Whitetail
Early Muzzleloader: Iowa’s Ace in the Hole
Early Muzzleloader: Iowa’s Ace in the Hole Iowa’s early muzzleloader season has become an increasingly hot ticket in recent years. On the right farm, it can really be an ace-in-the-hole for early season success. Aside from the youth season, early muzzleloader is the first opportunity Iowans have to break out the guns for whitetails, and […]
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Digging Deeper: Pre-Season Prep
Digging Deeper: Pre-Season Prep By Gary Faith Traditionally thinking, when it comes to pre-season prep a few things come to mind. Check stands and straps, trim shooting lanes, get trail cameras out, work on food plots, set out minerals, scout new spots, and the list goes on and on. At times, it may lead to […]
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Geographical Whitetail Hideouts and Travel Corridors (Part 2)
Geographical Whitetail Hideouts and Travel Corridors (Part 2) By Jason Smith You’re scrambling to find new land and realize that no matter where you end up, you will essentially be going in blind. There’s no time to run pre-season trail cameras and no time to do any type of thorough pre-season scouting. You’re going to […]
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Whitetails 365: Questions about Archery Gear/Tactics
Whitetails 365: Questions about Archery Gear/Tactics By Tom Peplinski This month, I am responding to multiple questions I’ve been saving up from numerous hunters writing in with similar questions about gear and tactics. I’ve been saving them up because they are all archery related questions and season opener is coming up. A Single or Multiple […]
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Things to Consider When Purchasing a Crossbow
What to Consider When Purchasing a Crossbow We are fortunate to be able to live and hunt world-class whitetails in the state of Iowa. A few things contribute to the trophy class deer such as agriculture production, wildlife research, and hunting rules and regulations set by the Iowa DNR. The state of Iowa has done […]
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How to Hunt Iowa’s Wildlife
How to Hunt Iowa’s Wildlife I am a chronically late person. Church services, family gatherings, meeting up with hunting buddies, even this article is coming down to the wire on the due date. Besides the self-loathing for my poor time management, I worry that others who may notice my frequent tardiness will assess that it […]
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Whitetails 365 – Fall Food Plot Questions
Whitetails 365 – Fall Food Plot Questions By Tom Peplinski 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 […]
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Preparation = Early Season Bow Hunting Success!
Preparation = Early Season Bow Hunting Success! By Ricky Kinder It goes without saying that preparation leads to success, and this couldn’t be truer in terms of bow hunting early season whitetails here in Iowa. If you want to harvest a mature whitetail buck during the early parts of bow season you need to get […]
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Time To Set Your Treestand!
Time To Set Your Treestand! By Dan Johnson August is hot. August is humid. But if you’re like me, you’ve procrastinated too long and it’s the last chance to get some work done before the season starts. Because in September, I don’t step foot on the properties I hunt, except to maybe check some easy […]
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Retrieving Freedom… Giving Hope to our Veterans!
Retrieving Freedom… Giving Hope to our Veterans! Courtesy of Scott Dewey Returning from a deployment in a combat zone should feel like a win, yet the limitations of a physical disability or post-traumatic stress can cause anything but a celebration. It can be a difficult struggle for many returning veterans to reintegrate back into the […]
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