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Iowa
Boone and Crockett 8 Point
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Prior to reporting the success rates
lets define them. We
define success by comparing the number of trophy shot
opportunities to the number of hunters in a given time period.
For example if we had 10 hunters in camp from November 1 to November
5 and those 10 hunters had 8 shot
opportunities at trophy bucks we would report an 80% success rate.
This report doesn’t mean that 8 of the hunters received
shot opportunities. It
may be that 5 of the hunters in the group had 8 shots.
Any success rate that exceeds 100% simply means that during
that time period we yielded more shots at trophy whitetail bucks
than we had hunters in camp.
Success rates exceeding 100% doesn't mean everyone in that
time period received a shot.
As a final note success rates are in a no way a promise of
harvest. Remember we are hunting wild trophy animals, and any
outfitter that promises you a shot is in fact being dishonest.
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Deer Hunting Success
Rates
NOTE: Some time periods state "yet to hunt".
"Yet to hunt" means we haven't completed that hunt yet
for this season. However, those success rates will appear upon
completion. For example the Iowa late muzzleloader success rates
do not appear as they don't start until late December. IMB Staff
will promptly report success rates for the season as the
occur. So users need to continue to check the success rates as the
season transpires.
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Average Success Rates Over Past
6 Years from 2003 to 2008
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State |
Nonrut |
Rut Bow |
1st Gun |
2nd Gun |
Muzzleloader |
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Illinois |
86% |
139% |
113% |
108% |
77% |
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Iowa
|
80% |
217% |
144% |
113% |
84% |
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Missouri
|
69% |
116% |
124% |
92% |
90% |
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Nebraska
|
126% |
200% |
137% |
118% |
104% |
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Kansas
|
Hasn't been hunted yet with IMB
Outfitters for whitetail deer |
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Hunting
Success Rates (by state)
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|
STATE
|
TIME
PERIOD
|
2008
Season
|
2007
Season
|
2006
Season
|
2005
Season
|
2004
Season
|
2003
Season
|
|
Missouri
|
Archery
Nonrut
|
105%
|
66%
|
62%
|
66%
|
31%
|
60%
| |
|
Archery
Rut
|
141%
|
152%
|
128%
|
106%
|
85%
|
86%
|
|
1st
Gun
|
132%
|
167%
|
141%
|
118%
|
117%
|
71%
|
|
2nd
Gun
|
138%
|
83%
|
104%
|
88%
|
69%
|
71%
|
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Late Muzzleloader
|
88%
|
88%
|
42%
Hunt took place in a 12 inch snow storm which deterred success rates.”
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200%
|
33%
|
unhunted
|
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Illinois
|
Archery
Nonrut
|
144%
|
64%
|
72%
|
61%
|
93%
|
81%
|
|
Archery
Rut
|
149%
|
112%
|
133%
|
165%
|
135%
|
141%
|
|
1st
Gun
|
75%
|
53%
|
150%
|
104%
|
129%
|
164%
|
|
2nd
Gun
|
68%
|
60%
|
138%
|
146%
|
112%
|
124%
|
|
Late
Muzzleloader
|
100%
|
66%
|
66%
|
120%
|
27%
|
80%
|
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Iowa
|
Archery
Nonrut
|
100%
|
unhunted
|
100%
|
40%
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
|
Archery
Rut
|
229%
|
135%
|
313%
|
108%
|
300%
|
unhunted
|
|
1st
Gun
|
169%
|
117%
|
153%
|
135%
|
124%
|
166%
|
|
2nd
Gun
|
130%
|
66%
|
160%
|
118%
|
92%
|
unhunted
|
|
Late
Muzzleloader
|
100%
|
81%
|
120%
|
54%
|
63%
|
unhunted
|
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Nebraska
|
Archery Nonrut
|
50%
|
100%
|
300%
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
|
Archery Rut
|
231%
|
115%
|
255%
|
183%
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
|
1st Gun
|
74%
|
151%
|
139%
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
|
2nd Gun
|
90%
|
138%
|
125%
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
|
Late Muzzleloader
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
50%
|
157%
|
unhunted
|
unhunted
|
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Kansas
|
No Rates available as it
hasn't been hunted yet.
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