hunting

Cutting Tracks and Calling Coyotes

Cutting Tracks and Calling Coyotes The lone disturbance in the pristine virgin snow 20 feet below me told the story. A lone coyote had traveled the ice on the narrow frozen creek directly under the bridge I was checking, carving his footed imprint into the fresh powder from the overnight’s snowfall. I left the truck […]

The Art of Crow Hunting

The Art of Crow Hunting By Steve Weisman For the past 20 years, Rick Kilpatrick from Estherville and his sons Josh and Travis have hunted waterfowl, pheasants, partridge, turkeys and – are you ready for this – crows! Yes, that black beady eyed bird that makes that annoying caw, caw, caw sound. Rick, himself, began […]

Deer Management

Deer Management By Ricky Kinder If you are an archery hunter please raise your hand if you agree to the following question: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have 1,500 acres of vast pristine whitetail habitat to hunt in Iowa? While I obviously can’t see the hands going up I could imagine most of you have […]

Sportsman’s New Year’s Resolutions

Sportsman’s New Year’s Resolutions By Gary Faith Many peoples New Year’s resolutions have to do with self-improvement. They deal with wanting to be better at work, save more money, or maybe get in better shape. Myself, I tend to make everything into, how can i improve my odds of hunting more? This form of self-improvement […]

Public Land Coyotes

Public Land Coyotes By Troy Hoepker Every fall the day comes when warm temperatures give way to a cold front passing through that stokes that burning desire to hunt inside of us! You know the feeling I’m talking about? When that mercury dips for the first time under 40 or 30 degrees and you just […]

Late Season Pheasants

Late Season Pheasants By Troy Hoepker The clock was ticking on what was left of my pheasant hunting season and I dreaded the thought of no longer loading up my bird dog Ace and shooting those ringnecks over his points. It was January 2, 2019 and I wanted to make the most out of what […]

Hunting the 11th Hour

Hunting the 11th Hour By Ryan Graden One of the hardest things for me to swallow is a “tag sandwich”. Would you agree? If you are like me, that’s just not something I like to deal with on a regular basis! So what do you do? What’s your move? What options do you have that […]

Smoke Poles at the Buzzer

Smoke Poles at the Buzzer My father-in-law loathes the days on the calendar that follow the completion of the New Year’s arrival and fanfare. The “bleak midwinter” is what he dubs these blustery days, and I suppose the vast majority of people living above the 30th parallel share in the sentiment. But if you are […]

Reflect on your Hunting Season: Whitetails 365

Reflect on your Hunting Season: Whitetails 365 Welcome to a brand-new year! You made it. As always, whitetail deer are on my mind and the first month of the year is no different. So often, January is a month that finds us making (and sometimes breaking) New Year’s Resolutions. One resolution that I have is […]

5 Tips For A Better Deer Mount

5 Tips for a Better Deer Mount Shooting your first deer and biggest buck are exciting milestones in a deer hunter’s life. When these events occur, all hunters want to remember and reminisce on the memory of the hunt. One way to commemorate the memories of the hunt is to mount the deer. When you […]

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