Hunting

Hunting Early Season Pheasants

Hunting Early Season Pheasants By Jessica Graham October is finally here and for pheasant hunters, that means Iowa’s pheasant season will soon open. We know from survey results that last year’s pheasant hunting was phenomenal. In fact, hunters harvested more pheasants last year than any year in the last decade. We want this year to […]

Duck Hunting Small Rivers

Duck Hunting Small Rivers By Nick Johnson Hunting ducks on smaller moving waters is less common in Iowa than one might think. How you define a smaller river is objective and really can be anything from a reasonable stream to something like the Des Moines River in the northern half of the state. What comes […]

A Smart Start to Deer Season

A Smart Start to Deer Season By Kent Boucher As deer season quickly approaches, it catches most of us by surprise every year. We generally are busy with summer vacations, kids, families, weddings, and by the time youth season or opening day of Iowa’s archery season opens up, we are behind scrambling to get “ready […]

River Honkers

River Honkers By Nick Johnson Have you hung up your waders and retired the decoys for the season? I hope not! There is still season left and now is the time to be out hunting when most others have called it a year. Lakes, ponds and smaller streams are largely frozen and the remaining geese […]

30 Things Every Hunter Worth their Salt Should Know How To Do

30 Things Every Hunter Worth their Salt Should Know How To Do By Aaron Stonehocker Sportsmen come from all walks of life: rich, poor, young, retired, self-inspired, or groomed into the lifestyle by those who came before us. It is safe to say that no two hunters have precisely the same tastes when it comes […]

Shoot your trophy during the early season!

Shoot your Trophy during the Early Season! By Ricky Kinder October 1 is a date that archery hunters in Iowa treat as a holiday, as it is the opening day of archery season for whitetail! While those last few weeks always seem to drag on, the season will be here before we know it. Although […]

Time to Learn: Waterfowl Calling 101

Time to Learn: Waterfowl Calling 101 By Ryan Graden Waterfowl hunting is a science. Collectively there are so many factors that play into your level of success in the field and it takes years to even begin to understand it all. I started hunting ducks and geese at an older age than most. At twenty […]

Best Stand Locations for Whitetail Behaviors

Best Stand Locations for Whitetail Behaviors By Ryan Graden Sometimes this is the most frustrating decision a hunter has to make. Where do I put my stand? If I put it there, they might go this way. However, if I put it there, they might go that way. If it’s here, the wind might be […]

Whitetails 365: Manipulating A Deer’s Nose

Whitetails 365: Manipulating A Deer’s Nose By Noel Gandy On September 10, 2021 I was stuck in the office on a beautiful, bluebird day. All I wanted to do was get outside and do some deer hunting prep. After deciding I couldn’t take it any longer, I closed up shop early and headed towards a […]

Isolating Your Target Buck

Isolating Your Target Buck By Ryan Graden I’ll never forget that first picture of him. The buck that made my mind race and my heart skip a beat. You see, over the years that I’ve been deer hunting, I had set some lofty goals of deer that I would like to harvest in my life […]

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