tips muzzleloading in iowa


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going muzzleloader hunting this weekend.. i have never had great success during this season (i cannot go late muzzleloading because we travel for the holidays) back home in oklahoma muzzleloader season is later and typically pretty succesful depending on the weather.. my question is for anyone here in iowa or just with more knowledge than me.. hunt fields or deep in the timber.. like the fields becuase of obvious reasons shoot farther see more deer... but i will only take a hanger with a gun. i do my doe taking with my bow... any advice would be appreciated..

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Re: tips muzzleloading in iowa

I've been doing some bow hunting since the opener in Iowa and the buck sightings have been slow. The ones I have been seeing have been right at the end of shooting time (with the exception of a 1.5 year old). I've been seeing lots of deer around a wild apple tree out in a pasture. Monday night I was hunting some oaks that were raining acorns and saw lots of deer with a 2.5 year old ten point coming in at dark. I'm going early muzzle again this year. All of my success during early muzzle season has been at the very end of shooting light. Maybe this cold weather snap will make them get up and move a little earlier this season. I hunt between timber and standing corn, catch them heading to the corn in the evenings. I'll spend the day shooting a few does. So my advice is find the food source and be there late in the day.

Good luck!

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