Hunting
Getting Ready for the 2021 Duck Season
Getting Ready for the 2021 Duck Hunting Season When it comes to hunting and fishing, we all are at the mercy of Mother Nature. Cold fronts, pressure systems, winds, heavy rains, lack of rain…they all affect our hunting and fishing. However, I think that duck hunters are most at the mercy of Mother Nature. Year […]
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Hunting Cut Silage for Doves in Taylor County
Hunting Cut Silage for Doves in Taylor County When I first got interested in dove hunting it was something I had only seen on outdoor shows on television. I had recently left active duty and had been hunting waterfowl while living in Cajun country in southern Louisiana. Even living in a state known as “The […]
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Whitetails 365 – Fall Food Plot Questions
Whitetails 365 – Fall Food Plot Questions Q1. How do I compete with the farmer’s alfalfa field next door? No matter what I plant, the deer won’t leave the alfalfa for my food plots. My friends can plant all sorts of plots and they all get hit. Why aren’t my food plots attractive? A1. I […]
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What to Look for in a Hunting Lease
What to Look for in a Hunting Lease Let’s face it, finding places to hunt is becoming harder and harder to do. As a society, we are becoming more developed, and farm land is dissipating. For the remaining land, it is highly competitive to secure landowner permission to hunt their farms so hunters struggle to […]
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Your New Puppy Pt. 4: Starting our Gundog
Your New Puppy Pt. 4: Starting our Gundog Finally, we have reached part 4 of our mini-series covering how to bring our puppy home, what to focus on, and how to progress in our training program. At this point we are ready to introduce the electronic collar, begin introductory field work and conditioning our dogs […]
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Waterfowl Decoy Buyers Guide
Waterfowl Decoy Buyers Guide The waterfowl decoy business is competitive; there are so many choices and options where do you even begin? How do you know which brand to go with, what are (if any) the differences between each? Why are there different sizes? Do not overthink this purchase! I will simplify how to go […]
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Guns Out
Guns Out I believe that there are two types of gun owners. First, there is the ones that owns guns simply because they love them. These folks spend weekend afternoons firing off several boxes of shells at steel targets, followed by a complete teardown and deep cleaning, and end the day by researching custom components […]
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What to Look for When Purchasing a Stationary Deer Blind
What to Look for When Purchasing a Stationary Deer Blind By Jessica Graham Hunting blinds are quickly becoming a staple in Iowa’s landscape. Take a drive through rural Iowa and you will see box blinds on the edges of fields and timbers. Before buying a blind, there are some questions you should consider such as: […]
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A Place For Family and Friends: The Outdoors
A Place for Family and Friends: The Outdoors As a young man growing up in the Loess Hills of western Iowa, I was too busy pursuing teenage interests to realize the beauty the hills had to offer. It wasn’t until I was older and a college student at Mankato State University that I found myself […]
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Deer Scouting 101
Deer Scouting 101 August is here and the impending deer season is rapidly approaching for you! The seconds can’t pass fast enough for us as we await the sunrise of that treasured date. However, there is a lot to do if you are going to enter into the deer season prepared. There is more to […]
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