Hunting
Avoiding Tag Soup
Avoiding Tag Soup By Noel Gandy “Mm! Mm! Good!” Sound familiar? It ought to for it’s been a Campbell Soup slogan since the 1930s. Even though they make delicious and hearty soups that are great for this wintry time of year I bet even the good folks at Campbell’s cannot find a recipe for “tag […]
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Cold Weather Raccoon Water Trapping
Cold Weather Raccoon Water Trapping By Chris Pohl Trapping in the late part of the season most generally means much colder temperatures along with frozen ground and lots of ice for most of Iowa. A lot of folks choose to pull their trap lines and pursue other interests when the weather takes a down turn, […]
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Handling Multiple Coyotes
Handling Multiple Coyotes By Troy Hoepker The sun was just spreading its first rays across the landscape of the beanfield in front of us. It was peaceful, calm and quiet. Yet, you would have never known that moments earlier there had been such a struggle for life take place across that tranquil field. You wouldn’t […]
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Deer Hunting Secrets From Dad
Deer Hunting Secrets from Dad By Drew Henry I was raised hunting white-tailed deer with my dad in eastern Montana on the Milk River, primarily from a tree stand. My hundreds of mornings and nights spent patiently waiting for that bruiser to walk past me have resulted in some great successes, even more great mistakes, […]
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Winter Waterfowl: Keys To Success
Winter Waterfowl: Keys To Success By Ryan Eder Hunting waterfowl during the winter is a true test of a hunter’s grit. Certainly we face challenges throughout the entire season, but the later weeks in the Midwest waterfowl season present some of the most challenging, yet favorable conditions to a successful duck or goose hunt. With […]
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Pheasant Hunting Should Be Strategic Too!
Pheasant Hunting Should Be Strategic Too! By Dave Owens When it comes to pheasant hunting I think a lot of people think of it as an easy task. Grab your gun, shells, vest, boots, and hit the field to kick up some birds. While there might be some truth to that mentality, pheasant hunting should […]
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Coyotes Late Season Dirt Hole Success
Coyotes Late Season Dirt Hole Success By Larry Sills Late season coyote dirt hole trapping utilizes a #3 or #4 size trap, a stake, lures, urine, and bait. Throughout the decades this method has proved itself as a reliable method to catch late season coyotes in Iowa. The reason being is its versatility. The lure […]
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Top 5 Rifles for Hunting Iowa
Top 5 Rifles for Hunting Iowa It’s that time of the year that many Iowa deer hunters dream about. Before, we consider a few of the top choices for rifle cartridges, we should first review Iowa’s deer regulations for rifles. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources rules for the gun deer and youth/disabled season state […]
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Patterning Trophy Bucks Post-Rut: Whitetails 365
Whitetails 365: Patterning Trophy Bucks Post-Rut As bowhunters, we wait all year for the Iowa rut. We hunt hard, see bucks chasing does around in open fields. We see a lot of deer on their feet moving. Anything can happen during this time. As December approaches, the rut winds down. Deer change their activity level […]
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Finding Coyotes before Breeding Season There’s an old myth that implies coyotes are almost impossible to kill during the months of December and January because of the constant intrusion and disruption from the orange army of deer hunters, which invade their territory during that time. The theory suggests that coyotes become strictly nocturnal and have […]
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