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Iowa Sportsman December 2024
This Issue Brings You:
- Snow Pheasant Pursuits
- Stalking the Predator: Red Fox & Coyote
- Waterfowl Strategies: Hunting Pressured Ducks
- Three Tips for a Successful Muzzleloader season
- Ice Fishing Minnesota 10 Reasons To go
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Planning the Year’s Food Plot
Planning the Year’s Food Plot By Tim Peplinski Introduction- I guess there may be other reasons to plant a food plot. It’s fun. When done right they look really good and make for good pictures to send to your buddies. They build our confidence and give us something to do outside of hunting season. But […]
READ MOREBreaking Down New Catfish Water
Breaking Down New Catfish Water By Brad Durick Everyone likes to go to new places and experience the fishing those places have to offer. These new places may be a different part of your home river or lake; or a trip all the way across the country to try something totally different. Some people enjoy […]
READ MORETake a Kid Fishing
Take a Kid Fishing By Todd Reed Fishing has been a huge part of my life from a very early age. I can remember begging my dad to take me fishing on the weekends. He worked six days a week, church on Sunday mornings, but I just knew a father of seven kids wanted to […]
READ MOREWhitetails 365: Year Round Management for a Thriving Deer Season in 2024
Whitetails 365: Year Round Management for a Thriving Deer Season in 2024 By Aaron McKinney In May, a lot of Iowa Sportsmen shift their focus from deer to turkey and fishing. However, for some of us, we are always planning and doing what we can for the upcoming deer season. There are some things you […]
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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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