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How to Stay Safe and Prepared for Any Disaster

How to Stay Safe and Prepared for Any Disaster We live in a world where we pretty much have everything we need, but, we live in Iowa. That means we get hit with some natural disasters that leave us without electricity for extended periods of time. We’ve seen this in the derecho of 2020 and […]

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Campfire Cooking Made Simple

Campfire Cooking Made Simple One of the best parts of camping is gathering around the fire and sharing a meal after a day outdoors. While modern campers have plenty of cooking gadgets to choose from, you don’t need much equipment to turn out great camp meals. Campfire Essentials A few basic items can handle most […]

Smart Scouting Tools for Iowa Deer Hunters

Smart Scouting Tools for Iowa Deer Hunters When I first started hunting, scouting consisted of going out to the timber with my dad, looking for deer paths, sign, tracks, and then reflecting on the data. Sometimes we’d hang a stand with the idea that we might have to move it. We relied heavily on woodsmanship […]

5 Historic Places to Visit in Iowa

5 Historic Places to Visit in Iowa Iowa was officially established as the 29th state on December 28, 1846. Our state is still full of fun historical places to visit. Each county has its own historic place or building preserving the heritage that helped shape our state. Iowa’s landscape is dotted with historical landmarks that […]

Catfish on Ice

Catfish on Ice By Nick Johnson I’ve been fortunate enough to catch channel catfish through the ice on numerous occasions throughout the years. Most of these came from farm ponds or city ponds, although a few have come from public lakes. If you can find them, they really aren’t that difficult to entice into biting. […]

Plenty to do in the Iowa Great Lakes

Plenty to do in the Iowa Great Lakes Hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, cross country skiing and hiking…how is that for winter activities to do all in the same area? That’s right! The Iowa Great Lakes is truly the destination for the outdoors enthusiast. As a resident of the Iowa Great Lakes area for 40 years, I […]

First Ice

First Ice By Ben Leal Ahhhh…nothing like your first trip out to the ice. Days prior to your first trip you go through the list, Vexilar battery…check; auger…check; load new line on your ice rods…check; ice jigs and bait…check; ice shack…check; lantern and heater tested…check; everything seems to be in order and ready to go. […]

The Whitetail Rut in Iowa: Whitetails365 Rut Ambush Locations Bucks

Set A Rut Ambush

Set A Rut Ambush: Locations to Fool Bucks With hunting season well underway, deer hunters across the state have gotten their taste of the chase. November rolls in and we begin to see rutting bucks chase after hot does, while at the same time leaving their marks warning off potential competitors. Little do they know, […]

Hunting Locked Down Bucks

Hunting Locked Down Bucks As the old saying goes: The only certainties in life are death, taxes, and locked down bucks come November. Well, most of that saying is well-known, but in the whitetail world losing tabs on a bruiser buck during November is almost always a certainty. Deer hunting can be very fickle. There […]

Common Myths Concerning Deer Movement

Common Myths Concerning Deer Movement In 1953 Iowa held its first modern deer season for hunters and there has been a deer season of some sort ever since. In those passing years, we’ve learned a lot about deer behavior, habits, nutrition, needs, and more. Experts in wildlife biology have used that information to help us […]

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