Whitetail

Best Archery Sets: Part 1

Best Archery Sets: Part 1 By Tim Peplinksi The lion share of my scouting, scheming, and planning takes place each year in late winter or spring. My mind is always thinking about my hunting grounds and how I can improve them. With each idea though it requires an in person approach (out on the land) […]

Gaining Access To Private Property

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Life of a Conservation Officer with Dan Henderson – Podcast

Prioritizing Your Resources

Prioritizing Your Resources By Tom Peplinksi For the vast majority of hunters, we have limited resources at our disposal. These resources range from our hunting equipment, to the land we have access to; to the time off we are able to get from work. Because we have limited time and limited money, we have to […]

Bad Weather = Good Hunting?

Bad Weather = Good Hunting? My ideal weather conditions for a day of bow hunting whitetails would be overcast skies, a low around 25 degrees, a high of 40 degrees, and little to no wind. While those days do occur several times a year during the Iowa archery season what do you do when Mother […]

Hold Deer On Small Property!

Hold Deer On Small Property! If you are a whitetail hunter in Iowa please raise your hand if you agree to the following question: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have 1,500 acres of vast, pristine whitetail habitat to hunt in Iowa?  While I obviously can’t see the hands going up I can imagine most of […]

50 Ways To Bide Time As An Offseason Hunter

By Kent Boucher If you are like me your favorite hunting season is when you feel most alive. Calling upon skills you haven’t used for a year, clearing your schedule of nearly all other responsibilities and breaking the gaze into the digital abyss are just a few of the rare indulgences we get to enjoy […]

The Right Spot for the Right Shot: 10 Post Locations for Iowa Deer Drives

The one style of hunting that is my all-time favorite would be a good old man drive during one of our great state’s shotgun seasons. Whether it is because this was my first exposure to hunting deer, or simply because of the logistical theory that goes into each drive, driving deer through a rural Iowa […]

First Day Success for Whitetail Shotgun Season-Steer Clear of the Crowds

Typically in Iowa during the first day of shotgun season for whitetails you will see groups of orange clad hunters chasing deer all over the place. The Iowa landscape is literally dotted with orange from border to border. The most common tactic used is large group or party hunting. This is when hunters will get […]