Hunting

5 Tips to Bag More Pheasants this Season

5 Tips to Bag More Pheasants this Season By Troy Hoepker It was an unseasonably warm South Dakota day, the kind of day we all love, unless we’re in the midst of a pheasant hunt. This weather made the birds jumpy, which was troublesome, considering we were hunting public land birds that receive a great […]

Preparing for Trapping Season

Preparing for Trapping Season By Troy Hoepker When October rolls around and that cool fall air begins to hit it always instills the insatiable desire to hunt and trap. With only a few hunting seasons open in Iowa, one of the best ways to try and scratch the itch is beginning the preparations for the […]

Analyzing Blood Trails: Know What Your Blood Trail Means

Analyzing Blood Trails: Know What Your Blood Trail Means By Ryan Graden Just after dark, there was a knock at our door. When I answered, it was one of my hunting mentors standing there in full camo ready to give a report of his evening hunt. “I hit it, but it’s still going,” is what […]

Duck Blind Tips and Tricks

Duck Blind Tips and Tricks By Nick Johnson Ask any seasoned waterfowl hunter about the importance of a quality, well camouflaged blind and the general consensus will hold it in very high regard. Sure, in some cases you can get away with minimal cover but for the most part, especially if the birds have the […]

Hunting the Patterns: What to Do When the Weather Changes

Hunting the Patterns: What to Do When the Weather Changes By Ryan Graden On November 10th, 2020 the weather was nice. To be honest, it wasn’t a great day to be out in the timber for bow season. The sun was out, the temperature was warm, and the deer movement wasn’t perfect. The rut was […]

Iowa’s Deer Forecast

Iowa’s Deer Forecast By Ben Leal As summer months have slowly moved on, we are staring at the opening day of the 2023/24 whitetail deer season. Iowa bowhunters have been out practicing and honing their archery skills, and as each passing month passes, the anticipation has finally come, October 1, time to hunt! In this […]

Shooting Lanes, Summer Work Equals Fall Success

Shooting Lanes, Summer Work Equals Fall Success By Travis Molecki Summer is here a little early in the Midwest. The 90-degree days send me running to the air conditioning as opposed to cutting my grass. And while a day of yard work in the scorching heat isn’t real high on my priority list at the […]

Cutting Trees on Iowa’s Public Lands

Cutting Trees On Iowa’s Public Lands By Steve Weisman Want to get a controversy started? Well, let’s talk about cutting trees on Iowa’s public lands! You are going to get a whirlwind discussion for and against. Why is it such an emotional topic? We see people planting trees in their yards and shelterbelts around farmsteads. […]

The Essential Tools of a Turkey Hunter

The Essential Tools of a Turkey Hunter By Nick Johnson Gear is something that we as hunters pay a great deal of attention to. Most of us who hunt own a fair assortment of “stuff”; the essential tools that drive our success and empty our wallets. Some of it is a complete necessity, some a […]

Early Season Duck ID

Early Season Duck ID By Nick Johnson It is common knowledge among waterfowl hunters who hunt early season that the drakes of many species of ducks appear dull and somewhat ugly in color. That beautiful drake Mallard or Greenwing teal whose plumage is striking come winter and spring often looks so drab that he resembles […]

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