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The Rise of Women Outdoors
The Rise of Women in the Outdoors When I first started hunting 25 years ago, the landscape for women in the outdoors was vastly different. For instance, you didn’t see a lot of girls hunting. It for sure wasn’t the “cool” thing to do, and you had to be ready to face a bunch of […]
READ MORECreate Fall Food Plots For 2024 Deer Season!
Create Fall Food Plots For 2024 Deer Season! Very few things in life bring me more peace and satisfaction than climbing into my tree stand to hunt over a fall food plot. Crafting the perfect fall plot can be both rewarding and challenging. There have been years where plots turn out lush and abundant with […]
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Paintballing Iowa
Paintballing Iowa When looking for some summer fun for your family or friends, it can’t get much better than a friendly or competitive game of paintball. Fortunately, around Iowa we have several different courses where you can take a group of friends or your family. Our Iowa courses are accommodating to new players, or competitive […]
READ MOREWhy Crate Training is a Good Thing
Why Crate Training is a Good Thing Dogs instinctively seek smaller, darker spaces as shelters. We can utilize this instinctive behavior in our puppies during the process of crate training. Even though our puppies have a predisposition to den, they will likely have some issues settling into their crate. Understandably though, right? First of all, […]
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Introducing Youth to Shooting Sports
I can still remember the day my mom told me we had to watch the next episode of “Buckmasters TV.” Being an oblivious five-year-old, you can only imagine how excited I was to see my picture pop up as their weekly winner of a FREE Buckmasters Daisy Model 840 BB gun. Bubba and Shotgun Red announced my name, and I was the proud new owner of my very first firearm.
I ran to meet the mail carrier every day to check for that long cardboard box. Watching “Buckmasters” with my parents fed my enthusiasm for the outdoors, but I was already obsessed with all things related to shooting at an early age. That BB gun gave me so much more than a tool to shoot targets with. It gave my parents an opportunity to teach me about gun safety. It gave me my first memories of being in the woods, tagging along with my dad and his .22 chasing squirrels and rabbits. It gave me another way to spend time with my younger sisters when they began to learn about gun safety. Most importantly, it sparked a lifelong love for hunting and target shooting.
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