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Don’t Spook Deer Before The Hunt Starts!

Don’t Spook Deer Before The Hunt Starts! By Dan Johnson Right now a majority of you probably have your trail cameras out capturing the velvet rut and taking inventory of the bucks you will be hunting in the fall. Some of you have may have already been out in the timber scouting the properties you […]

The Kill Plot: Whitetails 365

The Kill Plot: Whitetails 365 I get a many questions about what to plant for food plots. It’s the biggest question whitetail hunters who plant food plots ask. More specifically, the question of what to plant for food plots inside timber. Small plots surrounded by cover, or logging roads? These small plots inside cover were […]

Minerals: Health, Antlers, and Photos!

Minerals: Health, Antlers, and Photos! By Dan Johnson Hopefully by now you have had time to knock on a few doors and gain access to more hunting property on which you get the opportunity to maybe try what we discuss in the following articles. If you haven’t had the chance to do any shed hunting […]

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Whitetails 365: Can You Plant Too Much Food?

Whitetails 365: Can You Plant Too Much Food? By Tom Peplinski For as long as I can remember, at least the past 20 seasons, I try to make an honest assessment of how my whitetail season went after it’s over each year. The assessment is made in overall terms of how good my chances were […]

Three 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 […]

The “Goods” & “Bads” of Late Turkey Hunting

The “Goods” & “Bads” of Late Turkey Hunting By Ryan Graden As you are reading this article, you may or may not know that the 4th Iowa Turkey hunting season is just around the corner! Time is ticking away and the end of Iowa’s turkey seasons is coming near, but it’s not over yet! No […]

Whitetails 365: Protecting Grain Food Plots

Whitetails 365: Protecting Grain Food Plots Why? Why would any hunter want to protect or fence off a food plot so that deer can’t get in? Sounds counter to every reason a hunter would plant a food plot to begin with. And while it’s absolutely true keeping deer from getting into your food plots might […]

Ideal Seeds for Food Plots

Quality Seed for Quality Food Plots Spring is quickly approaching. For Iowa hunters, that means they will be busy planning spring and fall food plots for wildlife. Food plots can seem overwhelming at times but one of the most important steps to ensuring a successful food plot is purchasing quality seed and choosing food plot […]

“The Legend of Sloof Lirpa”

“The Legend of Sloof Lirpa” By Bruster Beaty One of the best aspects of being born and raised in the great State of Iowa are the endless opportunities afforded to experience Mother Nature and her infinite offerings. First placing foot to ground in 1951, in the community of Grinnell, gave me the best of times […]