Some Days are Diamonds, Some Days...

[Jeff Christie]

No! Here in northwest Iowa the last thing we need is any more nonresident hunters. The first three weeks of the season are downright spooky. NR hunters camp out in the parking sites at public hunting areas. They drive where they are not allowed. Trash the ditches. Not all of them mind you, but enough to tar the whole group. And I won’t even address their propensity to shoot hens figuring correctly that the one CO we have in the county probably won’t catch them.

[mobirdhunter]

Jeff, Rest assured I'm not begging for more out of state hunters to visit Iowa, but the DNR announcements I get bemoan the low pheasant hunter numbers. I like my fields without competition. I do think Brett could revisit his old haunts and be counted on to not cause any trouble. Come to think of it, I'm an out of state Iowa hunter, and have been for over 30 years. I hope you'll continue to let me cross the border and take a bird now and then.

BTW, Elaine and I missed seeing you in Minnesota this past October. The birds were there, but the weather was colder than normal. Maybe next year?

[Jeff Christie]

Garry— check pm. I really missed the North Woods. Best wishes to Eileen. Jeff