Hunts
State Choices
Of Interest | Iowa bow deer hunting key deer hunter points are that Iowa's deer seasons overlap that of Kansas for archery and modern firearms, but not muzzleloader. Missouri deer seasons are offset of those of Iowa. With this in mind and that most of our deer hunters deer hunt two of our three states each year with the question remaining which two of the three to hunt having an idea of which states with concurrent or offset seasons allows the deer hunter to maximize his deer hunting time if restricting it to one hunting method such as bow deer hunting. The final consideration relative to Iowa bow deer season is that Iowa's bow season is during peak rut. The common approach for bow deer hunters is to hunt Iowa and Missouri or hunt Missouri and Kansas. To try and bow hunt Iowa and Kansas the same year is to split the hunters time during any portion of the rut. The combination of Iowa and Missouri allows continuous bow hunting around modern gun seasons. The next facet to consider is the draw success rates for Iowa are less frequent than Kansas. Iowa bow tag draw success rate is best after accumulation of two non-draw year preference points. Kansas bow tags seem to be successfully draw at a greater frequency. There does also exist the option to purchase preference points rather than apply for a tag. With this advantage plus the understanding of draw success rates it is easier for the bow deer hunter to manipulate the Kansas and Iowa deer tags to better schedule both an Iowa and Missouri bow deer hunt or that of Kansas and Missouri. While all of this may seem at this point to be a bit much to handle, the first year Mid-America Hunting Association bow deer hunter needs time to first scout out and develop a single state's worth of multiple deer hunting spots before attempting to hunt across state lines. Taking a sequential state approach over a shotgun hunt all states possible approach the first three seasons has been the preference of those with hindsight.
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