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In the May 2026 Issue of the Iowa Sportsman
- Chase the Bite: Early Season
- Calming A Hyper Gun Dog
- Perfecting Your Turkey Setup
- Summer Work That Pays Off in Bow Season
- Artifact Hunting in Iowa
- Wild Edible Foraging
- Tactics for Late-Season Toms
- Iowa’s Venom, Oil and Toxic Sap
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Create 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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Fall Walleye in Iowa
Fall Walleye in Iowa Fall is a great time to hunt for that trophy walleye you’ve been chasing all season. As the weather continues to cool, walleye will go on the chew as they put on weight for the upcoming winter. They’re not shy about hitting big baits, specifically large minnows. When water temps hit […]
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Featured Story
Springtime Panfish-Perch, Crappie, and Bluegill
Spring is in full swing here in Iowa, and what can be more pleasant a reminder than the sound of birds, the sight of flowers blooming, and the feel of a warm afternoon? I can think of at least one more thing…Panfish!
I can remember it like yesterday, our family would all meet up at the lake house. There was work to do. The yard was to be picked up, the cabin cleaned, and the dock had to be put in. But then, after the work was finished, it was time for all of us cousins to fish! We would all go out to the garage to pick out a few old rods and tie on a hook and sinker as best we could.
The next order of business was to hunt for worms. Flipping anything that we could find stuck in the ground in hopes of just finding a few crawlers. Once the bait was secured, we were ready to fish. We would go out on the dock and cast, vertical jig, and even troll along the side of the dock. We usually did pretty well use those tactics, but my all-time favorite was walking along the rocks on shore and dropping the bait down every little crevice, not knowing what was going to come up next.
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