Whitetail

Managing Iowa’s Public Lands – Podcast

October Success – Podcast

November- The Hunt is On!

November- The Hunt is On! Many hunters count the days each year till season opener. How many hours do you have invested in the season before its even open? Money spent? In habitat management alone, I spend a solid weekend every month on my farm outside of hunting season. That’s 2 or 3 days a […]

Best Rut Tactics from Our Readers

The whitetail breeding season will soon be upon us and that equals a lot of excited hunters across the state of Iowa. In a time where hunting shows and the next big hunting celebrity seem to dominate views on hunting styles and tactics we wanted to give our readers some “real” knowledgeable information from people […]

The Rut is Coming – Podcast

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5 Tips for The Rut: They’ll Only Cost You a Buck

Hunting an Iowa typical giant, a 145 inch 300+ pound 7-year-old with a 6 inch drop tine, a 155-inch non-typical ghost buck, a 160 inch typical eight point, and a buck that I never laid eyes on, or maybe he was never there? Each of these deer have a special place in my nightmares. You […]

Hunting Pressured Bucks

It’s early November and a cold front is coming through. The wind is absolutely perfect for you to hunt a stand that you have been daydreaming about all year. The barometric pressure is rising and the moon guide is showing favorable hunting conditions. You have done your scouting and have studied maps to find the […]

Public Land Success: Tips to Bagging a Mature Buck on Iowa’s Public Hunting Land

Public Land Success: Tips to Bagging a Mature Buck on Iowa’s Public Hunting Land I’m proud to be an Iowa hunter! In fact, I’m a fourth generation Iowa hunter. Most of my hunting skills have been sharpened by the hours I’ve spent on the acres of public land that are offered to Iowa residents and […]

Preview Of Iowa’s 2019/20 Deer Hunting Seasons – Podcast

Welcome to another episode of The Iowa Sportsman Podcast. ON this episode Dan is joined by Ben Leal as they discuss the upcoming 2019 Deer Hunting Seasons in Iowa.

Harvesting Does

As October 1st, 2019 looms on the horizon, hunters across the state are preparing for opening day of the whitetail deer hunting season. Licenses and tags along with extra doe tags, where they are available, will be purchased. State goals for the Iowa deer herd have been to reduce the deer population to numbers matching […]