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In the September 2026 Issue of the Iowa Sportsman
- Hunting Iowa in October
- Budget VS Premium Hunting Scopes
- Train Your Dog for Waterfowl Season
- Places To See In Iowa This Fall
- The New Age of Trail Cameras
- Hunting Rubs & Scrapes
- Gearing Up for Dove Season
- CWD & EHD In Iowa
- Early Morning Hybrid Striped Bass
- Fall Iowa Fishing
- Hunting Iowa’s Early Seasons
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Plan for Deer Season 2025
Plan for Deer Season 2025 As Iowa’s 2024 hunting season winds down this month, hunters across the state feel a mix of accomplishment and anticipation. For many, the season has been rewarding, with crisp mornings, challenging hunts, and stories to share. Yet, as the final days slip by and the fields quiet down, the […]
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Timber Stand Improvement
Timber Stand Improvement For Beginners Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) can mean different things to different people. Ultimately, it depends on the goals landowners have for their timber. For some, the goal is to improve timber quality by focusing on higher-value trees to maximize economic return. For others, TSI is aimed at promoting wildlife habitat to […]
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Why use Prescribed Burning
Why use Prescribed Burning I remember watching our field of switchgrass being burned for the first time. With a drip torch in hand, the volunteer fire department struck the first line of flame, and I watched as the flame slowly gained strength. The fire spread, low and steady at first, but then surging forward. As […]
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Tips for Hunting in the Snow
Tips for Hunting in the Snow On a snowy Saturday morning last December, I doubted the instincts of one of my Small Munsterlanders, Della. We were chasing pheasants with some of my friends and their dogs. We were two birds shy of a three-man limit and one of those birds was mine. On our way […]
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Featured Story
Big Buck Profile: The 2025 Gandy Buck
Ok, this first big buck profile is a little self-serving in that it is of a buck that I personally took this past deer season. While it is likely not the “biggest” big buck that we will profile this year it is definitely one of my most special deer ever.
Turning a Dream into Reality
As has been noted in several articles since 2023, my family and I finally put together the means to purchase our very own piece of Iowa ground. “The 32,” as we call it, has become a passion project to see if we could take an unassuming piece of real estate and harvest a mature deer from there by giving him all he needs in the way of habitat. This year was the first year that the farm would be huntable in the state in which we intended due to construction projects over the past couple of seasons.
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