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Butchering: It’s In Your Blood

Butchering: It’s In Your Blood By Kent Boucher One of my favorite conversation starters is to tell the tragic story of my name. My first name “Kent” is the same as my dad’s middle name. What’s so bad about that? Well nothing, except that he got the name from his grandmother’s preferred brand of smokes. […]

Bait and Lures for Ice Fishing

Bait and Lures for Ice Fishing By Todd Reed Ice Fishing opportunities are increasing across the state of Iowa right now, and there is no better time to go out and give it a try. What was once a simple sport of drilling a hole in the ice and sitting on a five-gallon bucket has […]

What it is like to be a Tournament Bass Angler

What it is like to be a Tournament Bass Angler By Todd Reed Bass tournaments are the ultimate fishing thrill. The feeling that you get at 5am as you hop in your boat and face your competitors for the day is like no other. I have been fishing tournaments for twenty-five years and there is […]

Common Errors made by Pheasant Hunters

Common Errors made by Pheasant Hunters By Kent Boucher One of my favorite experiences is the sudden machine gun-like cadence of an eruption of flapping wings, accompanied by the appearance of a long streamer of tail feathers and the beautiful cola colored outline of a rooster pheasant. In the age of digital media overstimulation it’s […]

Hunting Waterfowl Beyond Opener

Hunting Waterfowl Beyond Opener By Nick Johnson Take a distant glance at waterfowl hunting in Iowa throughout the season and you will see a predictable shift in hunting pressure that occurs after the first couple weeks of the season. A chunk of hunters that ventured out early have hung their waders up to focus on […]

Reasons why you Should Still be Fishing

Reasons why you Should Still be Fishing By Todd Reed The fall months in Iowa are very special for those that love the outdoors. Hunting seasons have begun and more will soon open for different species. However, as an Iowa Sportsman I turn to the water just as much or more during these late season […]

Summer Prep for Trapping Season Success

Summer Prep for Trapping Season Success By Dan Turner A successful trapper never stops learning or pursuing to be more successful. And a successful trapper is an efficient trapper. As I think about some of my first years trapping, I remember putting down a bunch of traps, driving a bunch of miles, and using up […]

Fake Out: Decoying Tactics for Rutting Whitetails

Fake Out: Decoying Tactics for Rutting Whitetails By Noel Gandy Counterfeit, fraud, hoax, phony: all are words that may be used to describe the art of decoying mature whitetail bucks into archery range. If one can effectively trick the senses of a whitetail buck by using decoying tactics then the odds of having an archery […]

Whitetails 365: Hunting Iowa’s Gun Seasons 2022

Whitetails 365: Hunting Iowa’s Gun Seasons 2022 “I Got Him Daddy, I Got Him?” By Noel Gandy One of the greatest instances of my personal hunting career had very little to do with me pulling a trigger and more to do with the fact that my son had just put a well-placed shot on his […]

Fur Market Struggles During Uncertain World Events

Fur Market Struggles During Uncertain World Events By Troy Hoepker Covid 19 shutdowns in China, Russia’s savage invasion of Ukraine, oversupply and limited demand have all created the perfect storm to leave the fur market struggling to see an optimistic future this year. Uncertainty is the best word to describe current conditions on the global […]

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