Whitetail

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 […]

5 Land Access Types in Iowa

5 Land Access Types in Iowa By Nick Martin You may have heard stories from members of your family or friends about the “hay day” of Iowa Pheasant hunting but never experienced anything like those stories yourself. Although Iowa has not recently been known for its miles of grasslands or public hunting like some other […]

Choosing A Riflescope

Choosing A Riflescope By Troy Hoepker Choosing the right scope for a new rifle is a bit like dropping the perfect engine into that vintage muscle car with a sparkling new paint job and shiny mag wheels. Sure the car is a thing of beauty to stare at, but it needs to perform as good […]

The 5 Key Fundamentals to Shooting a Rifle

The 5 Key Fundamentals to Shooting a Rifle By Troy Hoepker If it is your first time firing a rifle or your one-millionth, good rifle marksmanship is accomplished only through having a good foundation of the basic fundamentals. Even an experienced shooter will never improve if he or she changes a fundamental each and every […]

Mature Velvet Bucks and Cameras

Mature Velvet Bucks and Cameras By Jacob Miner One of the most exciting times in my opinion to be a whitetail hunter is the end of July and August. All the sweat equity is almost done minus fall brassica plots and it’s now time to take inventory of what bucks are still around and what […]

What Should I Plant in my Iowa Food Plot

What Should I Plant in my Iowa Food Plot By Jessica Graham Today, the food plot market offers a plethora of choices and varieties for food plots. You can find a multitude of custom blends and plant species. Quite honestly, it can be a little overwhelming with the amount of choices. To narrow these choices […]

Whitetails 365: Pre-Season Deer Scouting

Whitetails 365: Pre-Season Deer Scouting By Noel Gandy My good friend Jeff Danker coined a phrase over these past few years that I have found myself using quite a bit: “Big Buck Work”. He even a hashtag for the slogan (#bigbuckwork). His logic is taking a trophy deer doesn’t happen on accident and the work […]

Food Plots 101: Knowing Food Plot Basics

Food Plots 101: Knowing Food Plot Basics By Ryan Graden Food plots can be a big part of hunting here in Iowa for many reasons. Do you absolutely need to have a food plot to have success hunting? No. Would a food plot be a tool in your arsenal for deer and turkey? Absolutely! If […]

Hunter Education, It’s Much More Than Just a Class

Hunter Education, It’s Much More Than Just a Class By Steve Webner Hunting is special in that it can be a solo sport, or you can get a few friends together and enjoy the outdoor experiences together. Some people are forced to hunt alone due to safety, or the lack there of, from others. Walking […]

Beat The Heat! Bring The Great Outdoors, Indoors

Beat The Heat! Bring The Great Outdoors, Indoors By Kent Boucher I have every reason to list summer as my favorite season. It serves as my respite from a year of long weeks in the classroom as a science teacher. My birthday is in early August. My family usually takes a cross country vacation, plus […]

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