Lodging in the Loess Hills

I found this advertisment on Craigs list for lodging in the Loess Hills area of west central Iowa. If you are planning a hunt in the Loess Hills of western Iowa this may be a good option for you. This home is located very near the best hunting in Iowa right here in Monona and Harrison Counties.

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Taken from Craigslist.org http://siouxcity.craigslist.org/spo/893982205.html

My hunting trip will not cost you a fortune like a guided hunt will. This is not a guided hunt, but I will advise you. I expect you to already know how to hunt. I farm for a living, so I am too busy in the fall and spring to give guided hunts. I can tell you where to hunt around here. This is an affordable opportunity for you to come visit Central Western Iowa, and for me to put my extra farm house to work. This house is located half way between Sioux City and Omaha along I-29, or 6 miles South of Blencoe Ia. It is also half way between the Missouri River and the Loess Hills, both are 3 miles away from it. Within 15 miles of this house there is 12,000 acres of public hunting in the Loess Hills, and 4,000 acres of public hunting along the Missouri River. The best hunting around here is for deer, turkeys, and predator hunting. Harrison and Monona counties are both rated in the top half of Iowa`s trophy buck registry. Each county is getting 1300 extra doe tags for this season. Act fast because they have always sold out by the end of Nov. Plan a January doe hunt here, we have to many does. The Loess Hills have Iowa`s highest turkey hunter success rate. Harrison co. came in 2nd. for 2007 for total turkeys harvested in the state. Monona was not far behind. Out of state hunters plan now for 2009, you have to apply for tags by early January for deer and turkeys.

Pheasant hunting here is spotty, there are more pheasants in Northern Iowa. Waterfowl hunting here is feast or famine depending on the fall weather. This year could be the best in 13 years though with the recent rains, all we need is for the birds to push through before the season is over. When that happens and we have water around like this year, the waterfowl hunting along the Missouri River bottom can be phanominal! You do not have to be a hunter to stay at my house, if you just need a place to stay while visiting here you are welcome.

I want to warn you though if you are planning on walking in the hills you need to be in decent shape. There are a lot of 2/1 slopes or worse that might be 200 yards long. You can not avoid them if you want to get up were the critters are when the heat is on. I have 30 years of hunting experience in these two counties and I am willing to share that with you to a point for free, leg work will cost extra.
The house is a 2 story 4 small bedroom house with one bathroom that has a tub/shower combo. The kitchen has a gas stove, mircowave, refridgerator, toaster, sink, cooking utensils, and table with chairs. The house is fully furnished, all you need to bring is your hunting gear and food. The price to stay here is $100. per night for the whole house. I also charge a cleaning deposit of $50. per head with a minumum of $200. Sorry for that but it is necessary to keep the place from getting destroyed, anything less would not replace much. If nothing gets ruined I will refund back the whole cleaning deposit. Normal cleaning like at a motel is no extra charge.

You can find out more about the Loess Hills State Forest by going to iadnr.com , find state forests, then click on the Loess Hills. You can also find information about out of state liscenses and tags, and their application dates. If you go to one of the satelite web sites and type in my address of 1025 Cameron Ave. Little Sioux, Ia. 51545 and then scroll East you can see the whole Forest by following the roads. You can also see the place for rent, it is the North house. If you send me your address I have a house brochure I can mail you. Contact Scott & Lisa Phipps: 712-649-2056 or meanfarmer@futuretk.com