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Mastering Summer Catfish

Iowa Sportsman July 2025

This Issue Brings You:

  • Mastering Summer Catfish
  • Fishing Iowa: Iowa Hot Spots
  • Do It Yourself – Iowa Kill Plots
  • Introducing Youth to Shooting Sports
  • Whitetails 365 – Drought, Deer & Looming Threat of EHD
  • County Spotlight: Iowa Fishing Destinations
  • Blind Buyers Guide: Clear Sight Hunting Blinds

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Leveraging Prairie to Improve Habitat

Leveraging Prairie to Improve Habitat

Leveraging Prairie to Improve Habitat As I write this I am winding down for the evening after surviving an ice crusted day of freezing rain. A unique phenomenon my friend Luke Fritch and I have noticed on such days is the presence of pheasants near our houses as the ice glazes over all of the […]

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Guide to Creating a Spring Food Plot

Guide to Creating a Spring Food Plot for Deer Hunters

Guide to Creating a Spring Food Plot Spring is the perfect time for deer hunters to start preparing food plots. The plans for deer season 2025 start now and a well-planned food plot not only improves hunting opportunities but also contributes to the overall health and nutrition of the local deer population. Creating a food […]

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Dog Nutrition Breakdown

Dog Nutrition Breakdown

Dog Nutrition Breakdown   If you’re getting nutritional advice for your dog from cousin Eddie, you need to stop. In the Christmas classic “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, Snots (the dog) is under the table and Clark asks Eddie, “What’s wrong with the dog?” Eddie nonchalantly responds, “Oh, he’s just yakkin’ on a bone…he’s probably just […]

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Range Etiquette 

Range Etiquette  You might be a redneck if you never use the word etiquette. I say, “Join the club”. Just because you might rarely use the word, doesn’t mean you don’t and/or can’t be etiquette at the range.  Google’s dictionary defines etiquette as “The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of […]

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Featured Story

10 Killer Big Buck Bow Hunting Ambushes

Why do top notch hunters shoot quality mature deer year after year? Sure they scout, don’t shoot young bucks, maintain their land, pay attention to the wind, plant food plots, are in big buck country, ect. Yes all of those and many more reasons can attribute to better chances of shooting bigger bucks consistently. However do you know the most important reason why people shoot big deer year after year? Because they place their stands in locations where big bucks like to frequent…it really is that simple. They are in the right place at the right time. You will never consistently shoot mature deer if you are not putting your tree stands in the proper locations.

Whitetails are creatures of habit and instinct, they do everything for a purpose and that is actually a good thing for us hunters. If we know what they like to do, what they don’t like to do, and how they navigate their day then we can key in on certain geographical locations on our properties and ambush an unsuspecting bruiser.

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The Iowa Sportsman website and magazine are Iowa’s only privately owned media sources catering to hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts here in Iowa. Simply put, we are unlike other Iowa outdoor media sources: All our staff is from Iowa, from our publisher to our writers. We actually follow through on what we advertise; we provide knowledgeable content from people who know the industry or sport discussed.