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November 21st, 2022 - Bow Season - Shooter buck Returns to scrape he hit in daylight on November 5th, 2022 November 21st, 2022 - Bow...

Yesterday morning into the early afternoon, a considerable rain storm pushed through Iowa bringing some instant cooling effects into the...

I pulled a non-cell camera card yesterday that we setup two months ago. It had some solid deer activity and two new faces.

Numero Uno 2.0 (2022) a similar deer to the one we had on this farm two years ago in 2020 that we hunted hard for but only found sheds.

The story of the McMichaels trip to southern Iowa in 2020

October buck stories and analysis of the different sections of October. Enjoy the read!

Youth Season 2020 ends in a very particular fashion for my boy and I in southern Iowa. Enjoy the read!

Big 8 down in Kansas! Early muzzleloader season is challenging yet fun. Enjoy the read!

There's something special about a bond between father and son, and when bridged with love for the outdoors, it's truly a special thing.

Big mature buck behavior is much different than younger bucks. They are unique, often loners, docile, and smart. Enjoy the read!

The spark that lit a fire fourteen years ago as I encountered my first booner whitetail as a kid with a bow in hand.

A cool encounter on the drive in ends up being the same buck we kill that morning. So many things had to go right. The stars were aligned.

The buck that ended a hunt on the first sit of the first day here in 2016. One of my favorite memories to date. A once in a lifetime buck!

Robert (NY) and our first buck on the ground in Iowa as an outfitting operation. Robert hunted extremely hard for us, and it paid off!

Dinger - the 2018 story of this buck that gave us a good run for our money and almost lost. He disappeared in 2019. I'm hoping he's alive...

The giant killed in 2017 was purely based on luck, good people, generosity, and God. This buck will forever be a special story for me & MDL.

Part 2 of this story shows that time increases the odds, and that no matter what you see on camera, or don't see, you still have to go hunt.

Part 1 of this awesome story of the most ghostly deer we've ever hunted... He's a true master of avoidance. Period. Enjoy the read!

One heck of a morning in southern Iowa in 2018 created about 325 inches of bone viewed, but the big one slipped away unscathed.

Great friends, great clients, great men - my first two hunters to ever book with MDL, a father/son combo from the great state of Mississippi