FIRST IOWA BUCK

Melissa Mancl - Iowa - October 17th , 2023

By: Brennen Nading (@nadingbr)

Mike's wife, Melissa, has been hunting hard in Iowa the last couple of years since they made the move down from Wisconsin.  She has racked up several good encounters during that time but was still yet to harvest her first Iowa buck.  With great weather in the forecast, the duo made the decision to scoop up an early muzzleloader tag for Melissa.  On a perfect evening in the Cage blind, this buck stepped out and put on a show before Melissa decided to pull the trigger and wrap her tag on her first ever buck in Iowa.