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Thunder in the Timber: A Morning with a Longbeard
Thunder in the Timber: A Morning with a Longbeard Songbirds sing their songs and fill the cool air along a timber edge overlooking a fresh, green alfalfa field. Virginia bluebells and spring beauty add dashes of color across the awakening forest floor behind the giant oak tree I rest my back against. A deer works […]
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Picking A New Pup
Picking A New Pup – Is There Really Anything To It? Unfortunately, I don’t think we pay enough attention to the process of picking a pup. Moreover, I think we overlook the most important factor of the process when we’re looking for a pup. I bought my first pup when I was fourteen years old. [...] READ MORE
In Search of Perch
In Search of Perch By Steve Weisman Late summer in northern Iowa means it’s time to target yellow perch. Known as a school fish, it is easy to tell if the perch are starting to bite by looking for an armada of boats bunched closely together. Although perch populations are scattered throughout the Hawkeye state, […]
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Go To Sets for Iowa Furbearers
Go To Sets for Iowa Furbearers Simple yet very effective… sets are the backbone of any successful trapline. I often read articles in print or online describing sets that seem unusually complex and time consuming to construct, which always makes me wonder how efficiently the author’s line runs. The fact is that successful trappers don’t […]
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