hoosierhunter Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Unfortunately for me I didn't draw for zone 5 with 2 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 well i'd have to put in to get it, but maybe someday i'll hunt Iowa. I really want to get a big deer here in NY, despite the odds are against me. at least they are here in the east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Dang!!! Didn't draw Zone 5 with 2 PP's? That sure surprises me Pat. It used to be a shoe in to draw Zone 6 with =2 PP's before everyone found out that's where Lee & Tiffany lived and hunted. Then it took 3 minimum. Appears Zones 4 & 5 are getting just as popular Zone 6 now. I'm sitting on 4 Iowa PP's right now. They do carry over even if you don't apply. Didn't apply last year or this year, mainly because it's hard to justify the additional cost to go hunt over 20 mi. north of where we are in MO just so we can hunt the IA side of the line. Additional cost being payment to a landowner or lease owner to hunt private property, additional cost for an IA NR license (high there), motel, & meals expenses. Good private land to hunt has gotten a lot harder to find and more expensive too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Iowa draw results up Yeah I was a little surprised. I passed on Kansas hoping to draw Iowa to boot! I've been offered a gun tag but I just can't get excited about taking it up to this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 haven't hunted Iowa but within the last couple years. i've seen multiple cases where it's taken 4 for that zone. years down the road it'll be like going on a sheep hunt. lol no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Yeah I was a little surprised. I passed on Kansas hoping to draw Iowa to boot! I've been offered a gun tag but I just can't get excited about taking it up to this point. Iowa's NR laws is the reason we ruled it out as a place to potentially buy land. Only 35% of the NR tags go to bowhunters...the other 65% to gun hunters. Never figured that one out except for their rut being during the bow season. Also...NR landowners still don't get buck tags. They have to draw with every other NR. Only tags a NR landowner can get annually are doe tags...at $150/doe tag too. Who the heck's going to buy hunting land there mainly for hunting if they don't intend to live there and only get to buck hunt their own land once out of every 3 or 4 years? I'd think not too many NR's at all...and certainly not me or anyone I know! Wonder what the price/ac. would be for good hunting land in IA if hunting laws were favorable for NR landowners? It has to be depressing the value of the land. OK...done ranting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The price of land here is outrageous. I just talked to a guy who works with me that in 2011 looked at a piece of ground that was going for 2, 525 an acre. No tillable its all river bottom timber. The price of land for tillable is up beyond that. Last year the record was set for an acre of land. I dont remember what it was but it was very crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Last time I checked, a few of years ago land prices had fallen. Haven't looked at it much since then. MY BAD!!! Illinois is higher though but NR's can get tags there annually with no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Iowa draw results up Hunting land is going for about 3,000-3500 in good areas and that's without much tillable. I passed up ground in April 2012 for about 1800 an acre. Woulda coulda shoulda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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