Randy Missouri has some killer bucks, and tags are over the counter. Iowa is a draw state even for archery. Fom waht I've heard, you never get picked the first year, but will get a preferance point. We have taken some decent bucks in ND. Public land bowhunts tags were easy to get. Didn't go last year. Two or three bad winters really hurt the mulies. Now they have had an outbeak of EHD, really hurt some of the whitetails in western ND.