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Public Enemy: Hunting Turkeys on Public Ground
Public Enemy: Hunting Turkeys on Public Ground By Ryan Graden Your season has come and you are rearing to go! You have a tag in your pocket and the itch to get out in the timber and chase some big Iowa Easterns. The gun is dusted off, you have the ammo, the camo, and the […]
READ MOREThree Simple Late Season Turkey Tips
Three Simple Late Season Turkey Tips By Ricky Kinder Gobblers are silent, don’t respond to decoys or calls, have been breeding and fighting, and have been pressured and shot at by hunters for over a month now. If you thought early season turkey hunting was tough then welcome to late season turkey hunting! However with […]
READ MOREPublic Ground Gobblers
Public Ground Gobblers By Nick Johnson The words “public ground” conjures up all sorts of mixed feelings in a hunter. Some relish the opportunity to explore it and some dread it. Hunting on public ground is thought to be a lot more challenging and often without reward and while these statements may hold true in […]
READ MORE5 Steps for an Easy DIY European Mount
5 Steps for an Easy DIY European Mount By Jessica Graham As a native Iowan I am reminded how blessed I am every October when I begin pursuing whitetails in a state notorious for producing trophy class deer. Once the hunt is over, when we have harvested a mature buck, we seek a way to […]
READ MOREWhitetails 365: Maintaining Clover Food Plots
Whitetails 365: Maintaining Clover Food Plots By Jessica Graham From my hunting stand, I watched the 11-point buck bedded down in the clover field through my binoculars. Thanks to the establishment of clover on our small property, my husband and I were able to hold and attract neighboring deer to our place, and in this […]
READ MOREThe Benefits of Pheasant Food Plots
The Benefits of Pheasant Food Plots By Troy Hoepker If you’re a bird hunter reading this I bet I can take you along with me and you can picture this journey because you’ve seen it before with your own eyes. You’re slogging through the bluestem, the switchgrass, or other grassland flushing the occasional bird as […]
READ MOREThe Do’s And Dont’s of Turkey Season
The Do’s And Dont’s of Turkey Season By Ryan Graden The lull of winter is in full swing for me. Fall/winter hunting seasons have all closed and I am finding myself anticipating the next best thing. Turkey season! My mind has shifted. In my daydreaming I now see episodes of turkey hunts. When I’m driving […]
READ MOREWhitetails 365: Please and Thank You
Whitetails 365: Please and Thank You By Noel Gandy I recently had a conversation with a good friend where he said he’d sure like to hunt a particular block of timber. I asked if he had sought permission to hunt said timber to which he replied, “No.” When I questioned as to why there was […]
READ MOREDid I Miss Him?
Did I Miss Him? By Bailey Dodd Most people might think that middle schoolers can’t or don’t learn from their mistakes. From my experience, there are many lessons to be learned from hunting. My name is Bailey Dodd. I’m a 13-year-old girl, in 8th grade. I have been hunting, trapping, and fishing with my Dad […]
READ MOREDIY Turkey Tail Mount
DIY Turkey Tail Mount By Ryan Graden As Sportsmen, we like to preserve our trophies. Sometimes it’s the size of the animal that we’ve harvested that creates the desire to do so. Sometimes it’s the uniqueness of it and sometimes it’s for the memory or the story that was experienced. Whatever the reason, hanging something […]
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