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Waterfowl Habitat Keeps the Flyway Alive, migration, duck hunting, duck habitat

Waterfowl Habitat Keeps the Flyway Alive

Waterfowl Habitat Keeps the Flyway Alive There’s something about waterfowl season that sticks with you long after the last flock fades over the tree line. It’s the early mornings when the world is still dark and quiet while you’re heading to the marsh you’ve hunted a hundred times before. It’s the smell of wet cattails, […]

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spot and stalk, Iowa B&C, Boone and Crockett, Iowa, Iowa Rut

Spot-And-Stalking Whitetail Deer

Spot-and-Stalk on a 150-Class Buck If you had told me that my 2026 bow season was going to go the way it did, I would’ve laughed. I would have said, “That’d be sweet, but there’s not a chance.” A Season of Change My family and I relocated almost two years ago. We’d spent the last […]

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Prepper, distasters, iowa, tornadoes, iowa power outtages, what to do in a natural disaster, The Iowa Sportsman

How to Stay Safe and Prepared for Any Disaster

How to Stay Safe and Prepared for Any Disaster We live in a world where we pretty much have everything we need, but, we live in Iowa. That means we get hit with some natural disasters that leave us without electricity for extended periods of time. We’ve seen this in the derecho of 2020 and […]

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The Iowa Sportsman, deer blind, treestand, deer hunting, Iowa hunting, hunting blind

Build the Best Deer Blind Setup Now

Build the Perfect Deer Blind Setup Now Hunting blinds have changed a lot over the years. Hunters now have more choices than ever before. Some hunters like large permanent blinds that stay out all year. Others like lightweight pop-up blinds they can move around. One important thing to remember is deer need time to get […]

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