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Get Into The Outdoors

Get Into The Outdoors By Ryan Graden My wife and I have four daughters! You can all pray for us! But truthfully, I wouldn’t change it for the world. Having these young ladies in my life has been an incredible journey as we have raised them through the years. My oldest is sixteen and my […]

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Planting a Multi-Species Food Plot

By Aaron McKinney One of the best things about living in Iowa is the wildlife we get to see every day. I think just about every Iowan can appreciate the opportunity to watch wildlife in their backyard, from their treestand, or their blind. We have several different species of animals. Northern Iowa has more pheasants […]

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Developing a Top Notch Gun Dog

By Kyle Dana If someone asked, “Are you a patient person?” How would you answer them? Is patience something you value and work on? Is patience an attitude you choose? Webster defines patient as:  bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint, manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain, not hasty or impetuous, steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, […]

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“Never too Late to Find Your Trophy”

“Never too Late to Find Your Trophy” By Daniel Mauch It doesn’t matter if you are sitting around a campfire during hunting season or sitting around the dinner table with family and friends, Hunters always have a story they like to share. My most memorable and most emotional story was written November 12, 2014 at […]

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Buying Recreational Land: Part III

Buying Recreational Land: Part III By Tom Peplinski When you are buying any investment, the most important part about the “buy” is not letting your emotions get the best of you. Our emotions can get us to think we need something we really don’t. They can get us to believe what we know isn’t true […]

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Decoying Coyotes

Decoying Coyotes By Troy Hoepker As I sat and watched the terrain, I couldn’t help but think that if I were a coyote, I’d sure be intrigued by those spinning feathers that whirled around the caller. Heck, I’d even catch myself watching it in moments of boredom while waiting on a customer to show up. […]

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Knowing The Costs Of Raising A Dog

Knowing The Costs Of Raising A Dog Having a well-trained hunting dog in your life is an extraordinary experience. These furry little friends will provide families with years and years of loyalty. They will aim to please both in family and hunting settings, and give us countless memories to cherish. However there is an actual […]

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Partners Establish Groundbreaking New Collaborative: WildturkeyDNA

EDGEFIELD, S.C. — Wild turkeys have inhabited North America for thousands of years, and the DNA of the bird has been shaped by the landscape. Multiple wild turkey subspecies express their genetic characteristics differently, from the large bodies and bright, white-tipped tail fans of the Gould’s subspecies to the long beards and chestnut-tipped tail fans […]

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Three Sisters, Three Deer, One Season

Three Sisters, Three Deer, One Season By Ryan Graden Are you a dreamer? I’m sure if you are reading this magazine, you are an outdoorsman, but do you have dreams? You know, the dreams that pertain to your hunting future. Dreams like shooting that 200 inch buck, or traveling to Alaska to get your moose, […]

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Chasing Spring Thunder

By Jessica Graham The woods wake up slow but loud on opening morning. First, it’s the hoot owls calling back and forth in the dark, their haunting sounds echoing through the timber. Then, the first streaks of pink and orange stretch across the horizon as the song birds begin to wake up as the landscape […]

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