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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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Family Fishing: Find the Perfect Guide for Your Family Adventure

Family Fishing: Find the Perfect Guide for Your Family Adventure By Brad Durick It’s that time of year, the time when you sit down and start scouring the web, visiting sport shows and looking for that perfect family fishing outing. Chances are, if you are the dad you really want to work some fishing into […]

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How Weather Affects Accuracy

How Weather Affects Accuracy By Troy Hoepker Many of us seek out a day to sight in our rifle when winds are calm, temperatures are warm and comfortable, and after being pleased with how the rifle shoots, happily put it away until that first all-important day that we hunt in the fall or winter. I […]

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Puppy Time

Puppy Time By Ryan Eder We are entering the time of year where those considering a new puppy begin the process of researching and looking for their next companion. This is no surprise, after all, the holidays are a time where people have time off of work, and kids are home from school on holiday […]

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Lolli Brothers 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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