Hunting

Three Tips for a Successful Muzzleloader Season

Three Tips for a Successful Muzzleloader Season By Jessica Graham One of the most exciting times to harvest a deer is in the snow, during the late muzzleloader season. It’s during this time that I eagerly retrieve my trusty muzzleloader and go on a mission to harvest does. These does, will be transformed into a […]

Scoping out Success: Infared or Thermal for Coyote Hunting

Scoping out Success: Infared or Thermal for Coyote Hunting By Aaron Mckinney In Iowa, we see a lot of rules and regulation changes every year. One of the more recent rules has changed the way we can coyote hunt. According to Iowa’s regulations as outlined in the 2023 DNR rules and regulations: “A person may […]

The Basics of Waterfowl Spreads

The Basics of Waterfowl Spreads By Aaron Stonehocker As the temps cool and the last of the leaves finish turning from brilliant yellows, reds, and oranges into a dull brown, the energy builds for the waterfowl hunters in Iowa. Iowa falls into the Central Mississippi Flyway and Iowa hunters are lucky enough to have access […]

Keeping Warm When the Hunt is Cold

Keeping Warm When the Hunt is Cold By Kent Boucher Normally you purchase one of the fair-weathered early muzzleloader tags. Historically it’s been such a good season to hunt, but this year you had an ill-timed work conference that ate up most of that choice week. Preferring the length of a muzzleloader season, you settled […]

Bowhunting Blunders: 10 Bowhunting Mistakes to Avoid

Bowhunting Blunders: 10 Bowhunting Mistakes to Avoid By Ryan Graden So you think you know how to make it happen, huh? You are going to march right out there on October 1st and fill your 2015 archery tag? Well, it’s a possibility, but for most guys and gals it’s going to take a bit more […]

Hunting the Bedroom: Readers Weigh in on Hunting Bedding Areas

Hunting the Bedroom: Readers Weigh in on Hunting Bedding Areas By Ricky Kinder If you’ve been bowhunting whitetails for any considerable period of time, odds are that you’ve made up your mind about whether or not to hunt buck bedding areas, or even doe bedding areas for that matter. The logic seems pretty sound, we […]

Hunting Pressured Whitetails

Hunting Pressured Whitetails By Noel Gandy The mistake was made! I saw a good buck on his feet during daylight and made the mistake of telling my buddies. Due to the sheer excitement that I had experienced in seeing a shooter on this particular tract I let on that I practically had the buck in […]

A Sportsman’s Best Friend: The Chainsaw

A Sportsman’s Best Friend: The Chainsaw By Joe Herring Why a chainsaw article in a hunting and fishing magazine? Arguably, aside from a tractor, there is no other piece of equipment that allows us to shape our hunting and even fishing property with the use of a chainsaw. With a good plan and a few […]

The Retriever Hunt Test Study Guide

The Retriever Hunt Test Study Guide By Ryan Eder The most famous line from any bird hunter is “I don’t care about ribbons; I just want a hunting dog”. This was me when I got my first dog as well! The truth is that hunt tests provide a fantastic off-season activity for you and your […]

PVC? Is It Right for Me?

PVC? Is It Right for Me? By Ryan Graden The Start Being an avid hunter, I have enjoyed the outdoors for many years. It all began as a five year old double-timing my steps in order to keep up with the strides of my father, uncles, and grandfathers as they walked through the timber. Every […]

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