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Iowa Sportsman March 2025
This Issue Brings You:
- Finding Spring Toms
- Fishing Iowa – What to Target in March
- Whitetails 365 – Prepping for Food Plots
- Leveraging Prairie to Improve Habitat
- Bringing a Pond Back to its Prime
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Fishing Iowa’s Big Three
Fishing Iowa’s Big Three By Ben Leal There’s nothing like taking the boat out on a big body of water and exploring the endless possibilities available to not only anglers but to recreational boaters, skiers, windsurfing, sailing; the list goes on. We’re going to explore exploring the big three here in Iowa, Saylorville Lake, Red […]
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Walleyes: The Springtime Spawn
Walleyes: The Springtime Spawn By Nick Johnson With the close of the ice season, many anglers dream about the rivers or lakes opening up and the hunt for big walleyes. Often times this transition is only a few weeks apart. Timing and water temperature are crucial along with depth and water levels in the river. […]
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Handgun Skills & Drills You Can Use
Handgun Skills & Drills You Can Use By Steve Hensyel – Hawkeye Firearms Instruction A request I often get from people is about hands on drills they can use to improve their accuracy and performance. The more techniques and drills we can add to our list as a way to improve our shooting the more […]
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Overlooked Fishing Destinations in Iowa
Overlooked Fishing Destinations in Iowa By Todd Reed Growing up in Iowa and fishing as much as I could I never took the time to realize how fortunate we are to have the natural resources that we do. Perhaps it is being over four decades old, or perhaps it is the reflective mind that I […]
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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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