Success Rates
 

Iowa Boone and Crockett Whitetail Deer
Iowa Boone and Crockett 8 Point

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.   

  
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.

Average Success Rates Over Past 6 Years from 2003 to 2008

State

Nonrut

Rut Bow

1st Gun

2nd Gun

Muzzleloader

Illinois

86%

139%

113%

108%

77%

Iowa

80%

217%

144%

113%

84%

Missouri

69%

116%

124%

92%

90%

Nebraska

126%

200%

137%

118%

104%

Kansas

Hasn't been hunted yet with IMB Outfitters for whitetail deer

    

Hunting Success Rates (by state)

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%

Late Muzzleloader

88%

88%

42%
Hunt took place in a 12 inch snow storm which deterred success rates.”

200%

33%

unhunted

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%

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

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

Kansas

No Rates available as it hasn't been hunted yet.

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