Hunting

Benefits of Timber Stand Improvement

Create A Deer Haven with Timber Stand Improvement I would have to say that a good portion of my deer knowledge has come from years and years of watching any hunting show that I could get my hands on. Yes, admittedly, maybe I spent too much time doing that, but there was information gained and […]

Analyzing Sheds: What Can They Tell You

Analyzing Sheds: What Can They Tell You Two thunderous shots from a shotgun filled the timber. I anxiously scanned as far as I could see to the north, the direction in which I heard the shots. This was Iowa’s opening day of shotgun season. I was in high school and this was the 8th shotgun […]

Killer Bobcat Calling Techniques

Killer Bobcat Calling Techniques From our parking spot we could see the magical place where we wanted to be, high on a hill overlooking the most beautiful predator habitat you’ve ever seen. It would be a half-mile hike to get there but we knew the long walk was worth it. There was never a shortage […]

Butchering: It’s In Your Blood

Butchering: It’s In Your Blood One of my favorite conversation starters is to tell the tragic story of my name. My first name “Kent” is the same as my dad’s middle name. What’s so bad about that? Well nothing, except that he got the name from his grandmother’s preferred brand of smokes. As for my […]

Playing Percentages Pays Off Calling Coyotes

Playing Percentages Pays Off Calling Coyotes The sea of blue-green sagebrush seemingly went on forever until it met the steep butte off in the distance and turned into a wall of rocky red earth mixed with grey and white lines of mineral deposits exposed by centuries of erosion. As I sat overlooking the huge landscape […]

Hunting Iowa’s Gun Seasons 2022: Whitetails 365

Hunting Iowa’s Gun Seasons 2022: Whitetails 365 “I Got Him Daddy, I Got Him?” One of the greatest instances of my personal hunting career had very little to do with me pulling a trigger and more to do with the fact that my son had just put a well-placed shot on his first target buck. […]

Fur Market Struggles During Uncertain World Events

Fur Market Struggles During Uncertain World Events Covid 19 shutdowns in China, Russia’s savage invasion of Ukraine, oversupply and limited demand have all created the perfect storm to leave the fur market struggling to see an optimistic future this year. Uncertainty is the best word to describe current conditions on the global stage. Covid 19 […]

Spot and Stalk Iowa Coyotes

Spot and Stalk Iowa Coyotes I peered out of our kitchen window seeing the burnt orange sky illuminated from the sun’s imminent rise framed between the old red corncrib and our picturesque red barn with Dad’s cattle lot centered in between. The school bus came very early to our driveway. Way too early for my […]

Hunting the Late Archery Split

Hunting the Late Archery Split For bowhunters, it does not get much better than hunting the rut. Deer are active during daylight hours, anything can happen, especially if an estrus doe is in the timber. It amazes me how one doe can have a buck guarding her, chasing off other bucks that come too close, […]

The Most Wonderful Pheasant Time of the Year

The Most Wonderful Pheasant Time of the Year “It’s the most wonderful pheasant time of the year! There’ll be hunting parties for pushing and posting, the dogs won’t be roasting, and the birds will hold tight in the snow. There’ll be sharing of late flushing stories, and tales of the glories of December pheasant seasons […]

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