QC Hunting Club

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Discuss the hunting resources in the Quad Cities. Post your updates or pictures of your trophies!

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Here are some updates for 2017 season:

Muscatine bow hunting updates: http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Muscatine-announces-details-of-2017-bow-hunting-season--440620283.html

Iowa deer tags: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/07/09/iowa-cuts-deer-tags-maintain-population-combat-disease/462761001/

Moline urban deer hunting: http://qctimes.com/news/local/moline-aldermen-approve-urban-deer-hunting/article_00c24e71-1720-5ca5-97fe-7ab7e85b2d2b.html

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Illinois hunting dates: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/calendar/pages/dnrseasons.aspx

Iowa hunting dates: http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Hunting-Season-Dates

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Iowa and Illinois declare new deer hunting rules:

Iowa:
Straight walled cartridges with .357 or higher caliber can be used
No limits on the amount of ammunition used in a magazine

Illinois:
Can use crossbows for the entire deer and turkey seasons

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Moline to allow bow hunting within city limits

http://www.qconline.com/news/local/moline-eliminates-first-responder-fee/article_c3b99473-6645-5914-9af5-77e66d6dfde0.html

Check the article for deer hunting ordinance. Bow and arrow can be used for deer hunting in the city of Moline!

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Some residents in Moline are willing to let hunters install tree stands in their properties. They are fed up with the deer population in their back yards!

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Young hunters ages 10 thru 17 get access to high-quality deer hunt.

http://www.qconline.com/sports/youth-deer-season-a-success/article_61474f36-8a9a-5cf2-9b5f-526934e6b8b9.html

12 permits available for hunters with disabilities in Henry County. apply today!

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Watch out for the deer during dusk and dawn.
Avoid road accidents by checking the road side deer movement.
If a deer is oncoming, steer away from oncoming traffic.

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Capture your hunt and submit your photo for a $500 gift card from R&R Sports.   

qctimes.com/deerphotocontest

Bucks are active during the day as well and are less attentive during the rut! Get them!!

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What do you do with the bucks in the backyard??

If you are in Moline, you could hunt it with a crossbow!! Moline recently started allowing crossbow deer hunting within city limits!!

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You can retrieve a game you shot from neighbors property by calling the Department of Natural Resources.
Knowing the boundaries is a must for hunters but tracking the shot deer is also part of the hunt.

Sometimes crossbow doesn't kill a deer completely and within city limits, people are getting shocked to see roaming deer stuck with an arrow!

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Donate your deer hide to be processed locally. The skin is further cleaned and made into leather jackets for Veterans in medical facilities!
What a great way!

http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/recreation/davenport-elks-prep-donate-deer-hides-to-help-veterans/article_be414120-06b3-5e31-9bc1-a3db8238fbd3.html

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Deer stink a lot and they have a strong nose as well. Deer can smell up to a mile and use their smelling sense to track humans or other deer.

http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/recreation/charlton-do-deer-stink/article_657b1dfa-3863-5cef-a749-c314fb2929ae.html

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Hunters use special rifles for hunting even if they are outdated. Some favorite guns are kept aside exclusively for buck hunting based on the success of the gun in the past.

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Hunters are expected to report any killing including protective species such as the Albino deer which is all white deer.