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IOWA BOWHUNTER

Fall2014

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BOWHUNTER - January is when the next Iowa Bowhunter magazineis due for distribution, so please get your articles, pictures, stories,and advertisements to me no later than December 15th.

Thanks for all the photos already sent in and keep up the good work.There’s always room on the Gut Pile page. Also, if you have a goodpicture for the front cover, feel free to send that to me and mark it tobe used for the front cover. Please include a short caption ofinformation with each picture. Pictures are not returned.

Larry Krohn3338 Sandy Beach Road NE., Solon, IA 52333

[email protected]

ANNUAL - July of each year is when the IBA Annual is due fordistribution; and the deadline is June 15th to ensure your photos areincluded. A change has been made concerning how we assemblethe Annual and where you send your photos. All current photos sentin will still be included, but all future photos should be sent to RandyTaylor with contact information shown below. Award winners fromthe Spring Banquet are always included; along with other individualor group photos.

The annual will now be designed in house by the IBA, so yourcooperation in getting photos to Randy would be greatly appreciated;the sooner the better. You can send by email, hard copy, or a CDthrough snail mail. If you send by email, please send as full size file(1MB or larger). For 100% clubs, please send your photos togetheras a group if you want your own page in the Annual. If not sent asgroup, they will be shown in the individual pages. Include a few short

details about your animal (score, date of harvest, etc). We don’t needa story just a little information. Pictures are not returned.

Corey Thorson, Treasurer1648 Cordova Ave.

Pella, IA 50219641-780-5068

[email protected]

To All IBA MembersThere are six bowhunter type pictures located somewherethroughout this issue. Have some fun and see how fast you canlocate all six of them. They are: an arrow, a compound bow, huntercartoon, a set of antlers, shoulder mount of a buck, and deer track.Answers in IBA related info section.

PS - If you have other ideas, stories, pictures or information, be sureto send it to us. Each issue of this publication will improve if we getinput from our members.Your editor

YouthThe junior area rep section is especially meant for you, so send us anemail about some ideas that we can put into motion. We would alsolove to have the Youth Bowhunter page of our IBA publication growinto something big.

Thanks,IBA Board of Directors

IBA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEPrez Message

Greetings. I am Denny Bradley and theIBA Board has elected me as the newPresident. I have been on the Board since1003 and have been bowhunting for 34years.

Let’s start out with some good news.Turkeys have seemingly had a much betterhatch so hopefully those numbers arerebounding where that is needed. Theantlerless tag numbers have been reducedfinally. The drought seems to be over formost of the State. The food plots, at least

in southeast Iowa, are looking really good for those who have put them in.The extra antlerless (rifle) season in the counties that have been included,has finally been eliminated. We lost a lot of shed antlered bucks that cannever be replaced in that season. Unfortunately, there was no legislativeprogress on the CWD issue on the deer farms. There was also noprogress on the IWILL issue that is so important to us all. The legislators

don’t hear from their constituents so they don’t know how to decide onthese issues. Take every opportunity to communicate with them in townmeetings, by phone and by e-mail. If you need their contact information,google “Iowa Legislator contacts” and go to a site to input your address.

Thanks to all of the sponsors and all who donated to the Fall Festival. Also,thanks to all who shot and enjoyed the company of others. I would also liketo show some appreciation to those Board members and all others whohelp on putting the Fall Festival together and making it work. Please let aBoard member know if you have any ideas for improvement.

With the deer season coming up I would like to encourage all to doeverything possible to keep this year as safe as possible. The safety ropesthat are now on the market are a good investment. When you are attachedall the way up and down when on stand, it’s hard to hit the ground hard.

Remember, the Spring Banquet is February 28th next Spring and seatingwill be limited so if you want to enjoy the company of Tim Wells as well asthe rest of the crowd, decide early and make reservations. This is not thesame weekend as the Deer Classic!

That’s all for now. Good hunting and stay safe.

Denny Bradley

EDITORS CORNER

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EDITORS CORNER continued...To All Area Reps (and all members)Our membership needs to be more informed on what ishappening in all areas of the state of Iowa, as well assurrounding states. As an area rep, it is expected of you tosupply information about your particular area to the rest ofthe membership. This is accomplished though articles inthe Bowhunter. Please submit an article for eachBowhunter issue (four total) to the Bowhunter editor.Deadlines are shown in the editors corner of each issue.We’ll look forward to your input.

If you have questions about your membership please use thisaddressCorey Thorson, Treasurer1648 Cordova Ave.Pella, IA [email protected] other questions or problems please contact any boardmember.

IBA MEMBERSHIP DUES!!!$25.00 regular member

100% club members receive discounts for membershipdues as long as all members belong - $23.00

(Now available - 1, 2 or 3 year memberships)

Mail to: Charlie ArnoldP.O. Box 16, Derby, IA 50068

Features8. . . . . . . . . . . . Spring Banquet9-10. . . . . . . . . DNR News11-18 . . . . . . . Fall Festival18 . . . . . . . . . . Women of the IBA19-20 . . . . . . . Bonkers World21-23 . . . . . . . For Your Information24-30 . . . . . . . Stories30 . . . . . . . . . . Gut Pile31 . . . . . . . . . . Youth Bowhunter31 . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Games36-39 . . . . . . . IBA Related Information40 . . . . . . . . . . IBA Merchandise For Sale


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NOTICEWant to make a difference?

Volunteer to be an IBA area rep!* Help work at our Spring Banquet

and Fall Festival * Write reports for the Iowa Bowhunter

* Encourage membership to the IBA* Become a liaison between the IBA Board

and its members

Contact any currentboard member


SPRING BANQUET

Tim, along with his son Clint, daughter Sydnie,and wife Kerrie share their passion for bowhunting with millions of viewers on the televisionshow Relentless Pursuit. His sense of fun andlightheartedness is sometimes questioned byskeptics. What he says and how he shoots oftenmakes his sponsor’s squirm, but always leaveshis audience wanting more. He’s a characterand not concerned with being politically correctthat’s for sure, but with Tim what you see is whatyou get. On screen he’s a prankster, funny buthumble, and happily loving of wild animals. If astranger shared camp with Tim, they’d neverknow he’s a giant among hunters, unless bychance, a flock of geese passed by.

IOWA BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION48th Annual Spring Banquet

FEBRUARY 28, 2015MEADOWS EVENT CENTER ~ ALTOONA, Iowa

TICKET INFORMATIONAdults $40.00 ~ 16 & Under $20.00

Tickets go on sale January 2 ~ February 15LIMITED Reserved seating is on a FIRST PAID, FIRST SERVED basis

Seating will be 10 people per tableIf you wish to sit as a group, order your tickets as a group

There are 2 ways to order Tickets1) PAYPAL ~ link through IOWABOWHUNTERS.ORG

Provide a Phone # and email info with your Pay Pal order for confirmation2) BY MAIL ~ please include a Self Addressed Stamped Business size Envelope

Ticket orders by mail Must be received by Feb. 24Makes checks payable to the I.B.A.Send Check or Money Order to:

Kurt Van Wyk1735 Grand Ave. ~ Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503

Email questions to: [email protected] tickets will be sold after Feb. 15th

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL ~ NO REFUNDS

2015 Spring BanquetThe 2015 Spring Banquet is set for February 28 and held again at PrairieMeadows. Guest speaker will be Tim Wells from Relentless Pursuittelevision. The banquet will be on a separate weekend from the Iowa DeerClassic. Your board has also had to adjust the size of the banquet asattendance numbers in years past does not warrant the large venue that

you’re used to seeing. Seating will be on a limited basis due to the smallerroom, but you’ll still be able to enjoy the same quality of everything relatedto the banquet. As usual, stay in tune with your board members and offersuggestions to improve your IBA.

IBA Board of Directors


DNR NEWSThis DNR NEWS page is designed to give our memberssome insight on what our Iowa DNR is doing and planning byincluding an article in each issue or by answering questionsfrom our membership. All questions can be sent to me

(Larry Krohn, [email protected]), and I will forwardthem to Willie and Tom. Both the question and answer will bepublished in the same issue. Names will not be included inthe questions.

Fall 2014 Deer Forecast

After seven years of declining harvest, regulation changes for thisfall should allow deer populations to stabilize and recover.Changes include reducing antlerless by over 41,000, eliminatingthe January antlerless season and restricting hunters in 27counties in northwest Iowa during the early muzzleloader and firstshotgun season to taking antlerless deer. These changes do notaffect landowner tenant licenses except that the Januaryantlerless season is no longer an option for landowners as well.

Another change passed by the legislature allows crossbows to beused as a legal weapon during the late muzzleloader season. Thismeans that someone with a late muzzleloader license can legallyuse a muzzleloader, handguns meeting the legal requirement,archery equipment and crossbows to take a deer.

A crossbow is defined as a weapon consisting of a bow mountedtransversely on a stock or frame and designed to fire a bolt,

arrow, or quarrel by the release of the bow string, which iscontrolled by a mechanical trigger and a working safety.Crossbows equipped with pistol grips and designed to be firedwith one hand are illegal for taking or attempting to take deer orturkey. All projectiles used in conjunction with a crossbow fordeer hunting must be equipped with a broadhead with at leastthree blades.

With this year’s wetter than normal it is unlikely that EHD willcause observable losses to deer this fall. There are losses toEHD every year in Iowa but the drought conditions that existed in2012 and 2013 are when significant mortality occurs. Huntersare reminded to report any deer that appear to be sick orbehaving abnormally to their local DNR officer or biologist.

Paid antlerless quotas for resident hunters for the 2014/2015 deer season.


DNR NEWSReport Your HarvestHunters are reminded that they are required to report any deer orturkey that is harvested. Reporting is easy and takes only a couple ofminutes. Hunters can use their phone to call in their harvest or use theDNR’s webpage to report it online on using the computer orsmartphone. The DNR’s website has been made mobile device friendlyso that this should be a bit easier than in the past.

The harvest information is the most important information hunters canprovide to help make Iowa’s deer and turkey populations.

Bowhunter Observation Survey

Last year was the tenth year of the survey and the primary objectives forthis survey are to provide an index to Iowa deer numbers and selectedother species (mostly furbearers and wild turkeys). Bowhunters are alogical choice for observational-type surveys because the methods usedwhile bowhunting deer are also ideal for viewing most wildlife species intheir natural environment. In addition, bowhunters typically spend alarge amount of time in bow stands: more than 40 hours/season is notuncommon.

Participants for the survey are randomly selected either from a core listof avid bowhunters. About 100 bowhunters are selected per county inan effort to evenly distribute observations in each region. In 20138,991 bowhunters were selected for participation and responses wereobtained from 1,710 bowhunters. Their observations were madeduring 24,482 hunting trips, yielding 83,411 hours of total observationtime.

CWD Update

The first confirmed case of CWD in wild deer was reported in 2014from a deer harvested in December of 2014. The Iowa DNR is askingfor assistance from landowners and hunters in dealing with what it

hopes is an isolated case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) found ina wild deer harvested in Allamakee County. The deer, harvested southof Harpers Ferry in Yellow River State Forest during the 2013 regulargun season, is the first known case of CWD in a wild deer in the Stateof Iowa. The DNR has collected and tested more than 51,000 samplesstatewide since 2002.

The DNR’s action plan is to increase surveillance efforts in a 5-mileradius from where the positive deer was harvested. This additionalsurveillance along with the over 1,100 deer sampled in the past 12years in this immediate area will help determine if CWD has spread toother deer. If no further cases are found in the next three years, theDNR will go back to routine testing. If additional cases are found, theDNR will work with the public to decide how to proceed.

The DNR is encouraging the public to report all roadkill deer and sickor severely emaciated deer found in the targeted area (see map) to theIowa DNR at any of the following numbers:

The goal for this fall will be to test 500 deer in Allamakee County,including 300 from the targeted area around where the infected deerwas killed Local DNR staff will work with hunters to obtain samples fortesting during the 2014-15 deer hunting seasons.

The DNR is especially interested in testing deer harvested from islandsin the Mississippi River or from land adjoining the river near HarpersFerry. Hunters are asked to refrain from shooting the deer in the headbecause it makes testing more difficult.

Hunters can help reduce the risk of spreading CWD by not leavingbones on the landscape after processing their deer. A better option is tobury them or take them to a clay-lined landfill.

Lastly, everyone should also refrain from feeding and baiting deer in thetargeted area. The risk of spreading any disease is greater whenanimals are concentrated in a very small area.


2014 FALL FESTIVAL2014 Fall Festival Wrap-upA great weekend no matter how you look at it. The weathercooperated very nicely! If you missed the Fall Festival, you missed agood time. Thanks to Pine Lake Archers for hosting the event and allthe fine food they prepare in their clubhouse. Many thanks to all thepeople who volunteered with novelties, registration, course, andother jobs to help make the FF go as smooth as it does. Volunteersare how the IBA operates and these things don’t just happen on theirown. We appreciate people stepping up and volunteering toaccomplish these things.

A lot of awesome donations were made by the following companiesor people; along with a fine group of target sponsors. All of the targetsponsors are shown in this section. Without these generous peopleand organizations, this event would be just another shoot. So atremendous THANK YOU to all of the following. Please supportthose who support your IBA.

DonationsArchery Field and Sports - merchandiseDelta/McKenzie Targets - merchandiseNose Jammer - merchandiseScheels - merchandiseSportsmans Warehouse - merchandiseWCM Metal Works - merchandiseBass Pro Shop - merchandiseGrant Poindexter - youth bowsPalo Outdoors - merchandiseSpecialty Archery - gift certificatesUgly Butt Targets - merchandiseWayne Lamoreux - youth arrows

Target SponsorsAgriVisionBuck Hollow SportsCenter Point ElectricClayton County ArchersDes Moines RVFin and FeatherHy VeeJay Wilson & Roger BowenJohnson County ArchersNipigon River Bear HuntsP&K MidwestPine Lake ArchersPottawattamie BowhuntersRaymond BowhuntersRidgemasterScheelsSouth Central Bowhunters of IowaSportsmen WarehouseTaylor PhotographyWapello Chiefs Bowmen

If anyone would like to see some changes or improvements, pleaseprovide your input to any board member (see the IBA website orBowhunter for contact information). All suggestions will beconsidered and we’re always looking to make this a better eventgoing forward. Thanks again to all who shared in the Fall Festivalexperience and we wish you all the best in your upcoming huntingseasons.

Larry Krohn


2014 FALL FESTIVALIBA Fall Festival Target Sponsorship Page 2014

Big THANKS to all businesses, archery clubs and individualsfor their generosity in sponsoring one or more targets.


2014 FALL FESTIVALIBA Fall Festival ‘14What a great weekend!! Weather was awesome; range was set upextremely well, great targets. I’d like to thank everyone that helpedset up and tear down the course. Lots of bodies made the job mucheasier.

Sunday afternoon we had a short board meeting and election ofofficers. We have a new President, Vice President andTreasurer/membership. Denny Bradley ([email protected])is new President and will do a great job. Charlie Arnold([email protected]) is Vice President. Corey Thorson([email protected]) is Treasurer/Memberships.

Other officers and committee chairs remained the same. Also,please welcome our newest board member Jake Stein. We needmore young volunteers like Jake to step up and keep your IBAgoing.

I’d like to thank Terry Koppes for his tenure as President, and glad tohave him still on the board. Big thanks to Charlie Arnold for his manyyears of Treasurer and handling all the memberships (Thanks Vicky).

I’m not one of those hearts and darts kind of guys, but there weresome things that greatly disturbed me, no stronger than that. Thingsthat really had me PO’ed. I’ll start with the Cub class. It seems wehave some young people that don’t want to leave the cub class.Some lied about their age with the parents blessing, and some thatjust plain lied. When a young man pulls out his wallet and you see adrivers permit, then on Sunday you see him accept a plaque in theCub class, something is very wrong. Please send me an anonymousletter with a PO Box # and I’ll personally buy you a plaque, no needto take it away from a deserving 7-12 year old boy or girl.

Second, we have some folks that camp all weekend and shootwithout ever registering to shoot at all. We have folks shootingwithout bothering to pay for a reshoot, at least they registered, comeon folks it’s only $5. I overheard one group say they had shot thecourse seven times. The Fall Festival is our largest fund-raiser andwithout the support of many honest folks, there are many worthwhileprojects that don’t get funded. Many organizations that ask the IBAfor a donation won’t get one.

The IBA is a volunteer organization, every board member works veryhard to keep the IBA as one of the strongest and most respectedbowhunting organizations in the nation. Perks for a board memberare few and far between. They pay to shoot, pay to reshoot, pay forraffle tickets, buy IBA merchandise, and they buy Spring Banquettickets. If the very people that put on the shoot have to pay, whyshould we demand anything less from the people that just show up toshoot. Unfortunately, this type of person won’t volunteer any of theirtime to work for the IBA; but will be the first ones to complain whensomething doesn’t go their way with any part of their preciousbowhunting seasons, legislation, equipment, or any other aspect ofour great sport.

At the December board meeting I will make the following motions.

• The IBA has the right to question the age of any individual young orold. You will have to prove your age if asked.

• Everyone on the range must have a scorecard. There WILL bepeople sitting at the beginning of both courses that will punch thecards. No Card - No Shoot.

It saddens me to think we have to go to this extreme. What started asa few cases of people who take advantage of the honor system, hasturned into a big problem.

Randy TaylorIBA Board Member


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WOMEN OF THE IBAThis Women of the IBA page is designed to give our ladies an opportunity to include things that menwould never even think about. We are always looking for ways to improve and get people involved. Allinformation can be sent to your editor Larry Krohn at [email protected].


BONKERS WORLDThe predawn rays of the sun were making paths of light into the retreatingnight sky. There were still a few stars in the western sky that guided methrough the crick bottom. The bottom still held some ground fog from thenight before. Last night’s rain was now providing me with good soundcover as I walked quietly through the piles of soggy oak leaves on the wayto my stand. This is my killer stand. It sits a top an oak ridge that is in atransition zone between a great bedding area and an unpicked cornfield.

I hadn’t hunted this stand yet because I wanted to wait until the big guysstarted lookin for does. I hadn’t been in the area since mid summer. I hadslipped in and out to check trail cams. The pictures they produced showedthere were indeed a large number of does moving along this ridge, and afew nice bucks as well.

The sun continued to slowly rise as I settled into my stand. The wind wasforecast to be light and the temp was going to climb into the upper 40s.It was indeed going to be a perfect day for a perfect hunt in the perfectstand. I had planned an all day sit so I had my water bottles, a couple ofsammiches and some snacks tucked away in my pack. I was set, I wasready and I was focused.

I didn’t have long to wait. A doe with her fawns still in tow came out of thecornfield and made their way across the ridge to the bedding area. It waslight enough now to see more details on the ridge. I took note of shootinglanes and a few thick brushy spots that I couldn’t see through.

The ridge was coming alive with the sights and sounds of hunting. Birdswere flittering about, squirrels were in their never ending quest for theperfect nut, crows were flying and calling, and the does were moving.They were moving everywhere. Out of the corn, into the corn, out of thebedding area, into the bedding area, behind me, in front of me, besideme, it was like a Chinese fire drill.

There was another flurry of movement at the edge of the bedding area. Adoe came out at a trot and not far behind her was a little forky. They werefollowing a trail that would bring them into one of my shooting lanes. Sureenough, into and through the land they went, not even slowing down. Thiswas repeated several times in the next few hours; does being pushed bysmall bucks always within range and none even suspecting there was ahunter in the area.

There was a lull in the action around noon. I figured if the deer were onlunch break then I could be too, so I had one of my triple decker peanutbutter and jelly sammiches. Isn’t it funny how the ordinary is always madebetter by the extraordinary? I had never had a better PB&J sammich thanthe one I ate in-stand and I think what made that ordinary sammichextraordinary was the weather, the location and the deer activity.

Lunch break is over because I see Mr. Big making his way through thecorn, nose up, sniffin, snortin and lickin his nose. He was lookin for love.He got to the edge of the field and stopped. The slight breeze was blowingfrom him to me. He put his nose to the ground and moved a few feet tohis left and back to the right. He must have hit a hot trail because he buriedhis nose in the dirt and literally plowed his way in my directions.

I was set, I was ready and I was focused. He looked to be a great 10 pointin the 150 range. He kept coming, nose in the dirt. He got behind one ofthose brushy spots I couldn’t see through. I was gonna pop him when hecame out. Problem was he never came out. I waited in case he was justchecking his back trail, but I never saw him again. Damn. A little whilelater a couple of basket racks came through and hung around for awhilebut they eventually wandered off. Leaving me to contemplate how andwhy that big guy had just disappeared.

While I was wondering, Mr. Big’s bigger brother came trotting out of thebedding area. I mean this guy made Mr. Big look like a yearling. Hugerack, more points than I can count, a neck like a bull and an attitude tomatch. This guy was the alpha buck. He stopped at a rub and worked itlike it owed him money. He went to a scrape that was about 50 yardsupwind of me and moved more dirt with his hooves than a D9 Cat. Hislicking branch was a limb the size of my wrist. He was so rut-rancid I couldsmell him. He was putting on quite a show. I was hoping with all my mightthat he was gonna keep coming my way when he was done with thescrape.

I sat transfixed watching “Brahma.” He gave the limb another lick and theground another paw. Then he became fixated on something to my left. Ilooked where he was looking, there was a doe standing 10 yards from mystand that had come outta nowhere. OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY, he isgonna come on a string to her and it will be a chip shot. I was set, I wasready and I was focused.

Brahma was eyeballin the doe and the doe was eyeballin him, she madea bleat and a couple of soft stomps. That was all it took. Brahma was onhis way and I was gonna nail him. He just needed to clear a couple ofbrushy areas and I’d have him.

He made it past the first brushy area at a brisk walk, head up, ears forward,legs stiff; he was locked onto the doe. He got to the second brushy area,I watched Brahma fade into the brush so I took a quick peek at the doe.She was still standing there. I looked back at the brushy spot expecting tosee Brahma walk out, still transfixed on the doe. I waited, and I waited andI waited. I snuck another look at the doe and she kinda had a “where’d hego” expression probably much the same as mine.

So I sat there, absolutely devastated that not one, but two very, and I meanVERY VERY nice bucks had been within my grasp but had managed todisappear. Why? What had I done to tip them off? I had great windconditions. I had great camouflage. I was absolutely noiseless andmotionless. The does and smaller bucks were underneath me all day. Whynot the big guys?

The sun had set while I was still sitting in the stand pondering theexperiences of the day. It was time to climb down and head for home, thecomfy chair and some thinkin juice.

When I got home I cleaned, sorted and got my gear ready for my nexthunt. Then I sat in my comfy chair with a nice fire in the hearth and a glassof thinkin juice in my hand. As I settled deeper into the comfy chair withthe fire warming my feet and the thinkin juice warming my soul, I startedthinkin in earnest about the time I had spent in the stand that day. I thoughtabout the wind. I thought about my camouflage. I thought about my limitednoise on-stand. I thought about the small bucks and big does that didn’tseem to mind that I was within mere yards of them. I thought about thepaths the big bucks took and places where they disappeared.

Then, as if on cue, the fire flared up and I had an epiphany: What if antlerswere actually some sort of antenna system that bucks can use to detectthe brain waves of humans?

What if there was, an as of yet, undiscovered and unexplained neurogenicpathway that ran from a buck’s antlers to his brain that enabled them tocommunicate with the metaphysical world?

It could work sorta like vision, light is taken in through the eyes, changedto electrical impulses, transmitted along the optic nerve to the lateralgeniculate nucleus, and dispersed into the cortex of the brain and we, or


a buck, “sees.” What if the buck could receive metaphysical signals, suchas human brain waves, process them through his antler receivers intoelectrical impulses, send them along a neurogenic pathway to a supersensitive and as of yet, undiscovered area of his brain and he “sees” whatwe are thinking?

Wouldn’t that explain a lot? You are probably saying it would explain thatThe ‘Bonker has had way too much thinkin juice, but here are somearguments that are impossible to overcome. A doe ain’t got no antlers,therefore no antenna processors, so they can’t detect human thought and“see” us. Small bucks have under developed antler processors, so theymay detect some of our brain waves but they don’t know what it means.A buck with a half rack can only detect 1/2 the signals so he is unable tosee our thoughts clearly either, so these deer never just “disappear.”

How big the antlers are is directly proportional to how far away a buckcan read your mind. Case in point, everybody sees forkys and does buthow many people see the 300 inchers that we all know are out there? Itis because they “see” you first from a very long way away.

I mean how many times have you had a buck with a huge rack disappearon you when everything was “right”? How did you explain it? You couldn’t.That is until now. We finally know why the big guys seem to disappear; intheir own metaphysical way, they read your mind and in so doing, theyknow where you are and what your intentions are.

Ah, but you are saying, “But then why are there huge bucks shot everyyear?” Two reasons. First reason, no matter how big the antler receptorsthere will still be a few shot by hunters at ranges beyond that which thebuck has reception. The second reason is the hunters that kill the bigbucks are brain-dead and aren’t putting out any brain waves.

The fire had died down and my thinking juice glass was empty. I struggledout of my comfy chair to throw a couple more logs on the fire and refill mythinkin juice glass. I got settled back in and the thinkin recommenced.

How can a guy like me that puts out enough high power brain waves tomelt the mind of Kreskin and bend a thousand spoons keep from gettingbusted by big deer with over developed antler receptors? It sure would bea lot easier if I was brain-dead.

The fire flared up again and I had another epiphany: I’ll cover the buck’santlers with tinfoil so I can block his receptors. Yeah, well, how do I get thebuck to hold still long enough to wrap his antlers in tinfoil?

OK, bad idea, but what if instead of blocking the receptors I blocked thetransmitters? What if I wore a tinfoil cap under my head cover to block mymassive transmitter? Now I was thinking! Who needs to be brain-dead? Ican wear a tinfoil hat!

I can start a whole new niche in the hunting industry based onneuroscience. I can call my tinfoil hat invention “The ‘Bonker Blocker.” I

can hire some already brain-dead celebrity hunters to shill my productand since they are already brain-dead how could anybody prove it wasn’tThe ‘Bonker Blocker that was 100% the reason they killed another bigbuck?

I can already see huge spreads in the biggest magazines right next to thedeer view mirror, the cruncher and the buttout adds. I can make a gazillionbucks, er, uh, I mean dollars. I can have my own TV show whereeverybody is wearing a custom fit ‘Bonker Blocker. If the hunter doesn’twant to cover The ‘Bonker Blocker with a regular hat, and who wouldn’twant to show off their use of the latest technology, we can offer The‘Bonker Blocker in a variety of cammo patterns and even one in blazeorange.

We can do even further research into the theory of antler receptors bymaking a feed supplement rich in aluminum, based on the as of yet to beproven fact that bucks will take up the aluminum rich mineral and thealuminum will go straight to their antlers, disrupting the natural flow of theelectrical impulses caused by the antler receptors to the part of the buck’sbrain that sees a hunter’s thoughts. Why, combine The ‘Bonker Blockerwith the aluminum feed supplement and you are double guaranteed a bigbuck or double your money back.

The fire was once again down to a low glow and my thinkin juice glass isempty. I am completely encased by the comfy chair and I’m warmed insideand out but it is time to go to bed so I struggle out of the chair for the finaltime of the evening. It is time to check the weather forecast for tomorrow,make my hunting plan, my PB&J sammiches and my tinfoil hat.

As I lay in bed another thought came to mind. Does the tinfoil hat needmore layers based on the intelligence of the hunter? And if so, how do youjudge how many, or how few, layers a hunter might need? As I drifted offto sleep a plan to determine how many layers of tinfoil a hunter mightneed started to take shape in my mind, but that is a story for another time.An empire always starts with a good nights sleep.

Until next time, have a safe and successful hunting experiences.

Some of you will recognize this story. I recycled it after five or so yearsbecause every year at this time the websites I visit are full of the latestand greatest “trophy” deer killing gimmicks. Hunting isn’t about the latestand greatest “stuff.” Hunting is about respect for our quarry, respect forfellow hunters and respect for the land we hunt on.

Hopefully I won’t break a leg when I fall off my soap box, but it just seemsthat every year hunting is more about product placement than it is hunting.I can’t reverse the trend, all I can do is bemoan it and attempt to stay trueto my core values.

Tom Toycen

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Chronic Wasting Disease Detected For First Time InWild Iowa DeerThe deer was reported as harvested in Allamakee County during thefirst shotgun season in early December. The Iowa Department ofNatural Resources is currently working to obtain as much information aspossible about the infected deer to implement its’ CWD response plan.

We have been testing for CWD in Iowa’s deer herd for more than adecade and are optimistic, given the extensive data we have collected,that we have caught this early, said Chuck Gipp, DNR director. The nextstep will be to focus our monitoring efforts in the area where the animalwas harvested and work closely with local landowners and hunters togather more information.

CWD is a neurological disease affecting primarily deer and elk. It iscaused by an abnormal protein, called a prion that attacks the brains ofinfected animals, causing them to lose weight, display abnormalbehavior and lose bodily functions. Signs include excessive salivation,

thirst and urination, loss of appetite, progressive weight loss, listlessnessand drooping ears and head. The only reliable test for CWD requirestesting of lymph nodes or brain material.

There is currently no evidence that humans can contract CWD byeating venison. However, the National Institute of Health and the Centerfor Disease Control and Prevention recommend that hunters do not eatthe brain, eyeballs or spinal cord of deer and that hunters wearprotective gloves while field dressing game and boning out meat forconsumption.

Prior to the positive detection in Iowa, CWD had been detected inevery bordering state. With CWD in all the states around us, we haveunderstood the possibility of a positive detection in the wild deer herdfor some time said Gipp.

Since 2002, the DNR has collected more than 650 samples of deerfrom within a five-mile radius of where the deer is believed to have beenharvested.

The field offices are managed by the Wildlife Technician 2’s, and two ormore Technician 1’s work at the same office. Any of the wildlifetechnicians or staff that answer the phone can assist you.

The technician map (IA DNR wildlife field offices and counties) is themost critical map as these folks are the ones doing most of the fieldwork and collecting deer heads for CWD from the public.

The bulk of the deer heads are collected during the shotgun seasonsbecause this is when most of the deer are shot. The weather is alsocolder so the brain tissue doesn’t deteriorate as quickly in the colderweather. If a deer processing locker is nearby these are often good

places for DNR wildlife staff to collect deer heads for testing. If a deeris shot in warmer weather and you want to donate the head for CWDtesting, contact a wildlife technician ASAP and/or freeze it. Animals thatare going to be mounted for taxidermy can be caped and the headsaved for testing. IA DNR staff will request a date of harvest and ageneral location county etc. Only adult deer can be tested for CWD - nofawns.

Good luck hunting folks. Headed to Idaho in September to hunt elk.

Jon Christensen


FOR YOUR INFORMATIONChronic Wasting Disease: The BasicsWhat is Chronic Wasting Disease?CWD is a neurologic disease of deer and elk, belonging to the family ofdiseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE’s)or prion diseases. Though it shares certain features with other TSE’slike bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“Mad Cow Disease”) orscrapie in sheep, it is a distinct disease apparently affecting only deer,moose and elk. CWD occurs in wild deer, and elk primarily in Coloradoand adjacent parts of Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah; It has also beendiagnosed in wild deer and/or elk in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland,Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota,Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia,Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.CWD has also been found on captive deer and/or elk farms inColorado, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin,Wyoming and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

What are the Signs of CWD in Deer and Elk?CWD attacks the brains of infected deer and elk causing the animals tobecome emaciated, display abnormal behavior, lose bodily functionsand die. Signs identified in captive cervids include excessive salivation,loss of appetite, progressive weight loss, excessive thirst and urination,listlessness, teeth grinding, holding the head in a lowered position, anddrooping ears. CWD is a slowly progressive disease; signs are usuallynot seen until the animal is 18 months of age or older.

How is CWD Transmitted?The mode of transmission between deer or elk is not completelyunderstood. However, it is thought that the disease is transmittedlaterally (i.e., from direct contact between animals in a herd).Environmental factors, heat or disaffection does not easily kill thedisease causing prion, so transmission from a contaminatedenvironment may also be possible.

How is CWD Diagnosed?Brain samples are collected from hunter-harvested or dead deer andare examined microscopically using special stains to identify the CWDprion. A research team in Colorado has recently developed the first liveanimal test for CWD, based on the collection of tonsil samples formicroscopic examination. This test seems to work well in deer, but notelk.

Is CWD Transmissible to Humans?A World Health Organization panel of experts reviewed all availableinformation on CWD and concluded that there is no scientific evidencethat CWD can infect humans. CWD is similar to the human TSEdisease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, but the two diseases have not beenlinked the way new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in people hasbeen linked to consumption of products from cattle with bovinespongiform encephalopathy.

Is CWD a Risk for Iowa’s Livestock?There is no evidence that CWD can be transmitted under naturalconditions to cattle. Scientists have attempted to transmit CWD to cattleby injecting CWD infected material directly into the brain, but the cattledid not develop signs of disease.

Is it Safe to Eat Venison from Iowa Deer?There is no scientific evidence that CWD is transmissible throughconsumption of meat from an infected animal. The prion that causes

CWD accumulates only in certain parts of infected animals - the brain,eyes, spinal cord, lymph nodes, tonsils and spleen. Health officials,however, advise that no part of any animal known to be infected withCWD should be consumed by humans or other animals. In addition,they suggest that hunters take simple precautions when field dressingdeer in areas where CWD is found:• Wear rubber gloves when field dressing carcasses.• Bone out the meat from your animal.• Minimize the handling of brain and spinal tissues.• Wash hands and instruments thoroughly after field dressing iscompleted.

• Avoid consuming brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, tonsils and lymphnodes of harvested animals. (Normal field dressing coupled withboning out of a carcass will remove essentially all of these parts.)

• Request that your animal be processed individually, without meat fromother animals being added to meat from your animal.

What Should I do if I Observe or Harvest a Deer inIowa that I Suspect Might Have CWD?Call your local DNR office, your local Conservation Officer, or the DNRCentral Office (515) 281-6156 right away. The DNR will make everyeffort to collect samples from the animal and submit them for CWDtesting.

Iowa Department of Natural Resourceswow.iowan.gov

NW Area RepRobin KlemmeGood news, a super wet August kept EHD away for another year. Ourherd should start to rebuild going into 2015. As of September it lookslike a bumper agriculture crop that will make for a late harvest. If thereare standing cornfields by the first of December that will really help thedeer herd rebound and with bigger bucks.

The state is on-board with the declining deer herd. They issued 100doe tags the past several years in Plymouth County but for 2014 thereare no bonus doe tags. In fact our NW corner has no tags to theMinnesota border other than Woodbury County. Woodbury used to get2,500 and for 2014 they will issue 800 bonus doe tags.

Drop me a line if you know of club shoots in the future or any events forsportsman you would like our corner to know about.Remember use a flashlight to and from your stand.Robin Klemme

2014 AnnualUnfortunately, pictures submitted for this years’ Annual were at an alltime low. There were not enough to compile an Annual that would beworth looking at and spending the time, effort, and dollars to print it.We, your IBA board, don’t know what caused this, but we arebrainstorming ideas to improve this, please let us know. One idea is theTweeting, Facebook, email, and the instant information electronic agethat we live in. Your board decided not to print the Annual for 2014,then combine the pictures from this year with next year and print anAnnual at that time. After next years’ Annual, we will decide how tohandle this situation going forward. We have posted all the pictures onFacebook and the website. Sorry for any inconvenience to those whodepend on paper, but we don’t see a lot of other choices at the presenttime.IBA Board


Looking for a Few Good Men or WomenAre you at that stage in life that you have some time that you would like to volunteer and give back. Your kids have left the nest and you don’thave grandkids yet. Are you a dedicated bowhunter that cares enough about our sport that you are willing to give up six days a year? The IBAis looking for a few good men or women to run for the board of directors. As in any organization, we need new people to introduce new ideasand stay current with the times to be successful; and also to continually improve the IBA organization. Your involvement helps to ensure that thehunting opportunities we enjoy now will continue for generations to come.

The board meets 5 times a year and never during an archery season; after all we are bowhunters. Three of the meetings are held separately inDes Moines, one is in Des Moines during the Spring Banquet, and one is in Eldora during the Fall Festival. If you would like more informationplease contact one of the people below.

Terry [email protected]

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Mule Creek Outfitting is a family business owned and operated by father andson team, John and Jacob Berger. We are archery hunters ourselves andunderstand your needs. With a little patience you can easily stalk within bowrange of Javelinas. Hogs are a bit more wary and a blind/ambush may work alittle better. Mule Creek has over 125 square miles of range in Crane County,west Texas. We have semi-guided hunts for Javelina and Wild Hogs. A camphost is on site to provide orientation, directions, and maps. Individual huntersor small groups are welcome. The entire camp can be reserved for groups of10 to 16 people. So come and escape the cold to the mild weather in westTexas this winter.

John and Jacob Berger - www.mulecreekoutfitting.comphone 515-556-1838 or 515-979-4418

Pictures for IBA AnnualPlease send your harvest photos to Randy Taylor for futureAnnuals. All contact information is posted below. Deadline isJune 15th. The annual will now be designed in house by theIBA, so your cooperation in getting photos to Randy would begreatly appreciated, the sooner the better.

You can send by email, hard copy, or a CD through snail mail.If you email, please send as a full size file (1MB or larger). For100% clubs, please send in your photos together as a group ifyou want your own page in Annual. If not sent as a group, theywill be shown in the individual pages.

Jot down a couple details about your animal (score, date ofharvest, etc). We don’t need a story just a little information.Pictures are not returned.

Send to:Randy Taylor9965 Shrine St., Reasnor, IA 50232641-793-2736 W; 641-521-1050 [email protected]


STORIESA Man Named Grantby Don MealeyIf there ever was a hunt to talk about, this hunt would be right up therewith the best of them!

On Friday, August 15th, 2014 on my way up to Nipigon Ontario, Icalled my friend Grant Poindexter to talk about our up coming Bearhunts with Bob Bearman at Nipigon River Bear Hunts, I was surprisedto hear what Grant was going through. He had awoke to his left handswollen twice its size. The month before he had ran a power screwdriver into his bow hand and didn’t think much of it, because it’s notuncommon to wound himself working in his shop.

After going to his doctor Friday morning, he was ordered to haveemergency surgery that afternoon. Grant being Grant immediatelyinformed the doctor that they weren’t going to do that because he hada Bear hunt to go on. Well, after some convincing from his doctors andhis wife Patty, giving him the “eye,” he had changed his mind. Now wereally know who rules the roost at the Poindexter’s! Thanks Patty! Theoperation was performed at 5pm Friday.

As Grant awaits the surgery all the staff are intrigued about hisupcoming Bear hunt, while he is lying on the operating table Grantasks if anyone belongs to the IBA. Two of them said yes they weremembers and one said that they had just became a member thisspring. That was the last thing he remembered before “lights out.” Nowthat’s some dedication to the IBA!

I called him the next morning from Canada to check in on him. I wastold he had just came back in from his bow shop and was unsuccessfulin drawing his 52 pound longbow less than 24 hours after havingsurgery. Then he told me they put a 4 inch slice in the palm of hishand. They also removed 3 pieces of metal that the screwdriver leftbehind.

They did not sew it back together because it was full of infection. Thenext thing he did was pull the 18 inches of packing out of his hand,wash out the wound and repack it with less packing. Sunday he went

back out to his shop and successfully pulled his 54 pound hunting bowto full draw. Grant says to me: “Good to go, after all I only have toshoot one arrow, right?”

Five days pass, Grant returns to his doctor and promptly tells him thathis is going hunting in Canada. The doctor told Grant that he has someserious concerns about him going to Canada. Grant told them hewould keep his hand clean and wash out the wound daily. With thatsaid one of Grant’s doctors who is also a Bowhunter told him, “Go forit, it will make you the Ultimate Redneck!” So with that settled, it wasoff to the hunt.

Grant and his son Brian were going to ride together to Canada, until atthe last minute Brian couldn’t find his passport. Brian found out hecould get a new passport on his way at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Grantdecided to drive by himself just in case Brian ran into problems.

Grant goes ahead alone to the Pine Crest Motel, base for NipigonRiver Bear Hunts where he meets Bob Bearman and finds that Marshaand Ray Jones from Winterset, IA are also there. Ray was the highestbidder at the 2014 Spring Banquet.

The HuntThe first night Grant hunted the stand that I hunted when I was upthere. We both decided to pass on this bear, he was a nice bear, butwe have both taken one that size before. He moves around a couplemore nights to different stands without seeing any bear.

On the fourth day Bob and Grant are shooting their bows, Bobshooting the longbow that Grant made for him “damn well” accordingto Grant. So they decide to go to a new stand that night. Bob wisheshim good luck, and Grant settles in for a long sit.

Not long into the hunt Grant spots something black headed his way, hesaid it had to be the skinniest bear he had ever seen. It turned out to bea black lab. Now Grant being Grant, he didn’t let that bother him. Twohours later the same dog starts barking. Grant sensed that the dogmay be barking at a bear and sure enough right in front of him appearsa very large black bear. The bear ate at the bait a long time makingGrant think he may not get a shot. Then the bear turns, quarteringaway, 18 yards, perfect! Grant draws back his 54 pound self madelongbow and launches his Grizzly two blade 160 grain broadhead.Perfect shot! It just doesn’t get any better than that!

The bear runs away, Grant doesn’t hear a death moan. Bob and hedecide that they should wait until morning.

The next morning, after a very short 60 yard blood trail, there layingbefore them was a very large, dead black bear! They took the bear outwhole with the aid of Bob’s Argo, which Grant fell in love with, saying“It was the Ultimate ATV.”

Back at the camp the bear weighed a whooping 415 pounds. Not badfor a man with a 4 inch open wound in his bow hand!


STORIES continued...

This Bear green scored over 19 inches.

This year marks the 50th year Grant has entered game into the Pope and Young record book. He entered his first animal in 1964. Now that saysa lot about a man named Grant, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Mentor, Friend, and most of all BOWHUNTER!

Iowa Decoyingby Robin KlemmeDecoying deer in Iowa really works. Once you use a decoy successfullyyou will never want to hunt without one again.

My first experiences started back in the late 90’s. Because of a decoy, Ihave had the good fortune to bring home several bucks over the yearsand last year was no exception. On Nov. 9th of 2013 season, I electedto sit all day. I saw a total of five bucks, mostly small two year olds. Allbut one were within shooting range.

The one buck at four o’clock, that didn’t come into range, definitely sawmy decoy from 200 yards, but for reasons only the buck knows, hewasn’t interested that precise moment, and that’s bowhunting in Iowa.The last buck at 4:30 was a good deer, one I had not seen before, but abeautiful deer, especially since EHD took 40 percent of our deerbefore hunting season. This big boy was not tied to a doe. They camedown the fence line parallel to my hunting ground. I grunted to get theirattention and from a gallop to a screeching halt they eyed my decoy tenyards in front of my stand. I’m hunting heavy timber but the buck decoyis ten yards out in the wide open pasture. The decoy is visible and thatis important trick number one.

The buck and doe are fifty yards away and begin to meander,occasionally looking at my rival buck. The live buck is concerned onlywith his doe so the two remain on the opposite side of the fence forseveral minutes. Every time they would look away, I would grunt andoccasionally throw them a snort-wheeze. It looked like they were goingto stay in their own little world when finally the doe took three steps upto the fence, staring at my decoy. The buck did not like her suddeninterest and decided it was time to run this guy off. He leaped the fenceand was coming downwind on the trot. Before he got too close ordownwind of me I stopped him with a grunt. A little high hit dropped thebuck almost instantly.

I am convinced the decoy was the only reason I was able to take thisbuck!

So why does it work sometimes and not other times or even scare deeraway. Well here are some thoughts from my years of decoying and tipsI published clear back in 1999 in Petersen’s Bow Hunting in an articleentitled The Real Deal.

1) First of all understand a buck deer is horny a short time of the yearbut is ornery all of the year. Therefore the use of a buck decoy worksbetter than a doe decoy. Think about that. A local buck knows everydeer in his area from the summer months so when a new guy (yourdecoy) shows up he wants to check him out just like when a newneighbor moves in down the street.

2) Place the decoy where you want to shoot. A buck will approach thedecoy downwind and often offer a shot inches within the decoy. If it’s abuck you’re going to try for, I would recommend taking the first goodshot pryer to him reaching your decoy. He may smell you as you leaveyour human scent on the decoy or on the ground where you walked.

3) A trick I like to do, is remove one antler from your decoy. A buck willusually approach from the weak side of a deer and this helps you to setup your shot placement. Place a branch on the ground in anotherlocation and it may force the buck to circle that side of the decoypresenting a better shot angle.

4) Movement is crucial. It’s the single most important element when adeer approaches your setup. I accomplish this easily with two or threesquares of toilet paper under the tail hung from a thread or dental floss.A slight breeze moves the paper and a live deer calms down. You canget creative and run bow string up your tree and add movement to thetail or head when there may not be a breeze to help you out. Butmovement is KEY.

5) Scent control. I like to stash my decoy next to my stand for theseason. I own 4 Carry-Lite decoys from ten years ago so I can alternate


stands when hunting. I’ll cover the fully assembled decoy with burlapand a few branches from mother nature. Then I use long rubber glovesand try not to press the decoy against my body when setting up andanchoring to the ground.

6) Placing something in front of your buck adds to the setup. A decoy isstiff legged and this alarms deer as an alarm position. A bedded doe isa great addition but not necessary. I have had success years agoplacing a turkey decoy in front of a buck decoy to make it look like itsstarring at the turkey. Don’t overdo it or overthink it. The more objectsand time to set them up the more scent you leave and that will be yournemesis.

7) Place the deer in the open. It does no good to put a decoy in thethick of timber. In fact this can spook deer as they travel a trail and lookup to suddenly see a deer. Placing the decoy in the wide open lures adeer from long distances that otherwise weren’t using the trail leading toyour stand. The purpose of decoying is to bring that buck to your area.Give the deer room to move around at least 180 degrees of the setup.

Two of the most awesome things about decoying in Iowa is the factwhen a deer locks onto your setup they are looking at the decoyexclusively and you can practically do jumping jacks in your stand.Drawing on a mature buck becomes a little easier. The real thrill iswatching a buck challenge your buck. The hair will stand upright like afrightened dog until the movement on your decoy calms them down.They sometimes sparr with your plastic deer. Other times they chargewith their head down sending it flying through the air. I’ve had deer paw

and make a scrape in front of the decoy, which I find interesting. Theyact a lot like a bull in a bullfight.

I found in Iowa the best times are the last week in October through theheavy rut of mid November. Iowa deer are decoy-able and if you put upwith a few bloopers, you’ll find it is deadly far, far more often than not.Make them visible, provide some movement and enjoy the show youwon’t be disappointed.


The decoy setup. Note one antler missing as well as toilet paper underthe tail. The decoy is where the hunter wants to shoot and is in the opento be visible.

The author took this buck on Nov. 9th only because he used a decoy.After a long standoff and a series of grunting, the buck was pulled awayfrom his doe for an encounter

The author’s son, Jacob took this deer from the same stand, with thesame decoy. The buck was spooked and was running at Jacob’sdirection when he spotted the decoy he stopped long enough for Jacobto make the shot.


STORIES continued...June 16th, a day I have been waiting for is finally here. Tonight, I leavewith six clients/friends on my fourth trip to hunt South Africa. All theplanning, practice and preparations are over. It’s “GO Time.” We gatherat Double Lung Archery to leave at 10 pm for the drive to the O’Hareairport in Chicago. We will caravan, three vehicles to carry all of us andour gear to begin our journey. An hour before we are due to leave, astrong storm rolls through, torrential rain and tornado warnings. Itpasses us before we leave but we drive in pouring rain pretty much thewhole way to Chicago. We arrive at the airport at aprox 3:45 am forour 6 am flight. We make our way to the Air Canada counter only todiscover that Randy has misplaced his passport! Oh, crap! Not leavingthe country without that! Back to the truck he goes, we have time, justhope it is there and not back in LaPorte City! About 20 minutes later,Randy calls me, he found it! Yaaayyyy, he is on his way back to theterminal.

The trip is a long, uneventful one. We arrive in Johannesburg, SA ontime and Charl has a driver there to pick us up. We had a slight delaygetting our bows due to the lack of an agreement between the airlineand the security people but we got that squared away and we were onour way to camp! We are to be the very first guests at the brand newInfinito Lodge. Charl has been getting it built for about 9 months nowand it is finally complete enough for us to stay there. It will be my newhome away from home in SA for years to come and I am excited to getthere.

Charl and Erika greet us all and welcome us. We get our bags to ourroom and gather around the campfire. There are HUGE T-bone steaksgrilling over the wood coal fire, Mmmmmmmmmmm! As the steaksfinish cooking, Charl describes what the next eight days will be like toall, answering everyone’s questions as they come up. We will behunting out of hides (blinds) over water holes and mineral licks.Everyone needs to be prepared for 10-11 hours of hunting each day.He explains that due to the rains in late May, the bush is still very greenand will not help us on our hunt. We also have the full moon to contendwith the first three days of our hunt.

Dinner is ready! We all file into the new dining room to the big table. Ilook around to see where Erika wants me to sit for the week. Shealways has everyone’s food on the table but there will be 1 plate that isdifferent from the rest. No veggies, green stuff, muchroom anything etc.This is for me, lol, and that tells me where to sit. She knows me well!

Shortly after dinner, we all head to our rooms. I am bunking with Chuckand we spend the next hour or so, unpacking, getting our hunting gearin our packs, getting our bows ready for tomorrow mornings practiceand talking about the upcoming week of hunting! As tired as we arefrom the long, long trip, we are both too excited to sleep! Like kidsgoing to DIsney World.

We did, eventually, fall asleep for a couple hours. I was up at 4 am tobegin my yearly tradition of seeing every African sunrise. I head to thefridge to get a Monster Energy drink and head to the fire. Erika hadmade a point of showing me where the firewood was so I wouldn’t bestumbling around in the dark looking for some. Ahhhh, fire coming tolife, sun breaking the horizon, I am back in South Africa. This is myfavorite part of the trip. Sitting alone by the fire watching the sun comeup and the sounds of the bush coming alive for the day.

The camp slowly comes alive. The rest of my group makes their way tocoffee, breakfast and the fire. Once we are all up and fed we gather ourbows and head to the practice range on the other side of the big

garage. One, by one, we step up and shoot 3 or 4 arrows ataproximately 25 yards. We are all good to go and hitting our marks!Charl tells us our hunt plans for the day. I will be helping with Randy atBush Fellows. Ron and Andrew will be hunting together with Ulrich.Now Ulrich is one of the new, young PHs Charl has hired. There isUlrich and Marness and they are identical twins. Had enough to learnnew names but now no one can tell these two guys apart! For the firstfour days I was calling Ulrich, HOYT for his Hoyt hat he wore andMarness, Montec after the broadhead. Lol. They are great guys, fun tobe with and I am very happy with Charl’s choice in PHs.

Randy, Julius (our guide) and I get dropped off at our hide first. We getall settled in for the long first day of our hunt. It is aproximately 9:30am. The wait begins, and a long wait it was. The wind swirled all dayand all we saw in about 8 hours was 1 female Impala and 1 HUGEBlue Wildebeest Bull, possibly the largest I have ever seen. None camein for a shot. So our first day was a bust. We go pick up Ron, Andrewand Ulrich and they too had no shot opportunities. We arrive back atcamp, it’s only a 20 minute drive to find out that Chuck is the herotoday! He shot a really nice Zebra Stallion about an hour after getting inhis hide with Dan, the American PH, from Idaho that is going to bedoing some work with Infinito during his off season here in the States.Since Chuck shot his Zebra so early, they then moved him to a differentproperty and hide and he almost got a 48” Kudu, but it just wouldn’toffer him a shot. Exciting day for Chuck’s first day hunting in Africa! Weare all thrilled that at least 1 of us had some luck, plus this guaranteeswe will be having Zebra steak for dinner very soon. One of my favorites!Mmmmmmmm!

We all sit down for the fantastic meal Erika had prepared for us.

Appetizers of smoked Impala and cheese on crackers, followed bycinnamon pork chops, sweet potato, mashed potatoes and peppermintcrisp for dessert. After we all stuffed ourselves, we head out to the firefor a short time. We are all still tired and want to get some rest so we allturn in early. Looking forward to day 2.

Day 2 begins the same way. I am up early and get the fire stoked up. Ilisten to jackals howling in the predawn. I hear Impala Rams grunting,the rut is just finishing up. Once everyone else is up and had somebreakfast we hear the plan for today. Randy and one of the twins will betogether. I still can’t tell them apart. Dan is taking Scott and Ron. The


STORIES continued...“Young Guns” Matt and Andrew, are going with the other twin andChuck will be with me. Chuck and I get dropped off at the hide hehunted yesterday, afternoon and saw the nice Kudu Bull. We are hopingfor a chance at him! We are also after one of the Gemsbok thatfrequent this spot. Both of us want one but Chuck insists that since hegot his Zebra yesterday that if a Gemsbok comes, I get first chance. Wesee plenty of animals throughout the day but very few come in. We hadtwo nice Impala Rams heading our way but each time they veered off inanother direction. Finally, about an hour before dark an Impala Ramwith three ewes came in to drink, but the Ram hangs back, out of range.He finally, after about 15 minutes offers Chuck a shot. I whisper toChuck that I have him on camera, shoot him! But Chuck did not have aclear shot yet. I moved a little so he could possibly get maneuvered alittle different to get a shot out of one of the windows in the hide andeither one or both of us got busted by one of the ewes! Off they all ran!Good news, they didn’t go far and soon are working their way back in tous. The Ram ended up coming in first this time but was way nervous.He ended up giving Chuck a 30 yard shot, slightly quartering away. Ihave him in camera, shoot him, I whisper, again. Chuck had to hold atfull draw for at least three minutes waiting for him to turn a little more.I’m whispering, wait, wait, he will turn, wait. The ram does turn andChuck touches the shot off. I hear a loud whack as the bow string hitsChucks sleeve and watch the arrow veer about a foot in front on theRam. While Chuck had been at full draw his form/grip had changed andcaused the miss. We are both bummed! But, at least it was a cleanmiss. Just at last possible light, a jackal is coming in and I get ready. Hestops at what I think is about 30 yards, no time for my rangefinder, I putmy 30 yard pin on him and shoot. I am high and my arrow, completewith its lighted nock goes skipping like a rock across water, out acrossthe big open field. Dang, two shots, two misses for us today. Good thingwe still have six more days.

We arrive back at camp to find that Randy is the Hero today as he shota nice Blue Wildebeest Bull! Two of my group is now on the board! Weall congratulate Randy on his first Africa animal! Matt and Andrew hadthree Kudu Bulls that teased them at about 40 yards but never came in.Everyone else had a pretty slow day.

Right about dinner time Charl gets to camp with our celebrity hunter,Craig Boddington. Craig has been a writer and professional hunter forthe past 35 years or so. He has been published in pretty much every

hunting magazine out there and been the editor of a few. He currentlyhas two shows on the Outdoor channel. Not every day you get to sharecamp with such a man. He and his videographer, Jane, fit right in. Theyjoined us at the fire as soon as they got squared away in their roomsand then for dinner. We had Sable and Cape Buffalo steaks, potatowedges and Erika even changed the dessert to ICE CREAM, (just forme), before they headed out on Craig’s night hunt for Serval cat. Hehas been hunting for one for 18 years and been on two Serval huntswith other outfitters in the past few years. He has yet to even see one!Now it’s Charl’s turn at bat. We all wish them luck as they head off intothe night to call for cats and other night predators. The rest of us gatherat the fire, as usual. I find out that the power convertor that Ron andAndrew brought is not working, so I go to my room and get the extraone I brought along and get it all hooked up for them. Then I went andfound Erika to have her show me where all the breakfast stuff andcoffee was kept so I could get that stuff ready in the mornings since Iam up anyway. That way she can sleep in another 1/2 hour or so. Sheput in really long days running the camp and I like to help out as muchas I can. We all turn in about 10 pm.

Day 3 - I am up extra early today! 3:30 am, I have new duties to takecare of! Lol. I go and stoke the fire, get the breakfast cereal, bowls, milkout and coffee made. I go to all the rooms at 4:30 am for the wake upknock. Today, we roll at 5:30. We were a little late leaving camp but areon our way at 6:00 am. Randy, Chuck and I are going back to BushFellows. Randy and Ulrich (I think) will be hunting together and Chuck, Iand Julius will be together. We will be in the hide hole and mineral lick.Plus a bale of hay we put out just for an extra attractant. I check the pitblind for snakes, you ALWAYS check the blinds for snakes beforegetting in. The snakes in Africa are some of the most deadly in theworld. I give the all clear and we get all our stuff and ourselves into thehide. It is about 8:00 am. We got delayed at the lodge of Bush Fellowswaiting for a driver and truck. While we were waiting we got to go pet afour year old male lion! He is a captive animal and if you put your handup on the chainlink fence he will come rub his head on your hand like abig house cat. Pretty cool. They also have two African wild dogs that wegot to see. So, back in the blind, nothing is happening, I mean nothing.We see two Mongoose and a couple birds, all day! I took a short nap,got caught up on my writing, reviewed some video but mostly sat, andsat, and sat. Today we have the father/son teams hunting together and

we are hoping they, and Randy are having better luck thanus. A heard of Blue WIldebeest finally show up, all cowsthough, we know where their bull is. In the salt, thanks toRandy yesterday. Chuck almost decides to shoot a cow,Julius points out the biggest one but there is no shot yet.Chuck asks me what to do and I call a pass on the cow. It’sstill early in our hunt and there are better Wildebeest soChuck sets his bow down.

At dark, we get picked up and find out that Randy and Mattboth shot Kudu bulls today! Whoooo Hooooo! We driveback to camp, stow our gear in our rooms and head to theskinning shed. Randy’s is a 46” bull and we see picturesof Matt’s since it is being skinned at the Miala propertywhere he shot him. Matt’s is about 48”, both very nicebulls. Soon, Erika calls us for dinner. Charl, Craig, Janeand Dan are already out on another night hunt for theServal. I set up my camera to record our dinner forfootage for my new promotional DVD, plus we have a


STORIES continued...special surprise tonight that Erika and I have been working on for acouple months. Today is Chuck’s 54th birthday and Erika has made aZebra birthday cake for him. After we eat, she brings it out for dessertand everyone sings Happy Birthday to Chuck. He is totally surprised!Perfect!

After dinner and birthday cake we all head out to the fire. Everyone elseturns in early but just as I am heading to bed Erika comes out and tellsme she just got the WIFI hooked up! Yaaaaayyyyy, I can see what’sgoing on in the world. So, I sit up the next two hours, checking emails,posting about our hunt on Facebook and just when I am going to call ita night Erika comes out all excited! Craig got his cat! Craig got his cat!They will be back at camp within an hour. Well, there’s no way I can goto sleep now! I continue working until I hear the Land Cruiser pull in. Ijump up and head for the skinning shed. I congratulate Craig on hissuccessful hunt. I watch as Charl and Craig do a “post hunt” recap onvideo, I am hoping it will make it to one of Craig’s TV shows. We thenhead to the fire and I get the whole story! Eighteen years of hunting forone, two hours into the hunt that have one coming into the call, Craigsteadies his rifle on the shooting sticks, the lights come on BOOM! Hemissed it! He said it was one of the most disappointing moments in hislife! Finally got his chance and he blew it!

All was not lost, two hours later, at a different location they calledanother one in, this time his aim as true! He finally got his Serval cat.Charl, Craig and I sit up until about 2 am. Craig is a very interestingguy. I have to admit, I had reservations about sharing camp with a“celebrity.” Charl had assured me that Craig was a good guy. He wasright, Craig is an awesome guy! Friendly, approachable, tells it like it is,kind of man. I have always respected his writing, knowledge and huntingaccomplishments. I now respect him as a man. He is welcome at myfire anytime.

Besides, he writes almost as well as I do! Lol. Except he gets paid to doit. Hmmmmmm??

Day 4 - Halfway through our hunt. Time sure flys by in South Africa! Iam up at 4:10, I over slept a half hour. I am blaming Charl and Craigfor keeping me up so late. I have to haul it to get showered, dressed,coffee on, breakfast stuff ready, fire going and make the wake uprounds at 4:30. I make it to the first room for wake up at 4:26, prettygood huh?

Today it’s going to be Chuck and I together again. We drop everyoneoff at their hides with their guides and then get taken to ours. We settlein for the long day. We see Impala, birds, Nyalla, Bushbuck throughoutthe day but get no shot opportunities. That is, until the last two hours ofthe day. First in, is a herd of Blue Wildebeest, about 30 of them! This isthe same herd as two days ago but now there is a nice bull with them!They all come in at once for some hay, mineral and a drink of water, it ischaos. The bull finally comes to the water, giving Chuck a perfectbroadside shot at 15 yards. But, there is a cow behind him so Chuckcan’t shoot. The bull then heads away from the water and stops at 19yards, slightly quartering away, Chuck draws his bow, I tell him to wait,there is a calf behind the bull. The calf, after about two minutes walksahead of the bull. No sooner than the one calf moved, and quicker thanChuck can get a good shot off, two more calves move up and are nowbehind the bull. The bull then begins walking but the calves match him,step for step, staying behind him and making a shot impossible to take.



Chuck had to let down his draw as we watched the bull and his newbest friends (after all, they just saved his life) walk off. Bummer, but wasexciting to at least get close to getting a shot.

Not 20 minutes later a group of six Zebra mares are headed our way.The landowner does not want stallions shot here but I decide a marewill work just fine for the rug I want and will taste just as good if notbetter. They close the distance from 200 down to about 80 yards andthen just stand there, and stand there, forever! They are just not comingin and eventually, they wander off. This perfectly demonstrates thedifference in challenge between rifle and bow hunting! The addeddifficulty that is embraced by bow hunters. Had I been rifle hunting, itwould have been game over.

In a short time, a group of Kudu cows are coming, one, two, three, fourof them, this, we think, is the same group of cows that had the 47-48”bull with them a couple days ago when Chuck and Dan were here. It is!He is coming too! Just then, Chuck spots a jackal, probably the sameone I missed coming our way and tells me to “get ready.” I whisper tohim, “no way”. I’m not blowing your chance at a Kudu for a Jackal! TheKudu cows are now in the hay, 15 yards from our hide. The jackalpasses by at about eight feet! Aaaarrrggggg! Once the Jackel haspassed we are sure the Kudu bull will come in. Well, he doesn’t. Hehangs up, about 35 yards out, quartering towards us and just standsthere. Then, for a reason that remains a mystery to us, one of the cowspicks her head up suddenly and runs off, taking them all with her!

We are baffled, four target animals in about two hours and no shotopportunities. That is bowhunting, plain and simple. That is why I LOVE

it, as frustrating as it can be some days!

Darkness falls and one of the twins comes to pick us up.Great news! Scott has his first Africa kill! A nice Impala Ram,Whoooo Hoooooo! Another one “in the salt.” We head backto Infinito Lodge. Erika has Impala Lasagna for us for dinnerfollowed by Malva Pudding Tarts. They are like a soft muffinand really good! I hesitated last year trying them but Erikatalked me into it. I am glad she did, they are awesome! Icould make a whole meal of just tarts! I am whipped tonightand turn in early. Not sure what the plan is or my duties fortomorrow, I lay awake a bit, thinking, thinking of the hunt,past hunts and clients, life is good! I drift off to sleep.

(To be continued next issue, Dave Stueve, Double LungArchery Inc, “What every Bowhunter Wants”.)

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than theyappear. I’ll bet he’s wondering why she doesn’t get up!


YOUTH BOWHUNTERSportsman’s Warehouse/IBA2014 Youth Scholarship Essay ContestSportsman’s Warehouse and the IBA will be offering a five hundred dollarscholarship to a youth, graduating senior of current year that is a member ofthe IBA. To earn this scholarship, you must write an essay not more than500 words on at least two of the following topics, and include a photo ofyourself.

What Bowhunting has taught meWhat the IBA means to meMy most memorable experience with a bow

These essays must be in the hands of your IBA President no later than July5. Members of the IBA Board of Directors and Sportsman’s Warehouseemployees will judge them. This scholarship cannot be given to the sameperson more than once; and will be announced at the Fall Festival.

This scholarship will be given when notice of college enrollment is providedto the IBA Treasurer; and the check will be written to the college.

This essay must be in your own readable handwriting and not an electronicdocument. See the Board Member section of Bowhunter or the Website foryour IBA Presidents’ contact and address information.

IBA Board of DirectorsSportsman’s Warehouse

Included in this photo is my grandson, Chase Lichtas, with his newbow made by Grant Poindexter and his new arrows made by WayneLamoreux. Just wanted to thank both of these guys for all they do forthe youth of our organization; and to let them know their equipment isbeing used and enjoyed.

Larry Krohn

Listen to Waking up the Outdoors with Outdoors Dan on 1460 KXNO-AM every Saturday morningfrom 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Iowa’s only live two hour weekly outdoor radio show!

Outdoors Traditions TV is on every Monday and Wednesday at 8:00 amand Sunday at 7:30 am on Fox 17 out of Des Moines IA; or on

Fox Sports Midwest Sunday at 12:00 pm and Thursday at 2:00 pm!Check out Outdoors Dan websitewww.outdoorsdan.com

for show times and events that are going on in Iowa!

IOWA GAMESThe Iowa Bowhunters Association is proud to announce that they havepartnered with the Iowa Sports Foundation to bring you the official IowaGames 3D Shoot through their IBA 100% clubs. The IBA board ofdirectors and Iowa games officials decided that it is best to have theshoot at the same club two consecutive years. An application to host theshoot will be available soon in the IBA Iowa Bowhunter.

The location for the 2015/2016 Iowa Games shoot has been selectedfrom the existing applicants and will be held at Wapello Chiefs Bowmenclub located near Ottumwa, Iowa.

IBA Board of Directors

Bear Creek Taxidermy(Yes, I have beetles)

Dennis Vogel1845 60th Street Drive ~ Garrison, IA 52229

319-270-8644


Double Lung Archery Inc. is a full time,full service Pro Shop. Working withInfinito Safaris, we specialize inbowhunts to South Africa. You can alsodo a rifle hunt or combo hunt as well.Local representation available right herein Iowa.

Join the “Hunt with Double Lung” group hunt - wego every June! We can also book your own hunt, onyour own dates. Dave and Charl at Infinito Safariscan make your dream hunt happen!

Contact Double Lung Archery Inc.501 Main StreetLa Porte City, Iowa [email protected]


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807-887-3801 or 807-887-2813www.nipigonriverbearhunt.com

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LIFE MEMBERSRobert RoachEvansdale, IA

Laverne WoockWaterloo, IA

Richard EldridgeBooklyn, IA

Richard HarrisLaPorte City, IA

Dennis (Whitey) JohnsonWaterloo, IA

Leroy MatthiasWaterloo, IAGene WinterWaterloo, IA

Craig EckhardtHampton, IATerry SchulzDuncombe, IA

David MacDonaldWaverly, IA

David WillisLake City, IA

Gary HelgersonElkader, IA

Matt B. KoenigHampton, IALarry ZachAnkeny, IADave Holt

Lakewood, COMichael HeaserMinneiska, MN

Murray StewartKearny, MO

Don BrazeltonAnkeny, IA

Mark ArmstrongCouncil Bluffs, IA

Mick BrownCouncil Bluffs, IALarry Stewart

Martelle, IABill BehrensCedar Falls, IADoug Clayton

Council Bluffs, IANathan DirksSpirit Lake, IAJohn CarlsonLake Mills, IA

John KoschmederRiceville, IARobert Rust

Webb, IATom Oldfather

Elk Run Heights, IATodd LehighOmaha, NE

Rayneal McKimAltoona, IAGary RieckWaverly, IA

Richard KellyMissouri Valley, IA

Ritch StolpeSioux City, IA

Randy CoolingDexter, MI

Patrick SullivanCedar Rapids, IAChris BartonFarragut, IA

Don EgglestonWaverly, IA

Dana RogersBox Elder, SD

Bill BranderhorstNewton, IA

Paul (Buck) FarniDurango, IA

Steven MosnikMarion, IAEd UlickiLehigh, IA

Donnie MorrisSully, IA

Roger BowenCouncil Bluffs, IA

Robert SegerFt. Dodge, IATim FridayUnion, IA

Ron ShroutGillett, PA

Douglas BeckmanCarroll, IA

Mike BlanchardDes Moines, IA

John HaberlCarroll, IA

Gary LiebschGlenwood, IADaniel Loftus

Douds, IADavid LentMarion, IAPaul Fults

Muscatine, IAShawn RyanEldridge, IAJohn Keenan

Tama, IAHarvey Dirks

Cedar Rapids, IARichard Schmitz, Jr.

Clinton, IAKelly White

Saylorville, IADavid Mason

Coggin, IALynn Hoch

Indianola, IATom (Fishbonker) Toycen

Mount Vernon, IARandy TaylorReasnor, IA

Jason GuisingerClive, IA

Kent E. HalsteadDonnellson, IA

Daryl LandsguardSaint Olaf, IA

Timothy CallahanPrimgar, IA

Daniel YoungDes Moines, IA

Robert T. BuckleyWaterloo, IA

Charles MaskoSwisher, IA

Steven SearsCouncil Bluffs, IA

Brian WesselKeokuk, IA

Barry SmithHot Sulphur Springs, CO

Grant PointdexterIndianola, IAHunter WhiteSaylorville, IACharles RehorPrudence, RI

Michael MealeyIndianola, IA

Jim KielerRaymond, IA

Matthew KielerRaymond, IAJacob KielerRaymond, IAWillie SuchyChariton, IAJeff Manzer

Story City, IAMike Zoellner

Shelby, IABob Branchcomb

Indianola, IABill & Mary Stonebraker

Eldora, IATerry TremmelIndianola, IAJoshua Carter

Nichols, IAReed E. BurresHumboldt, IA

Jeff InlowOrient, IA

Clark SchmitzBrunsville, IA

Terry KonchalskiDes Moines, IA

Troy PowellStuart, IA

Shann PoindexterMelrose, IA

Kelly KendallEldora, IA

John DudleyIndianola, IA

Tom LitchfieldChariton, IA

BOARD MEMBERSDennis Bradley, President12451 55th St.Ottumwa, IA 52501641/[email protected]

Charlie Arnold, Vice PresidentP.O. Box 16Derby, IA [email protected]

Corey Thorson,Treasurer1648 Cordova Ave.Pella, IA [email protected]

Kurt & Denita Van Wyk, Secretary1735 Grand Ave.Council Bluffs, IA 51503712/[email protected]

Larry Krohn, Editor3338 Sandy Beach Rd. NESolon, IA 52333319/[email protected]

Terry Koppes2002 11th St.Eldora, IA 50627641/[email protected]

Randy Taylor9965 Shrine St.Reasnor, IA 50232641/[email protected]

Tom Toycen78 Joel LaneMount Vernon, IA [email protected]

JD McDonald1626 RolandChariton, IA 50049641/203-1029641/[email protected]

Jim Colwell480 Perry Dr.Knoxville, IA [email protected]

Boyd Mathes776 190th Ave.Pella, IA [email protected]

Grant Poindexter6895 133rd Ave.Indianola, IA [email protected]

Don Mealey128 Center St.Norwalk, IA [email protected]

Troy Powell2630 170th St.Stuart, IA [email protected]

Jon Christensen32523 232nd StreetCastana, IA [email protected]

Randy McPherren314 W. Union StreetUnionville, IA [email protected]

Jake Stien2632 75th StreetWatkins, IA [email protected]

IBA Kiko TovarLifetime Achievement Award

Past Recipients

Laverne Woock (one of founding fathers)

Cal StruchenGrant PoindexterErv WagnerRon SteegeCraig Eckart

IOWA BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION - RELATED INFORMATION


46th Annual IBA Spring BanquetAwards Application

All entries must be postmarked by Feb. 24, 2015

a. Men’s Divisionb. Women’s Divisionc. Youth Division (16 years & under)d. Printable photographe. Awards given for Typical & Non-Typical in each

Divisionf. Only top 3 places in each division receive plaques.(Must be taken in Iowa)

1 You must be a member, in good standing, at the time youharvest your entry.

2. All game must be taken within the rules of fair chase.3. All entries must be postmarked by Feb. 24th.4. All entries must be mailed to: IBA. Awards, 9965 Shrine

St. Reasnor, IA 50232 ph # 641-793-27385. All P&Y entries must be on P&Y or B&C score sheet and

signed by an official scorer.6. All entries must be accompanied with photo. Information

must be written on back of photo. (Name, address, award).7. All applicants MUST be at Spring Banquet to receive an

award.

a. 1st place plaqueb. All others receive certificatec. Must be weighed and measured the

same as NWTF rules. Send copy of form.

a. First place men’s divisionb. First place women’s divisionc. First place youth division (16 years &

under)d. All entries must be weighed on scales

legal for trade and signed by a witness.

16 YEARS AND UNDERAWARD (Certificate)

8. All age restrictions are at time of harvest.9. All late season animals that require drying time for entry

will qualify for next years banquet.10. Entrant must submit this application with photo.11. Entries for Photo Contest must be delivered prior to

Banquet date.NOTE:• Acceptance of awards application will require the

following of all rules (No Exceptions)• The IBA is not responsible for entries lost in the mail.

MAIL ENTRIES TO: IBA Awards, c/o Randy Taylor-9965 Shrine St. - Reasnor, IA 50232(Please email a jpg electronic file of award pictures to [email protected])



AREA REPRESENTATIVESLEGISLATIVELaverne Woock737 DenverWaterloo, IA 50702319/236-8220

BOARD ATTORNEYDavid Willis107 W. Main St.Lake City, IA 51449712-830-0015

IBEF STATECOORDINATORDavid Mason5859 3rd St. NorthCoggon, IA 52218

ADVISORSIBA LOBBYISTDon Avenson30 Maplewood DriveOelwein, Iowa 50662

IBA WEBMASTERIowa Website Design213 Osborne LaneElkader, IA [email protected]

PUBLICATIONS EDITORLarry Krohn3338 Sandy Beach Rd.Solon, IA 52333319-360-1707

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JUNIOR AREA REPRESENTATIVESDylan John McDonald, Bradon Sims, ElijahCollins, and Abram Collins.

Junior Area Rep CornerTThe above named are the junior area reps. Becoming a junior arearepresentative is not a free ride so to speak, but does include someexpectations and responsibilities. New ideas are always welcome and hopefullythese youngsters will be able to provide some to our organization. Providing

feedback by means of the Iowa Bowhunter newsletter is one way of keepingin touch and relaying information to other young members of the IBA.Providing pictures, writing an article, and helping out at events are all ways toget involved. An example would be to write about an experience at an NASPtournament, or the Fall Festival, or one of your hunting excursions. As always,you don’t have to be a junior area rep to provide articles, pictures, or otherinformation. That is welcome from all members. Congratulations to theseyoung people and welcome to the junior area rep venture.

NORTHWEST

Robin Klemme22001 Kestrel Ave.Merrill, IA 51038712/938-2021

SOUTHWEST

Ron Wyllie122 N. 21st St.Clarinda, IA [email protected]

NORTH CENTRAL

Larry Zach901 S.E. Trilein Dr.Ankeny, IA 50021515/964-1570

SOUTH CENTRAL

Tammy McDonald1626 Roland Chariton, IA 50049641/[email protected]

Chase McDonald1626 RolandChariton, IA 50049641-774-4241

Doyle Kincy7304 Monroe CtUrbandale, IA [email protected]

Larry Newendorp905 W Jackson StKnoxville, IA [email protected]

NORTHEAST

Cal Struchen3278 Rising LaneToddville, IA 52341319/393-2448

Daryl Landsgard17613 Gunder Rd.St. Olaf, IA [email protected]

SOUTHEAST

Al Coblentz706 13th St.Kalona, IA 52247319/[email protected]

Mike Robertson2129 12th St.Camanche, IA [email protected]

Brian Wessel36 Prices Creek Rd.Keokuk, IA 52632319/[email protected]


AWARDSRandy Taylor

BOWHUNTER PUBLICATIONLarry Krohn

FALL FESTIVALLarry Krohn, Jon Christensen

Terry Koppes, Jim Colwell,Boyd Mathes, JD McDonald

all area reps, all board members

FINANCECharlie Arnold,

Randy Taylor (chair)

FUND RAISINGLive & Silent Auctions

Larry Krohn, Denny Bradley,Troy Powell, Jon Christensen

RAFFLESBoyd Mathes, Jim Colwell,

Corey Thorson

LEGISLATIONRandy Taylor, Randy McPherren

Tom Toycen, Denny Bradley

NOMINATIONS & REPSTerry Koppes

SPRING BANQUETKurt Van Wyk &

Denita Van Wyk, (co-chair)all board members & area reps

ADVERTISINGRandy Taylor, Boyd Mathes,

Larry Krohn

SPONSORSHIPCharlie Arnold (chair), Larry Krohn,

JD McDonald

MERCHANDISEJD McDonald, Tammy McDonald,

Charlie Arnold

DEER CLASSICTom Toycen,

Randy Taylor, Jim Colwell

100% CLUB LIAISONSTerry Koppes

2014 IBA COMMITTEES


Please note: The individuals listed above are only primary points of contact for theirrespective committee. As with any non-profit organization, the success of ourorganization is based on dedication and more importantly, volunteerism. Ourorganization is currently over 1,500 members strong. Volunteerism should never beone of our weaknesses. Please continue to support these committees and ourorganization by volunteering your time. To see how you can help, please contact anyof the individuals listed above to show your support to our organization.

IBA BOARD 2014MEETING DATES

All meetings at The Meadows in Altoona, IA

June 8, July 6,Aug. 3 (FF), Dec. 7

Brandenburg, Garry ........................AlbionParris, George .............................AudubonTempleton, Randy....................Blue GrassJeff Coonts ......................................BuffaloJapsen, Jeffrey ..........................BurlingtonSteve Finegan .........................Cedar FallsBriney, Larry ........................Cedar RapidsNordman, Jeff ........................Charles CitySchrody, DDS David......................ClintonClayton, Doug.....................Council BluffsKerian, Randy..................................CrescoCasey, Michael ............................DubuqueFarni, Jr. Paul................................DurangoFilbrandt, Robert........................Lake MillsPanthen, David...............New ProvidenceMealey, Don...................................NorwalkHuffman, Joe....................................OsageBradley, Dennis ...........................OttumwaArnold Vest ...................................OttumwaGrimes, Leonard.................................PellaGerald Dowell .....................................Pella

Paul, Dick......................................Red OakHempey, Guy .............................Sioux CityPhelps, Karen ......................South AmanaGlen Salow...............................St. CharlesOldfather, Thomas.................................................................................Strawberry PointMoenk, Bob....................................SwisherMcPherren, Randy.....................UnionvilleHowing, Ronald.......................WallingfordBlack, Bill .......................................WapelloPfeiffer, Donald.......................WashingtonCoburn, Chad A................................VictorCaldwell, Chris...........................WellsburgGustafson, Marc ...........................SpencerBaumler, Duane C.......................DecorahMiller, Loren D ...............................LansingChappell, Tracy..........................MonticelloBest, Dan ..............................North LibertyRitz, Mike ................................Orange CityHerrick, T.J. ......................................AlgonaKevin Freymiller......................Des Moines

100% CLUBSBeeds Lake Bowbenders

Hampton, Iowa

Clayton County ArchersElkader, Iowa

Hickory Ridge BowhuntersPella, Iowa

Midwest Widow MakerSioux City, Iowa

Pottawattamie BowhuntersCouncil Bluffs, Iowa

Benton County ArchersLuzerne, Iowa

Blackhawk ArchersWaterloo, Iowa

Raymond BowhuntersRaymond, Iowa

Pine Lake ArchersEldora, Iowa

Wapello Chief BowmenOttumwa, Iowa

Webster Co. Bowhunters & ArcheryFort Dodge, IA

Cha Hee Tah BowhuntersSioux City, Iowa

Atlantic ArchersAtlantic, Iowa

Mid-Iowa ArchersIndianola, Iowa

South Central BowhuntersChariton, Iowa

Johnson County ArchersNorth Liberty, Iowa

Apple Valley ArchersNorwalk, IA

Southwest Iowa BowhuntersClarinda, IA

Echo Valley ArchersWest Union, IA

Mohawk ArchersMason City, IA

Southwest ArchersBedford, IA

Riceville Archery ClubRiceville, IA

Border Brigade Archery ClubWebster City, IA

POPE AND YOUNGSCORERS

Answers for hidden objects:pg. 16 on guys shorts; pg. 22 on girl’s leg;pg. 24 guy’s hand; pg. 29 on Buck head;

pg. 30 on Deer’s ear; pg. 30 on head


PRSRT STDU.S. Postage

PAIDBelmond, IowaPermit No. 54

Iowa Bowhunters Association Inc.Box 16Derby, Iowa 50068 CURRENT RESIDENT OR

IOWA BOWHUNTERS ASS’N.MERCHANDISE SALE

• Womens T’s• Mens T’s• Hoodies

• Sweatshirts• Hats

• Koozies• Decals

Contact JD McDonald at 641-203-1029or Tammy McDonald at 641-774-4241

or see website at www.iowabowhunters.org

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