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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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20 Tips For Late Season Whitetails

20 Tips For Late Season Whitetails It’s been nearly three months since the first deer season opened in Iowa. The days are shorter and the temps are lower but there is still hunting to do.  Its time for late season archery/muzzleloader hunting for whitetail!  No matter if you didn’t fill your tag the first go […]

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Farmland and Farm Machinery Auctions

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Quail Make A Return to Southern Iowa

Quail Make A Return to Southern Iowa By Troy Hoepker Red disappeared over the embankment and into the small creek below crossing the rugged ditch and bounding up the other side effortlessly in seconds. Even though I would have preferred to hunt out the very small patch of horseweeds left on my side of the […]

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Upcoming Gun Auctions

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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.