Hunting

Iowa Pheasants are Making a Comeback

Iowa Pheasants are Making a Comeback Growing up, I would hear hunting stories from my Dad about his youth, most of these were shared while we were in the field pursuing our own game. During his youth, deer were scarce, there were just a few days a year set aside for deer hunting seasons. You […]

Planting Switchgrass for Cover

Planting Switchgrass for Cover “Switchgrass on my property would be a great way to bring in the pheasants”. This is what I told myself, an avid pheasant hunter, after I bought a small acreage in northwest Iowa. However, I knew enough about plants to know that I was no agronomist, and the thought of planting […]

Scouting Spring Toms

Scouting Spring Toms The doldrums of winter will soon be behind us. Spring will begin to spring forth, and a whole world of outdoor opportunities will be available to the Iowa outdoorsman. Shed hunting for deer antlers will be high on folks’ priority list. Finding delicious morel mushrooms will take high priority. Crappie fishing, and […]

Putting in the Time Equals Big “Tines”

Putting in the Time Equals Big “Tines” By Ryan Arnevik I think I’m like most whitetail hunters who dream about encountering and harvesting a monster whitetail, and when this deer was walking straight toward us, I was silently hoping this surreal experience was no dream at all. My friend and hunting buddy, Rory Heims, and […]

Fur Friendly Coyote Rounds

Fur Friendly Coyote Rounds By Troy Hoepker It all happened in an instant! The coyote exploded out of the ditch and through the heavy grass on a direct path straight at the caller! Only minutes earlier I had hung my caller from a tree limb and took a seat elevated on a pond dam overlooking […]

All Things Are Not Equal

All Things Are Not Equal By Earl Taylor Forewarning; if you believe man and animals evolved from nothing, this article will not make much sense to you. There is a friendly banter amongst Iowa hunters about the hardest animal to shoot in the Hawkeye state. Each hunter believes the quarry he is chasing is the […]

When Coyotes Won’t Commit

When Coyotes Won’t Commit By Troy Hoepker Their howls cut through the cold air with fresh exuberance but they held their advance stubbornly at the ridgeline to my west. Darkness was approaching on that cold winter’s afternoon that found me deep in the heart of a large tract of some of Iowa’s public hunting land […]

Bridge Hopping for Spring Beaver

Bridge Hopping for Spring Beaver By JD Rogge Late January brings an end of season for the majority of Iowa’s fur bearers; the lone outlier is beaver. Beaver provide opportunities for the motivated trapper to take fur well into April. Spring beaver trapping not only provides trappers with more outdoor opportunities, but helps secure permission […]

Selecting A Conceal Gun

Selecting A Conceal Gun By Mike Ware As the owner of a small arms manufacturing business and custom work gun shop, one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “what weapon should I carry.” Frankly, this is tougher to answer than what you might think. Granted, we should all understand that carrying any weapon […]

Public Ground Gobblers

Public Ground Gobblers By Nick Johnson The words “public ground” conjures up all sorts of mixed feelings in a hunter. Some relish the opportunity to explore it and some dread it. Hunting on public ground is thought to be a lot more challenging and often without reward and while these statements may hold true in […]

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