Iowa bone

[johnnie blaze]

Ive been working in Iowa for about two months now. So I bought a rod to do some fishing on my of time. Fishing is pretty good here, minus the size. So the other afternoon I was fishing crystal lake, I wade out about waist deep and work the shore line and this guy popped out. I was as dumbfounded as him. Horn growth looks pretty weak for plenty of water and corn fed.

[johnnie blaze]

Stupid rotation ugh

[mattys281]

Tried to lighten it up a little. He doesn't look too bad to me. Looks young, he'll be better next year.

[johnnie blaze]

I enhanced it a lil too, dont forget....hes eastern :-)

[mattys281]

You got access to hunting ground out there? Im supposed to be heading up to nebraska this fall to hunt eastern whiteys with a buddy but dont know if I'll make it now that I have two deer tags and a javi tag in my house that need filling. Always next year I guess.

[IA Born]

I grew up there and have followed the Iowa deer herds for quite some time. I have a couple of family farms that I still hunt every few years. That looks like a yearling or 1.5 year old up and comer. Despite what most people say about Iowa, there aren't 170" deer hiding behind every tree.

 

When I was living in Tucson and took my parents to Madera Canyon, there were a couple of WT does feeding on the side of the road. My dad got excited and said "Look at the yearlings!" I had to explain to him that they were mature Coues whitetail does. Yep, a yearling deer in Iowa is about as big as a mature doe down here. A mature doe in Iowa is bigger than most Coues whitetail bucks down here.

 

Mattys-Eastern/NE Nebraska got hit pretty hard by EHD the last couple of years, as did parts of Iowa. If you make it, don't get too bummed if you don't see the numbers you think you should see. It was bad.

 

Johnnie-Knock on some doors and you'll get access to some of the farm ponds. There are some big bass in some of those farm ponds!