Whitetail

Summer Tips for a Successful Fall Hunt: Whitetails 365

Summer Tips for a Successful Fall Hunt: Whitetails 365: Scout it Out! Hunting deer can be a challenging and rewarding experience, and scouting is an essential part of the process. To be successful, hunters need to understand where deer are likely to be found and what they are doing at different times of the year. […]

Scouting Tactics to Keep Pressure Off Hunting Areas

Scouting Tactics to Keep Pressure Off Hunting Areas We are now in what us whitetail enthusiasts consider the doldrums of summer. Long gone are the days of cool mornings and sunset rides that end by 8:00 pm. Now we are in a battle with mosquitos and the urge to vacation. For the whitetail nut though, […]

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. […]

Should you Plant a Spring Food Plot: Whitetails 365

Should you Plant a Spring Food Plot: Whitetails 365 Planting spring food plots can be a key factor in setting deer hunters up for success in the fall and winter. A lot of times, hunters focus solely on fall food plots. If you’ve lived in Iowa long, you know our August and Septembers can be […]

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, […]

Finding the Perfect Public Land Deer Hunting Spot

Whitetails 365: Finding the Perfect Public Land Deer Hunting Spot So, you want some more hunting ground, but cannot afford it. This is the case of most of us. However, you should consider using the publica hunting land available. Right now, you can start scouting these public areas in preparation for opening day. In fact, […]

The Legend of Virgil: A Story of the Haney Buck

An Iowa Giant Whitetail Story Years in the Making Meeting the Haney Family and Their Hunting Legacy I first met Travis Haney about eleven years ago while I was working for The Iowa Sportsman Magazine and filming hunts. We were searching for a prostaffer to film with and Travis was one of the applicants whose […]

Essential Equipment for Iowa Acreages

Essential Equipment for Iowa Acreages A few years ago, my husband and I finally made the move to a small acreage. Our property has about half pasture and half timber ground. We had big plans to transform it into a wildlife mecca. As an Iowan, it’s essential to have the right machinery and equipment to […]

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