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This morning it was up at 5 am and out the door by 6 so we could make the drive up north to the lakes area and the large public expanses that are present there. Of course I had Kepa along and my oldest son Kenny joined me as well. Right at the 8 am start time we were almost to the first public...

Merry Christmas everyone!!! This morning Kepa and I decided to venture out before heading over to my parents house for Christmas. We didn't venture too far from home, we found alot of the ditches blown pretty much shut and most (but not all) of the birds bunched up. We started out at a public...

Well boys in finally happened, we knocked on the right door and were granted permission to hunt an outstanding looking set a side field of primarily tall brome grass bordered by corn on 3 sides. I wasn't solo today either as I had my son and nephew along for the day. Walking ditches earlier in...

Glad you and your pup are ok!!!

Gave it the old college try this afternoon Sioux City ish area after working a morning shift and was able to hunt from noon to the 4:30 pm close. My brother was able to join me which was nice. It was a beauty of a day out and we were able to walk quite a few ditches taking turns hunting with...

Stayed near Sioux City today for a 1/2 day pheasant hunt. The rain last night had the roads a bit slick this morning but nothing too bad as it certainly could have been worse. 7:45am found me watching 10 roosters and 8 hens leaving some nice, thick huntable cover in a ditch for the center of the...

We need some snow!!! I also agree on the weather part, too warm most days and the lack of snow is disappointing. I would love to get a few inches of snow to stick around the last couple weeks of the season so I can see if the bird #'s in the area's I hunt really are that low or if I am just a...

Thanks!!! No home containment system for me and thankfully I haven't had to use an actual shock on Kepa in over a month. Let's hope that keeps up!!!

Did a quick late morning early afternoon hunt in western Iowa today. Walked 2 spots and got 1 rooster out of each. This is my young labs first season and she continues to do really well. Kepa was able to put both roosters up, I was able to make both shots and Kepa made both retrieves. Pretty...

I was out today and stopped at one of my go too spots; an old grown up cemetery. I got out and saw "cat tracks" on the road in the mud. I thought of this thread. Then hunted the spot and missed a rooster three times but never saw a cat.

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Personally I leave predator control to trappers. I road hunt a ton, in the area's I hunt I rarely see a cat (let alone multiple cats) . I can't even remember the last time I saw one.

I have not been south to Missouri Valley Iowa area this year at all. (Second hand report) I have a friend who bow hunts the area pretty regularly and he says from what he's seen the quail #'s are pretty good and pheasants are few and far between in the Loess Hills in the area he hunts.

Today rather than head west I tried a couple (new to me) Osceola and Dickinson counties public hunting area's. My brother in law gave me a place (Wildlife Management Area) to start at. His mother in law lives in the area and he hunts it every Christmas when he comes back with good results. So I...

So it's not just me!!!! I received a Stevens 555 12 for Fathers Day this year; took it out once and missed the two roosters I had a chance at. So I went back to the twenty plus season 1187 that has been tried and true ever since. If roosters weren't so dang few and far between I'd go back to...

MinnHunter I echo your report. Rather than drive 2 hrs north to the large public tracts of NW Iowa I need to start looking more east and see if the pheasant hunting is any better around Ida, Sac and Calhoun counties. The hunting keeps getting tougher up north where I have been going. My young...

If I'm road hunting ditches 30 to 45 minutes to get to a decent area, to reach the large public tracts I've been hunting this season it's a 2 hrs 15 minute drive each way.

I did not go hunting today, I have the next 9 days off and plan on hunting more of them than not. With the sun and temps we are having today though I would imagine alot of the snow will be melted in the area's I hunted yesterday. That said I have not hunted the Iowa counties right below the...

This year I've been hunting so much Iowa public all I carry with me and in the truck are steel 4's.

So after pheasant hunting the past couple of days in NW Iowa I can report the pheasants on the public area's I hunt are very spooky / jumpy. Hunting the ditches has picked up since the snow, but with 40+ degree temps coming in the next few days the snow is going to quickly turn dirt to mud...