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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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Top 5 Broadheads From ATA Show

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The Concept of Hunt Plots

Three years ago I stumbled across an article in a hunting and fishing magazine that was talking about “Hunt Plots”. I immediately asked myself what the heck was a hunt plot? So I read the article and deemed it useful and from that moment on I have been implementing hunt plots on our family farm […]

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T.W. MENCK GUNSMITH ONLINE LIQUIDATION AUCTION

Bidding Starts: June 11, 2018 12:00PM Auction Dates: June 11 – Jul 08, 2018 at 5:00PM Pick-Up Dates: Jul 10, 2018 from 3:00PM-6:00PM WELL-KNOWN GUNSMITH, MACHINIST, & ARTIST, THOMAS W. MENCK HAS RETIRED The small engine shop next door has purchased the business and is liquidating all contents and intellectual property of this small shop […]

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It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This

Little did 14-year old Dalton Christoffer, a freshman at Estherville Lincoln Central in northwest Iowa, know when he headed for northeast Iowa to participate in the youth dear season that a trophy buck just might be in the picture. He was pretty sure that he’d have a chance at a nice buck. After all two […]

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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.