Draws
Iowa deer hunting tags are tough to draw for the non-resident
deer hunter and those that do draw an Iowa deer tags will find Iowa's deer hunting to
meet expectations.
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Over the years we have seen that it is more likely any
deer hunter will draw a Kansas tag before an Iowa tag and that
Iowa’s point preference system for non-draw years to rarely allow
any hunter to go beyond 2 points without getting a subsequent tag.
The best case to hope for is alternating years between Iowa and
Kansas for successful tag draw. To that end the first season Iowa
hunter is
well advised to apply for both states. Anticipate securing a Kansas
tag and not an Iowa tag and set up future year successful draws to
be offset between the two states. This draw tag approach may be
further enhanced with the preference point purchase system gaining
favor over recent years. Baring that approach there is not much else a hunter can
do as the whitetail tag draws does appear to be random in nature.
This one strategy is the only one we have observed to have any
success. That success while desired for alternating tags from season
to season probably will mean a year when tags are drawn for both
states and a year when no tag is drawn. That one year without a draw
tag may be the year that hunter discovers Missouri and find that it
will no longer be a second choice whitetail state.
DIY
While our DIY hunts are what most whitetail hunters seek for
their time a field we are careful not to over sell our organization or the
whitetail hunts that we offer. The over sell part would be to raise
expectations of trophy success beyond that of reality. We believe
fair chase hunts are about 98% failure with all do it yourself hunters working
for that one special day a season when it is all about 100% success. If we
accept this, the next part is that not all will have their best success every
season and most will hunt several seasons to achieve what it is they want. Not a
bunch of double talk just that we will seek with our conversations with hunters
to come to agree that we do work hard to make all the elements of a good hunt
come together, however we never imply any one hunter will have success. This is
a case where we all have seen outfitters advertise their success rates as if
they are the highest around. In the case of MAHA we will never offer any
evaluation of potential success. We keep it simply as making good hunts happen.
Membership Feedback
Dear Jon & Staff,
Had a great fall! Spent some quality time with my son
and harvested a nice gobbler together. Spent some wet
and windy days on stand and was able to tag this nine
pointer on day 3 of the [location deleted] season. I was
also able to squeeze in some pheasant hunting, a nice
bonus.
Thanks for the hunting opportunities!
Joe O.
Thank you Joe for some great
pictures and the season account.
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Un-pressured
Perhaps what the do it yourself deer hunter will most appreciate about our Iowa
deer leases is its un-pressured condition of plenty of private
lease land
and few deer hunters. Each season every Iowa deer hunter will have more
possibilities of where to deer hunt than time and can be selective and
lock himself into one or a few leases as well as float about to
find the one that suits his deer hunting style the best.
After that first season that same hunter may return and concentrate
on the same deer leases or area and thoroughly learn the local deer
pattern.
Kansas Rifle Deer Season
Missouri State Wide
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunter Pressure |
