I am seeing more and better deer for this time of year compared to previous years. I hope that translates to season. You're getting primed for an Iowa trip this year I hear.

A co-op is a group of landowners or land stewards that cooperate together in deer hunting to some degree. Sometimes it’s just sharing information but more often it’s agreeing to hunt by specific guidelines. For example, in our case, we have agreed that we will only shoot 4.5 year old deer or older and there is a large fine to be paid if that is broken. It’s a legal document. There are a lot of other guidelines we’ve all agreed to with the purpose of growing and harvesting larger deer and maintaining a healthy herd. But not all co-ops are that structured or rigid. It’s called a co-op just because it’s a cooperation between people with adjacent or close proximity properties so that common management principles can be applied over a larger piece of property than an individual’s parcel. It allows for more effective management when it’s applied over a larger area. I hope this helps but you can probably find better info by googling it or going to national deer association’s website where there are many articles.