Quick trip to Iowa

Made a trip to Iowa for a few days last week. Here is a picture of corn being stored on the ground. Iowa had a record corn crop this fall and all the bins are full.


Sat out a few times to see how the deer herd looked. Iowa has a late January doe season so I did my part and shot a doe.

The deer are doing well eating the beans we left standing.

Its a little early for shed hunting but I did find a nice set laying in the snow.

11 points.

Deer beds in the brush.

Right before dark the deer poured out into the field.

I found an old house foundation on the property. Not sure what this is but looks to be a under ground storm shelter or a root cellar. When the snow is gone I will investagate this some more.

Iowa Deer Season 2009

We had high hopes of a great Iowa deer season this year. We had some food plots that were great and some that were really bad because of the wet summer.


This was going to be my lucky spot this year, I never saw a buck even close to being a shooter.

One of our big bean fields. The snow started on the night of the second day and never quit. We didn't hunt the last day because we had blizzard conditions.

The truck box again worked out great to get out of the snow.

You have to keep the heat on high to get icicles like this.

We would have breakfast in our rooms and be out the door by 5:30 am. Lunch in the blind and dinner in a restaurant every night.

Jim's truck with an ATV and 4 deer ready to head home in a blizzard.

Eric and Joel with great Iowa bucks. Joel got his on opening morning and Eric on the second night.

Jim waited until the last day we hunted to get this big eight pointer. Can't wait till next year.