So, a lot of you might not have a clue what I am talking about when I use the term, Deer Sanctuary.  Let me explain to you what a Deer Sanctuary, how to create one, and how to hunt one.
A Deer Sanctuary is the same thing as an Animal Sanctuary, except it is for deer.  [...]

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Hey, what are you doing right now???  Well I know what you SHOULD be doing…sharing your Fall Bow Hunting success stories with the rest of us.  To do so, simply make a comment on this post and then I will update this post with YOUR story.  Yeah, that’s right.  Your comment will no longer be [...]

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Here is the information that I got off of the Iowa DNR website on the availability for Iowa Anterless Deer Tags.  If you haven’t already got one, it may be too late, so get out there and get yours today!!

County ID
County Name
Limit
Available

1
ADAIR
2100
1848

2
ADAMS
1950
1658

3
ALLAMAKEE
4500
3604

4
APPANOOSE
3300
2558

5
AUDUBON
100
0

6
BENTON
1000
0

7
BLACK HAWK
0
0

8
BOONE
650
0

9
BREMER
700
0

10
BUCHANAN
400
0

11
BUENA VISTA
0
0

12
BUTLER
250
0

13
CALHOUN
0
0

14
CARROLL
100
0

15
CASS
1000
762

16
CEDAR
1300
0

17
CERRO GORDO
0
0

18
CHEROKEE
0
0

19
CHICKASAW
600
0

20
CLARKE
1900
1136

21
CLAY
0
0

22
CLAYTON
5800
3050

23
CLINTON
1200
0

24
CRAWFORD
150
0

25
DALLAS
2300
1425

26
DAVIS
3600
2856

27
DECATUR
2800
2353

28
DELAWARE
1700
629

29
DES MOINES
2000
1632

30
DICKINSON
0
0

31
DUBUQUE
2000
273

32
EMMET
0
0

33
FAYETTE
3000
1596

34
FLOYD
250
0

35
FRANKLIN
150
0

36
FREMONT
1300
771

37
GREENE
150
0

38
GRUNDY
0
0

39
GUTHRIE
3300
2603

40
HAMILTON
100
0

41
HANCOCK
0
0

42
HARDIN
400
0

43
HARRISON
1350
353

44
HENRY
2000
1564

45
HOWARD
800
332

46
HUMBOLDT
0
0

47
IDA
0
0

48
IOWA
1200
0

49
JACKSON
1800
0

50
JASPER
1300
0

51
JEFFERSON
2150
1725

52
JOHNSON
2000
0

53
JONES
1500
0

54
KEOKUK
1900
1475

55
KOSSUTH
0
0

56
LEE
2500
1966

57
LINN
1900
0

58
LOUISA
1500
1083

59
LUCAS
1800
517

60
LYON
0
0

61
MADISON
3000
1761

62
MAHASKA
1350
581

63
MARION
1750
0

64
MARSHALL
650
0

65
MILLS
1150
339

66
MITCHELL
250
0

67
MONONA
1350
290

68
MONROE
3000
2065

69
MONTGOMERY
1150
505

70
MUSCATINE
1700
632

71
OBRIEN
0
0

72
OSCEOLA
0
0

73
PAGE
1500
1042

74
PALO ALTO
0
0

75
PLYMOUTH
100
0

76
POCAHONTAS
0
0

77
POLK
1250
34

78
POTTAWATTAMIE
1600
461

79
POWESHIEK
750
33

80
RINGGOLD
2600
2272

81
SAC
0
0

82
SCOTT
800
0

83
SHELBY
250
0

84
SIOUX
0
0

85
STORY
500
0

86
TAMA
800
0

87
TAYLOR
2450
2077

88
UNION
2100
1726

89
VAN BUREN
5400
4032

90
WAPELLO
2150
1569

91
WARREN
2400
0

92
WASHINGTON
2250
1582

93
WAYNE
3000
2518

94
WEBSTER
100
0

95
WINNEBAGO
0
0

96
WINNESHIEK
3500
2854

97
WOODBURY
1250
0

98
WORTH
100
0

99
WRIGHT
0
0

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This is a press release from the Iowa DNR.
MOUNT PLEASANT MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN FALL FROM STAND

MOUNT PLEASANT – A Mount Pleasant man received serious injuries after falling from a deer stand on Tuesday.

John W. “Willy” Amos, 37, was hunting deer when he fell from the elevated stand he was hunting from shortly after 10 [...]

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At birth, white-tailed fawns have four teeth. Adult deer have 32 teeth. (12 premolars, 12 molars, six incisors and two canines).

Aging analysis often is based on the wear of the molars, which lose about 1 millimeter of height [...]

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