have injured the rack during its time in
velvet, or sometime during the prior season. The left side was perfect and he
had great "[location deleted]" mass. Regardless, I was happy with the trophy. I
have enclosed three pictures of the Iowa buck. The "field" shot is not that
great, but you can see how cold it was. The other photos have two deer. The deer
on the right is the [location deleted] deer. The deer on the left is one that I
harvested the week before coming to [location deleted]. It was a spectacular
North Carolina deer. It is still incredible how much bigger the [location
deleted] buck is than the NC buck who weighed 190 lbs. Thanks for all the help
over the past two years. You guys, as well as, the club are exceptional and I
hope that it continues for many years to come. I truly love hunting in the
Midwest.
John
Thanks John for taking the time to set up a deer comparison we just do not get to see
too often. The extra effort of moving mounts is well appreciated.
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