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Iowa Sportsman November 2024

This Issue Brings You:

  • Expert advice for Bowhunting November
  • Ice Fishing Must-Haves
  • Make the Most out of Pheasant Season 2024
  • Prepping for All-Day November Bowhunting
  • Basic Trapping Tactics
  • Must-Have Equipment and Accessories
  • Get Your Gun Sighted in for Deer Season
  • Whitetails 365: 2024 Rut Forecast

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The Pontier Buck

The Pontier Buck As told by Austin Pontier November 5th, 2016 is a day I’ll never forget. It all started in July 2016 when I first laid eyes on the deer that would forever leave an imprint on my mind. At this time of the year, I had been putting out trail cameras to figure […]

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Dallas County Land

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Spring 2021 Gun & Ammo Auction

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Late Ice and Big Crappies

Late Ice and Big Crappies By Steve Weisman I’m not sure which I get more excited for: early ice or late ice. Both times can provide excellent fishing opportunities. I guess what I like about late ice is the fact that the long stretches of intense cold are pretty much over with, old ice holes […]

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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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