hunting

Leveraging Conditions for Bowhunting

Whitetails 365: Leveraging Conditions for Bowhunting

Whitetails 365: Weathering The Hunt: Leveraging Conditions for Bowhunting October holds so much hope and excitement for Iowa bowhunters. Finally, the season has opened. You no longer have to scout from afar and can make a plan to hunt. With the transition towards fall, comes a unique set of weather patterns that can significantly impact […]

READ MORE

Logo

Game On

Game On By Jeff Wohlwend All spring and summer we relive in our minds last years deer season. Then gradually these thoughts fade to the past and our minds turn to dreaming of the season to come. These dreams are fed by our activities of preparation; if we have them, we are tending our food […]

READ MORE

Logo

Key Lockdown Locations to Know

Key Lockdown Locations to Know By Gary Faith Being in a treestand during the whitetail rut here in Iowa is what dreams are made of. Waiting for a hot doe to come trotting through with a big bruiser in tow is what all of us hope for each time we climb into the tree during […]

READ MORE

Logo

Defining Success in the Deer Woods

Defining Success in the Deer Woods By Noel Gandy In an attempt to do better at this thing called life I recently read an article at www.lifehack.org entitled “30 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Going To Be Highly Successful.” The article begins with the statement, “All successful people have a set of characteristics and threads that enable […]

READ MORE

Getting on Early Season Bucks

Getting on Early Season Bucks

Getting on Early Season Bucks We all have those deer obsessed friends that reliably kill big deer, almost every year. At the least, they get on big bucks and have an encounter with them A lot of times, we just chalk it up to excuses like: they have better hunting property, they have more time, […]

READ MORE

Train for Upland Game

Train for Upland Game

Train for Upland Game Let’s face it, upland hunting is less enjoyable without a good bird dog. I’d even say it’s not enjoyable to hunt without a dog. Similarly, it’s not enjoyable to upland hunt with an out-of-control dog. It’s common sense, a dog will cover more ground and find more birds than we ever […]

READ MORE

What to do when food plots fail

What to do When Food Plots Fail

What to do When Food Plots Fail Nothing is more frustrating than planting your food plot, taking the time to prepare and plant only to have it fail. Yet, this happens. Sometimes we were the problem, and sometimes there are outside factors that decimate it. In this article, we are going to look at some […]

READ MORE

Logo

Handling Multiple Coyotes

Handling Multiple Coyotes By Troy Hoepker The sun was just spreading its first rays across the landscape of the bean field in front of us. It was peaceful, calm and quiet. Yet, you would have never known that moments earlier there had been such a struggle for life take place across that tranquil field. You […]

READ MORE

Logo

30 Things Every Hunter Worth Their Salt Should Know How To Do

30 Things Every Hunter Worth Their Salt Should Know How To Do By Aaron Stonehocker Sportsmen come from all walks of life: rich, poor, young, retired, self-inspired, or groomed into the lifestyle by those who came before us. It is safe to say that no two hunters have precisely the same tastes when it comes […]

READ MORE

Logo

Summer Patterning Tips and Tricks

Summer Patterning Tips and Tricks By Noel Gandy Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4th. It is the anniversary of the publication of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776. Patriotic displays and family events are organized throughout the United States. Fireworks are popped, hotdogs are consumed, and generally a good time […]

READ MORE