iowa hunting

Using Trail Cameras with a Purpose

Using Trail Cameras with a Purpose By Aaron Stonehocker I wouldn’t exactly call myself “old school” out of respect of those who were hunting before the debut of Real Tree Camo, however I can attest that the game of hunting has changed way more than the game we are hunting in the short 13 years […]

Hunting the “Fourth Quarter”

Hunting the “Fourth Quarter” By Ryan Graden It’s not over! I know your confidence might be failing, but you still have time. Just like football, the clock is ticking away and you might have 99 yards to go, but the ball is in your hands and there are still some “advantages” you need to realize! […]

Signs to Success: Using what you see and hear to your advantage

Signs to Success: Using what you see and hear to your advantage By Ryan Graden I had been sitting in this stand all evening. It was one of many long hour sits during November for one particular buck that I knew was in the “neck of the woods” that I was frequenting. He was not […]

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, […]

Perfect your Success: Bag that Opening Day Turkey

Perfect your Success: Bag that Opening Day Turkey By Ryan Graden As with any night before opening season, I was restless. I sat there looking over my gear and mentally going through a checklist of things that I might need. Calls…check…gun…check…choke tube…check…camo…check and the list went on. I’m sure it took more time than it […]

Owning a Pointer: From Field to Family

Owning a Pointer: From Field to Family I did something I thought I’d never do. Seven years ago, I called a friend and asked him to tell me more about his hunting dog. I was watching him grow up on Facebook and watched him become successful in the field. He went on to say a […]

Whitetail Black Ops: Operation Nocturnal Bruiser

Whitetail Black Ops: Operation Nocturnal Bruiser By Aaron Stonehocker There is very little the modern hunter does not have at his disposal when it comes to tools, weapons, and attractants, that will help to even the odds between the hunter and the hunted. Each year, state of the art equipment makes scouting, patterning, and harvesting […]

Hunting Pressured Whitetails

Hunting Pressured Whitetails By Noel Gandy The mistake was made! I saw a good buck on his feet during daylight and made the mistake of telling my buddies. Due to the sheer excitement that I had experienced in seeing a shooter on this particular tract I let on that I practically had the buck in […]

Big Buck Profile

Big Buck Profile By Nick Johnson Kevin Marso didn’t fully realize it at the time, but as he settled the pin and sent an arrow towards a buck on the morning of November 7th, 2012, no arrow he had ever let loose from the string, carried so much importance. This was an arrow headed towards […]

Aggressive Calling Tactics for Iowa Coyotes

Aggressive Calling Tactics for Iowa Coyotes By Troy Hoepker There’s nothing like a full day of coyote calling to provide a perfect example of all the multiple ways you can have success, or failure, in trying to take Iowa’s most elusive predator! Last year my calling partner Mark Johnston and I had just such a […]

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