Iowa Sportsman Atlas Valentine’s Special
Atlas Valentine's Special

Our Valentine’s Special pairs the Iowa Sportsman Atlas with a 1-year subscription to The Iowa Sportsman Magazine: a perfect match for anyone who’d rather be in the timber, on the water, or planning their next trip outdoors.

Our Valentine’s Special pairs the Iowa Sportsman Atlas with a 1-year subscription to The Iowa Sportsman Magazine: a perfect match for anyone who’d rather be in the timber, on the water, or planning their next trip outdoors.

Iowa Sportsman Atlas Valentine’s Special This Valentine’s Day, show a little love—to yourself or to the outdoors-obsessed someone special in your life—with a gift that actually gets used. Our Valentine’s Special pairs the Iowa Sportsman Atlas with a 1-year subscription to The Iowa Sportsman Magazine: a perfect match for anyone who’d rather be in the timber, on the water, or planning their next trip outdoors. Made by Iowa hunters and anglers for Iowa hunters and anglers, our magazine skips the flashy fluff and gets straight to what matters—real stories, real know-how, and real passion from people who live the same […]

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Iowa Sportsman Valentine's Special

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The Dangers of Being Too Good: Whitetails 365:

Whitetails 365: The Dangers of Being Too Good I was watching a pretty well-known hunting show a few years back and the host of the show was talking about habitat improvements on his farm. Through the segment, he was explaining why he was creating the best habitat on every acre of his farm. The explanation […]

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Turkey Taking Tips: From some “Not-so-Pro” Hunters! Reasons why you won't Harvest a Turkey this Year

Turkey Taking Tips: From some “Not-so-Pro” Hunters!

Turkey Taking Tips: From some “Not-so-Pro” Hunters! There are a lot of “give-Me’s” the creator worked into our daily lives. The sun always rises. The sun always sets. Spring heats up to Summer, mellows out to Fall, cools off to Winter, before warming back up to Spring again. There are thousands of examples of things […]

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Proper Fishing Drag Settings

Proper Fishing Drag Settings for Big Fish

earneProper Fishing Drag Settings for Big Fish During the process of outfitting a customer new to the sport of angling, there was nothing more gratifying than seeing the looks on their faces when I would show them the properties of their new drag system. I would stand behind the counter holding their rig and instruct […]

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July Fishing Guide For Iowa Areas to Locate and Catch Early Spring Bass

Areas to Locate and Catch Early Spring Bass

Areas to Locate and Catch Early Spring Bass Finally, the water has warmed up a bit, and not a slab of ice in sight.  April is the kickoff to bass fishing in the state Iowa, tournaments are popping up, fish in the river systems are becoming active once again and the lake water is getting […]

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Featured Story

Iowa Public Land Hunting 

Every hunter wants to know where to go to harvest a great deer.  We often assume that there is some “honey hole” spot out there that a person can always go to and harvest a trophy year after year.  While having hope for that, we are always keeping our ears perked for that privileged information on where the best place to hunt would be.   

Now, let me ask you, if somebody had the perfect spot to hunt where they are harvesting trophy deer year after year, do you think that they would share that information with you?  Probably not.  Unless they are VERY gracious and kind.   

In this article, I will not share any “secret spots” with you who are reading.  Frankly, because I don’t have any secret spots to share!  However, I’ve lived in Iowa long enough to steer you to certain areas of our great state that might give you a great chance to fill a tag this fall and winter.  So let’s begin with some regions of the state to key into. 

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