Deer Season Starts with 140" Whitetail Buck
The opening of the 2006 firearm season in southeast Iowa was especially cold. After a brutal two-day sit in a tree stand along a dry creek bed, Bill and a friend decided to hunt off the ground on a food plot that had never been hunted before. Tolerating the negative 15-degree temperature and 20-mph winds, they waited amid the tall grasses for the deer to hit the soybeans. "Deer movement was high, but finding the right one was a matter of sitting tight," Bill said.
After an hour, a great 140" buck bounded along the back of the field, about 130 yards away, with a doe in tow. As the doe slowed to turn, Bill clicked off his safety hoping the buck would follow suit.
"He did. I fired, and minutes later I was standing over my first Iowa buck," Bill said. "What a beauty!"