Weather has been shit. Heavy rain, which has made everything but hardtop impassable. This dirt gets greasy as hell if you piss on it, hard to stand up slick. Couldn’t hunt half our lease, due to creek being out of it banks and not wanting to trash roads. I’ve seen a ton of deer including one absolute beast, on the other side of the creek. Had to pass him up since I had no way to recover him. I was watching a bunch of turkeys, when this fella pushed a doe through timber. I didn’t have time to glass him but I saw decent time length and a BIG body. Made a quick shot with my 45-70 and he piled up just across a little mound out of sight. He’s not what I came to Iowa for, but considering the conditions, I’ll take him. I field dressed him to make drag easier, but I’ll guesstimate he was 225-250 on the hoof. Everything froze hard last night and as soon as road clears I’m heading home. On a positive note, I saw more pheasants than I’ve seen in 10 years on hunting out here.

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