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In the July 2026 Issue of the Iowa Sportsman
- Summer Foodplots & Projects
- Spot-And-Stalking Whitetail Deer
- How to Stay Safe and Prepared for Any Disaster
- Planting More Than a Plot: Why Fall Food Plots Matter
- Topwater Bass Fishing
- Finding Fish When the Water Heats Up
- Campfire Cooking Made Simple
- Waterfowl Habitat Keeps the Flyway Alive
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Iowa’s Big Water Largemouth Challenge
Iowa’s Big Water Largemouth Challenge Iowa may be known for its small farm ponds when you go outside our borders, but the large bodies of water in the state can provide some great largemouth bass fishing too. Not only for numbers of fish, but quality as well. The bigger bodies of water in the state […]
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How to Improve your Deer Stands
How to Improve your Deer Stands Edge, ridge, creek, saddle, funnel, bench, pinch. These are all words that deer hunters begin throwing around when we consider stand placement for hunting whitetails. Many times we nod our head in agreement and decide that this method or that method is the best when it comes to perching […]
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10 Things You Must Do While Camping
10 Things You Must Do While Camping By Jason Smith When I was a kid, camping equated to a tent, a sleeping bag and pillow, and RAIN. Lots and lots of rain! No matter what time of the year or where we camped, rain was pretty much a guarantee. It didn’t matter if we were […]
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The Wild Past of Iowa
The Wild Past of Iowa Iowa officially became a state on December 28, 1846 but that does not mean people weren’t living here long before that. I often wondered as I’ve been in the timber, “Who was here before me?” Alternatively, even along those lines, “What was here before me?” I’m sure if the timber […]
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Big Buck Profile: The 2025 Gandy Buck
Ok, this first big buck profile is a little self-serving in that it is of a buck that I personally took this past deer season. While it is likely not the “biggest” big buck that we will profile this year it is definitely one of my most special deer ever.
Turning a Dream into Reality
As has been noted in several articles since 2023, my family and I finally put together the means to purchase our very own piece of Iowa ground. “The 32,” as we call it, has become a passion project to see if we could take an unassuming piece of real estate and harvest a mature deer from there by giving him all he needs in the way of habitat. This year was the first year that the farm would be huntable in the state in which we intended due to construction projects over the past couple of seasons.
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