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Begining this year Iowa hunters who harvest a buck will have an additional piece of information to report as part of the harvest reporting requirement – the length of the main antler beam.
Specifically, if the main beam length is below or above 14 inches, not the exact length.
What’s significant about 14 inches as related to main antler beams?
“We (Iowa Department of Natural Resources) partnered with Iowa State University on a study that recorded age and antler measurements of over 1,000 Iowa bucks,” said Jace Elliott, state deer biologist with the Iowa DNR. “For roughly 95 percent of the deer measured, deer with antler beams less than 14 inches were one-and-a-half-year’s old or younger, and deer antler beams 14 inches and over were two-and-a-half-year’s old or older.”
Especially easy since all mine are under 14"! :-/
