Off to Iowa

[tippit]

I leave to hook up with Joe "Whip" Lasch tomorrow morning.  Then we head to southeast Iowa for 9 days of hunting with Jeff Holchin.  We've been monitoring some trail cameras that show some unbelievable bucks.  It's real nice to know what is out there so I won't be drawing on a trophy eastern 8 point this year.  This is the first time I'll be back in the woods after not hunting in the last 4 years. With all my surgery (two backs, total knee and shoulder) I'm feeling great even if I can't hear...tippit

[ron w]

Best of luck and have a good time......get one of your knives dirty........  

[Sockrsblur]

Best of luck Jeff, get a big one sir! Travel safe too!

[23feetupandhappy]

Lots of deer moving around and buck sightings have really increased the last 5 or 6 days.

Your hitting it just about right although you may be dealing with some high temps  

Go get um Doc  

[Flatshooter]

Good luck Jeff! Did a few DIY hunts out there until leases went up so high it was unaffordable. That and the high cost of license fees made me turn my back on that state.

[Huntrdfk]

Good luck Jeff, great to see you will be back in the woods! Looking forward to the stories from this hunt.

David

[Irish Archer]

Best of luck to both of you.

[The Night Stalker]

You will have a good time hunting with two fellow PBS'ers. I have hunted with them both.
Holchin needs to write a book entitled "How to go on as many hunting trips as possible and still be married"  He is the master
Every time Joe post pictures, I think that retired dog.
Sitting here at the hospital thinking another day closer to retirement. Good luck, I am sure Holchin will text me

[Lefty]

Here in SE Iowa things have really heated up the last few days. Weather is warm but bucks are chasing does.  Last Sunday I know of 4 bucks to die by arrow, with the largest being green scored at 163 and one of my close friends seen 4  bucks that night and let a 140 inch 3 year old buck walk by at 10 yards holding out for a bigger/older deer. A week and a half ago bucks were responding good to rattling.
 Good luck and hunt safe!

[J. Cook]

Good luck to you three!!!!  Hope to see some awesome hero pics from your adventure.

[Warden609]

Happy travels and hunting!!    

[Zwickey-Fever]

It's been hot here in Monroe County Iowa. Have not seen much chasing or movement here on the farm since last weekend. And from what I see of the weather report, there's no relief in sight. The mornings will be your best shot. Best of luck!

The other night I went to my chair tree cluster. It just requires a light butt pad to make it perfect for a right hand shot to three trails.  I had a number of deer come by me.  The run trail that the thermal was catching was the only one that I needed a left hand bow, but in 45 years I had never seen a deer on that trail in the evening.  Wouldn't you just know.  Right about sunset a super buck with his head down low to get his antlers through the woody brush comes in and stops twenty yards facing straight at me and directly down the thermal while I was swatting at the most aggressive mosquito that I have ever had the pleasure.   It would have been a real freak situation if that would have turned into a shot anyway, but it was nice to be that close to one that huge.  Its got me thinking about warming that heavy Schulz.

[Guss]

Good luck, Jeff..!!

[Steve O]

Good luck to two of my favorite people on this earth    

You guys have a great spot. Be patient...

No Iowa for me till late season this year.

Doc--you will appreciate what I did today. I'm a very happy man! 13#~~I messed up on two much bigger males.


 

[Yellow Dog]

Best of luck Jeff. Looking forward to your tale of the hunt. Sitting on 5 points for Iowa myself but it's just too much fun heading to Missouri to spend some quality time with Kenny McKenzie. I'll be there in three weeks.

Steve, spending a little quality time on the St. Mary's? Beautiful fish.

[deerhunter_w]

Good luck to everyone.

Jeff

[tippit]

Steve O,
You did it.  Nice fat Atlantic!!  My Atlantic salmon season started off with a Big Bang...caught a 37" 18# Silver Hen fresh from the ocean with sea lice still on her.  Took me a good 20 minutes to land her because the regs on The Mirimachi river changed due to the salmon stock being down to using only single hook flies with the barb pinched down.  It was the first morning on about the 20th cast.  Man I thought this year was going to be great.  Then not another other bump or take with two guys fishing all day for 5 days.  Kinda like bow hunting           Poor picture as my fishing buddy couldn't see the image on my phone.

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[Duckbutt]

Good luck boys!  I've been hearing y'all talk about this hunt for years now.  Glad you're finally making it happen.  Looking forward to the stories.

[Duckbutt]

Good luck boys!  I've been hearing y'all talk about this hunt for years now.  Glad you're finally making it happen.  Looking forward to the stories.