Turkey

Mastering Pop-Up Blinds

Mastering Pop-Up Blinds As soon as the buck walked out of sight, I hit the antlers. Two minutes later, he was standing on the edge of the food plot looking for the fight he just heard. My cameraman and myself were sitting in a ground blind right smack dab in the middle of the food […]

Finding The Perfect Hunting Blind

Finding The Perfect Hunting Blind In the early morning hours, as the sun peeks over the horizon, a hushed anticipation fills the air. I sit in my hunting blind, carefully concealed amidst the heart of deer country. This blind, on my Dad’s property, provides me with a crucial advantage in my pursuit of a trophy […]

Tuning Your Archery Equipment

Tuning Your Archery Equipment Archery is a sport anyone can do, right? So why is it hard to answer questions, one would assume, are basic questions and ought to have an easy response. Find a Trusted Archery Dealer When I tell acquaintances I’m blessed to teach archery for a living, the first question I get […]

Essential Turkey Hunting Gear for Success

Essential Turkey Hunting Gear: Tools for Consistent Success What gear do you need for turkey hunting?Essential turkey hunting gear includes calls (box, slate, diaphragm), a shotgun with a turkey choke, decoys, camouflage clothing, a vest, and optionally a blind for concealment. Why the Right Turkey Hunting Gear Matters Gear is something that we as hunters […]

Trying Something New In Iowa’s Outdoors

Trying Something New In Iowa’s Outdoors With promise of a beautiful spring day, I had made plans for an all outdoors St. Patty’s Day a few years back for my 6-year old son Dylan and I. The plan was for us to go coyote calling together and then look for some Indian artifacts and deer […]

Gathering Summer Intel for Fall Bowhunting

Gathering Summer Intel for Fall Bowhunting By Noel Gandy Is there really an off season? For the diehard bowhunter the answer is likely a resounding “no”! Do things look different during the Spring and Summer months for avid deer hunting enthusiasts? You better believe it. That does not mean, though, that there is not work […]

Improve your Pond with Native Habitat

Improve your Pond with Native Habitat The northern corners crown our state with their excellent natural fisheries that are unparalleled throughout the vast majority of the rest of the state. In the Northeastern counties we have pristine, cold water trout streams and in the Northwestern counties we have our few and only naturally formed lakes. […]

Late Season Turkey Hunting: Proven Strategies

Late Season Turkey Hunting: Proven Strategies for May Gobblers How do you hunt late season turkeys? To hunt late season turkeys successfully: Focus on lonely gobblers after hens begin nesting Hunt later in the morning and midday Use louder calling to locate birds, then soften calls Set up near fields and open areas with visibility […]

Essential Spring Turkey Gear

Essential Spring Turkey Gear Whether you are just getting into turkey hunting or you have been at it for a long time, you will find that the sky is the limit for as how deep do you want to dive into purchasing gear for the hunt. Although all the bells and whistles are not completely […]

Mistakes Archers Make and How to Correct Them

Mistakes Archers Make and How to Correct Them “Mistakes archers make and How to Correct Them”, it sounds cut and dry, doesn’t it? Well, it would be if we looked at the obvious mistakes. You know the ones I’m talking about: not pulling your bow out to practice until the week before the season opens, […]

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