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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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Catching Early Crappies
Catching Early Crappies By Todd Reed The ice is long gone, the grass is turning green, and the birds are singing, all of these are signs for anglers to get out and go fishing. Walleyes, bass, catfish, and pike are fish that really come alive in early spring, but as we flip the calendars to […]
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Prepping for Turkey Season
Prepping for Turkey Season By Jessica Graham Few things on this earth compare to hearing the gobble of a tom in the early morning as the sun begins to rise. The airtingles with anticipation, the woods hushed in the pre-dawn light. Soon, the forest will erupt with the thunderous gobbles of a strutting tom, his […]
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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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