Hunting

Sam Phillips

10\17/11

          The best thing about hunting, in my opinion, is going out, sitting, and waiting for your prey of choice to walk out.  I like the little sounds you hear when you are sitting in your deer stand, like birds chirping.  I think the best time to hunt for a monster buck is during the rut. That is the deer mating time of the year, and I think that’s when your biggest bucks are taken because they only have does on their mind, so they are less fearful of hunters.  You can only use a bow during this season.  Surrounding states allow rifles during the rut, so that takes all the big bucks quickly.  That’s why Iowa has great big bucks, because we can only use bows during the rut.

          A good range for a bow is 30 to 45 yards.  With rifles, you can shoot hundreds of yards, which gives the hunter an advantage and the deer a disadvantage.

          Iowa is nicknamed the golden triangle because we have the best hunting in most of the United States and because of the methods we use to shoot our deer.  Deer hunting is a worldwide sport and all big game hunters that hunt white tail deer know Iowa is probably the best place to come shoot a trophy white tail.  Southern Iowa holds some of the world records for trophy white tail taken. One of the monsters taken is named the Albia buck; a teenage boy shot him.