22 point non-typical shot by Decorah!

I think a 200″ 8 point might be a mistake. But if it’s not, I am buying land in Iowa.

My uncle is a taxidermist, he is friends with this guy that shot it…Unless I heard incorrectly from my uncle then what I said was correct, my other uncle shot a 180 eight point last year, and thats certified score And by the way, there isn’t any land left to buy in Iowa. I will try to get pictures tonight, I am taking my deer over to his house tonight- more later

My uncle is a taxidermist, he is friends with this guy that shot it…Unless I heard incorrectly from my uncle then what I said was correct, my other uncle shot a 180 eight point last year, and thats certified score And by the way, there isn’t any land left to buy in Iowa. I will try to get pictures tonight, I am taking my deer over to his house tonight- more later

Just got back from the uncle’s- no pictures yet. I guess though it is a mainframe eight, with three kicker points that are small-

Just got back from the uncle’s- no pictures yet. I guess though it is a mainframe eight, with three kicker points that are small-

I dont live in Iowa but im going to soon. The quantity of big bucks in Iowa is so high compared to other states.(My opinion) The other day i was driving to my in-laws in northern iowa and i saw 1 nice 10pt following a doe. He was probebly in the upper 170’s. I pulled over and watched him for about 10-15 minutes and then started going again. I went about another 200 yards on the road and to my right out in the pasture was a bigger buck chasing 4 does. I can’t beleive Iowa has such good QDM. Is this because Iowa’s deer seasons start later and end later?

I dont live in Iowa but im going to soon. The quantity of big bucks in Iowa is so high compared to other states.(My opinion) The other day i was driving to my in-laws in northern iowa and i saw 1 nice 10pt following a doe. He was probebly in the upper 170’s. I pulled over and watched him for about 10-15 minutes and then started going again. I went about another 200 yards on the road and to my right out in the pasture was a bigger buck chasing 4 does. I can’t beleive Iowa has such good QDM. Is this because Iowa’s deer seasons start later and end later?

Yes Gabe and because of the quality of the food supply and minerals in alot of the soil. Setting the seasons the way they do they have let the bucks breed first to get there dominate genes spread in among’st the does as best as they can. If a few of those does get taken then the other does that were bred by this dominate buck will drop the genes (fawns being born) in those fawns of the dominate buck or bucks. If the dominate buck gets taken then his genes are still in the woods from the fawns that are going to be born in the spring. After a few years of hunting, the bucks get smart and dissapear and are hard to find and don’t get taken all the while breeding doe’s those few years. After the bigger racked deer get smarter and learn how to stay away from the hunters and defend thier does from the lesser racked bucks it seperates the good rack genes from the lesser racked genes because the bigger racked bucks get to breed more doe’s because they are the dominate bucks, then they again spread those more developed genes and it goes on and on. This basically is how it works. If you set a time to open the deer season after the deer can breed and the dominate bucks can get his genes spread in the woods through the older smarter doe’s with a later start in the deer season that means that all the other dominate bucks are doing the same. If they are all defending thier does the dominate genes in producing bigger racks are going to be more prevelant in the woods because the lesser genes can’t compete. Natural dominate selection. This is why i rattle with a set of 140″s, i brought in a 190″er one year after ratteling for 3 days. I don’t think the little basket racks hardly raise a brow of the big boys when it comes to defending thier does because they just grunt and the smaller bucks hightail it. When you rattle with a bigger set of antlers then thats seriously threating to them and they come check the competition out, thats why they come in. The smaller racked bucks come to the bigger antlers though because thier young and still growing and they think they own the woods and are struting thier stuff. I don’t think the bigger bucks seriously consider a set of 4 point basket ratteling racks as much competion, the younger bucks will come in but i don’t think its much of a serious threat to the big guys.

Yes Gabe and because of the quality of the food supply and minerals in alot of the soil. Setting the seasons the way they do they have let the bucks breed first to get there dominate genes spread in among’st the does as best as they can. If a few of those does get taken then the other does that were bred by this dominate buck will drop the genes (fawns being born) in those fawns of the dominate buck or bucks. If the dominate buck gets taken then his genes are still in the woods from the fawns that are going to be born in the spring. After a few years of hunting, the bucks get smart and dissapear and are hard to find and don’t get taken all the while breeding doe’s those few years. After the bigger racked deer get smarter and learn how to stay away from the hunters and defend thier does from the lesser racked bucks it seperates the good rack genes from the lesser racked genes because the bigger racked bucks get to breed more doe’s because they are the dominate bucks, then they again spread those more developed genes and it goes on and on. This basically is how it works. If you set a time to open the deer season after the deer can breed and the dominate bucks can get his genes spread in the woods through the older smarter doe’s with a later start in the deer season that means that all the other dominate bucks are doing the same. If they are all defending thier does the dominate genes in producing bigger racks are going to be more prevelant in the woods because the lesser genes can’t compete. Natural dominate selection. This is why i rattle with a set of 140″s, i brought in a 190″er one year after ratteling for 3 days. I don’t think the little basket racks hardly raise a brow of the big boys when it comes to defending thier does because they just grunt and the smaller bucks hightail it. When you rattle with a bigger set of antlers then thats seriously threating to them and they come check the competition out, thats why they come in. The smaller racked bucks come to the bigger antlers though because thier young and still growing and they think they own the woods and are struting thier stuff. I don’t think the bigger bucks seriously consider a set of 4 point basket ratteling racks as much competion, the younger bucks will come in but i don’t think its much of a serious threat to the big guys.

There was a 8 point shot out in Bruce WI during the opener of gun that had a 28 inch inside and 32 inch outside spread. I cannot remember the size of the base but I believe they were 8 inches. Monster deer but I didnt hear what it measured. I know it was in the Ladysmith newspaper the next weekend.

There was a 8 point shot out in Bruce WI during the opener of gun that had a 28 inch inside and 32 inch outside spread. I cannot remember the size of the base but I believe they were 8 inches. Monster deer but I didnt hear what it measured. I know it was in the Ladysmith newspaper the next weekend.