February 16

Whitetail Dream Trip-

My wife and I planned a trip to San Antonio, Texas to escape the snow and cold of February in Minnesota.  As we were driving south on I-35 past Des Moines I couldn't help but find myself starring at the wooded hills and timbered draws of southern Iowa.  Famous counties such as Warren, Clarke, and Decatur have become a deer hunter's Mecca.  This area has the management practices and genetics that simply yield monster bucks year in and year out.  

Flint Hills in Kansas

As we continued south into Missouri, we passed through Harrison Co. Missouri one of the top counties in Missouri for Pope and Young whitetail harvests.  We stayed in Kansas City for the night and refueled with famous Kansas City BBQ.  The next day we traveled through Kansas, Oklahoma, and finally Texas.  Kansas is another state that boasts great deer hunting.  The trophy caliber of bucks harvested in the southeastern counties of Coffey, Greenwood, and Butler are second to none.  

Oklahoma is an up and coming state for trophy potential and Texas, although mostly private land, has a long and rich tradition of excellent deer hunting.  A trophy deer hunting road trip down Interstate 35 just made it on to the bucket list!

KK