Antlers & Beards Hunting Club
website: www.antlersandbeards.com
email: casey@antlersandbeards.com
 
Welcome to Antlers & Beards Hunting Club, Central Iowa's premiere hunting guide club! Located near the Des Moines and North Rivers in Central Iowa, Antlers & Beards will guide you to some large, well-fed, Iowa whitetail deer and turkeys.
Antlers & Beards Hunting Club will provide a hunting opportunity that you will never forget!
 

HAWLEY MOUNTAIN GUEST RANCH
For more information call 406-932-5791

I have grown up hunting the very timber that you will be hunting for that gigantic whitetail or that strutting tom. I have leased all your hunting "hot stops" from my father. He farms more then 3500 acres of prime Iowa farm ground, in other words, he plants a huge food plot for me every year! He has been farming this ground for 50 years. This ground has been in the family for many years. We know the territory! We know where the deer bed down. We know where they like to go for food. We know their habits. We spend our free time scouting for whitetail or turkey.
We have worked, studied, and researched for many years to help ensure you will have the Iowa whitetail and turkey hunt of a lifetime

Antlers & Beards will provide:
Prime Iowa Hunting
Excellent Iowa Cuisine
Ladder stands, hanging stands, and portable stands
Double Bull Blinds
Transportation
Help with Trophy care
Practice range before the Big Hunt
Hunter will provide:

Safety Harness
Weapon
Hunting supplies
Portable Stand (if desired)
Motel room (approximately $60.00 a night and up)
Cost of license
Tree Stands:
95% of our tree stands are ladder stands. Each ladder stand has a non-slip service to ensure your safety. The height of my stands will range from 26 – 13 feet to the standing platform. The standing platform is a generous 12” by 24”. The seat of each stand has a comfortable pad that will allow you to sit all day long with out callas forming on your dairy re air. Above each seat is an equipment hanger for you to hang your bow and all of your hunting supplies for the day. I have built all of the ladder stands with solid welds, no spot welding, to ensure excellent craftsmanship. I make my ladder stands strong enough to hold your mother and mother-in-law fighting over a grand child! You MUST bring your own safety harness.

Iowa Shooting House
The extreme weather in Iowa during the fall and winter months can become unbearable. With temperatures well below 0 and the wind-chill in the negatives, Hunting would be the last thing on the sensible persons mind. Not with the Iowa Shooting House! We have built an 8’ by 8’ shooting house that stands 10-12 feet off the ground. In the house, you will be able to control the temperature with a portable heater or crack the window for a little breeze. There will be shelves inside to put your coffee, food, gun, and shooting supplies.

Double Bull Blinds
We have blinds to keep you warm and dry during the rainy days of the Iowa Turkey Hunt. We will do the calling for you or we will set the tent up and let you call till you are blue in the face. If you would like we can sit along a fence line or next to a tree in camouflage, for the more adventurous hunt. We will suit your wants and needs for your Turkey hunt.

Food Plots
I like to brag about having one of the best and biggest food plots around, 3500 across of Iowa corn and soybeans. Since we thought this was not enough we have added MossyOak Biologic full draw, perennial plus, and green patch plus. Along with Tecomate Lab plus and monster mix. And Whitetail Institute imperial whitetail clover and imperial alfa rack have made a huge impact on our game. With all of these attractants, plus our hard work at managing our deer and turkey we ensure you the best Iowa hunt possible!

Meals:
Living on a farm and in Iowa I have been blessed with Great Iowa food and tons of it! Luckily, I found a wonderful wife that loves to cook. When you are hunting with us you will eat well! Before you step into the timber to hunt, we will have breakfast waiting for you. Also, when you leave you will have a lunch to tide you over till suppertime. After a great day of hunting, you will come to my home where you will find some scrumptious eats. Iowa beef roast, Iowa Pork Chops, catfish, chicken, venison, and all the fixings, will be waiting for you. If you still have room dessert will consist of cheesecakes, homemade pie and ice cream.

All prices include all the food you can eat and all the hunting you can jamb into a day. You will need to pay for your motel room, but we will transport you from there to your hunting spot.

2004 Whitetail Season
 It is still being determined by the State.
Here is the 2003 season:

Bow

October 1 - December 6
December 23 - January 10
Shotgun Seasons

Season 1: December 6 - 12
Season 2: December 13 - 22
 

Muzzleloader

Early Season: October 12 - October 20
Late Season: December 23 - January 10
2004 Turkey Season

Spring Season 1 > April 12 - 15
Spring Season 2 > April 16 - 20 Iowa Residents Only
Spring Season 3 > April 21 - 27
Spring Season 4 > April 28 - May 16
2004 Whitetail/Turkey Season TBD

Application Deadline Early May