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June Fishing in Iowa

Iowa Sportsman June 2025

This Issue Brings You:

  • Targeting Muskie
  • Utilizing Catfish Dips
  • County Spotlight– June Fishing in Iowa
  • Planting the Perfect Deer Property
  • Whitetails 365 – Planting Multispecies Food Plots
  • Gun Dog Corner: Developing A Top Notch Gun Dog

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The Iowa Sportsman Welcomes New Publisher, Aaron McKinney

Twin Rivers Media, LLC, announced today that Mr. Aaron McKinney has accepted the position of Publisher of The Iowa Sportsman Media Group. Aaron will immediately take over leading this highly popular outdoor activity media outlet. Aaron McKinney personifies what it means to be an Iowa Sportsman, with years of experience in the field, he brings […]

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Cold Water Bassin

Cold Water Bassin By Ben Leal By the time April rolls around many of us have been to several outdoor sports shows where pictures of open water trophies are being displayed and boats line halls, giving way to dreams of being out on the water. Bass anglers are itching to get out on the lake […]

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Decoying Coyotes

Decoying Coyotes By Troy Hoepker As I sat and watched the terrain, I couldn’t help but think that if I were a coyote, I’d sure be intrigued by those spinning feathers that whirled around the caller. Heck, I’d even catch myself watching it in moments of boredom while waiting on a customer to show up. […]

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Knowing The Costs Of Raising A Dog

Knowing The Costs Of Raising A Dog Having a well-trained hunting dog in your life is an extraordinary experience. These furry little friends will provide families with years and years of loyalty. They will aim to please both in family and hunting settings, and give us countless memories to cherish. However there is an actual […]

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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.