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Float Fishing: A Must Do Iowa Experience!
Float Fishing: A Must Do Iowa Experience! By Steve Weisman When I first moved to northwest Iowa over 30 years ago and I wanted to go fishing, I headed to one of the Iowa Great Lakes or some of the smaller lakes around. I never gave interior stream/river fishing much thought. About 20 years ago […]
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Preparing for Opening Day: Whitetails 365
Preparing for Opening Day: Whitetails 365 When it comes to preparing for Iowa’s opening day of bow season, or even youth season, there are some things you want to do now, rather than wait until late. By performing prep work now, you will have a slight advantage as you won’t be leaving as much scent […]
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Understanding Thermals and How to Hunt with Them
Understanding Thermals and How to Hunt with Them It’s one of those mornings that as a bowhunter we all dream about. It’s the last week of October and the first cool front has moved in over the last 24 hours. This shift takes daytime highs from the mid 70’s to the mid 50’s. So, it’s […]
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Advice for New Waterfowl Hunters
Advice for New Waterfowl Hunters Getting started with any hobby can be a whirlwind of research, trial and error, time and money wasted, and overall frustration. Getting started in waterfowl hunting is no different. In my opinion, waterfowl hunting is the most consuming rabbit hole you can get into as a sportsman. There are hundreds […]
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Cutting Trees on Iowa’s Public Lands
Cutting Trees On Iowa’s Public Lands By Steve Weisman Want to get a controversy started? Well, let’s talk about cutting trees on Iowa’s public lands! You are going to get a whirlwind discussion for and against. Why is it such an emotional topic? We see people planting trees in their yards and shelterbelts around farmsteads. […]
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Mastering Pop-Up Blinds
Mastering Pop-Up Blinds As soon as the buck walked out of sight, I hit the antlers. Two minutes later, he was standing on the edge of the food plot looking for the fight he just heard. My cameraman and myself were sitting in a ground blind right smack dab in the middle of the food […]
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A Guide to Choosing the Best Stand Location: Whitetails 365
A Guide to Choosing the Best Stand Location: Whitetails 365 It’s August, and bowhunters across the state are gearing up for another epic season. The thrill of patterning summer deer and strategizing for the upcoming bow season, youth season, and early muzzleloader season is in the air. Have you considered new stand locations? Now is […]
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Hunt without Smelling Like Work
Hunt without Smelling Like Work In a past life I worked as a science teacher. There are many things that make teaching a unique working experience- very little peer interaction, your homework is grading homework, your life is run by bell schedules, and the most unique aspect of all- that familiar school smell. Every school […]
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Finding The Perfect Hunting Blind
Finding The Perfect Hunting Blind In the early morning hours, as the sun peeks over the horizon, a hushed anticipation fills the air. I sit in my hunting blind, carefully concealed amidst the heart of deer country. This blind, on my Dad’s property, provides me with a crucial advantage in my pursuit of a trophy […]
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Tuning Your Archery Equipment
Tuning Your Archery Equipment Archery is a sport anyone can do, right? So why is it hard to answer questions, one would assume, are basic questions and ought to have an easy response. Find a Trusted Archery Dealer When I tell acquaintances I’m blessed to teach archery for a living, the first question I get […]
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