In this Buck Breakdown, I sit down with Casey VanDerGraaf from Prime Archery to break down the full story of his Iowa public-land buck. Casey walks through how he located this deer on overlooked ground, three years of history, and what finally made the pattern click. We get into access strategy, saddle/stand hybrid setups, thermals, October scrape behavior, hunting low, and why he relies less on trail cameras and more on the sign. Casey also compares Michigan to Iowa terrain and shares how hill-country winds, bedding, and pressure change the way mature bucks move. If you’re looking for real whitetail strategy, public-land tactics, or a step-by-step breakdown of a mature buck kill, this episode lays out everything that made this hunt come together.
