Whitetail Deer

12 Reasons Why You Didn’t Tag A Mature Buck This Year

12 Reasons Why You Didn’t Tag A Mature Buck This Year By Ricky Kinder In order to tag a mature buck year after year you need some luck on your side, but the hunters who consistently put a tag on an Iowa giant don’t rely on luck. Instead they rely on not making mistakes or […]

Whitetails 365: Utilizing Frost Seeding For Clover Food Plots

Whitetails 365: Utilizing Frost Seeding For Clover Food Plots By Jessica Graham As spring approaches hunters begin to plan and strategize over food plots. One staple that should be included in your food plot tactic is clover. Clover is one of the best perennial food sources for deer, and offers birds prime habitat as well. […]

Deer Management

Deer Management By Ricky Kinder If you are an archery hunter please raise your hand if you agree to the following question: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have 1,500 acres of vast pristine whitetail habitat to hunt in Iowa? While I obviously can’t see the hands going up I could imagine most of you have […]

Sportsman’s New Year’s Resolutions

Sportsman’s New Year’s Resolutions By Gary Faith Many peoples New Year’s resolutions have to do with self-improvement. They deal with wanting to be better at work, save more money, or maybe get in better shape. Myself, I tend to make everything into, how can i improve my odds of hunting more? This form of self-improvement […]

Hunting the 11th Hour

Hunting the 11th Hour By Ryan Graden One of the hardest things for me to swallow is a “tag sandwich”. Would you agree? If you are like me, that’s just not something I like to deal with on a regular basis! So what do you do? What’s your move? What options do you have that […]

Whitetails 365: Searching for White Gold

Whitetails 365: Searching for White Gold. By Noel Gandy. November 4, 2021 was a pretty special day in the deer woods for me. Early that morning I had the pleasure of filming one of my best friends take his biggest buck to date: a 180” Southwest Iowa monarch that he had been chasing for two […]

Mistakes made by Shotgun Hunters

Mistakes made by Shotgun Hunters By Jason Smith Goodness where to start… I cut my teeth on shotgun hunting when it came to hunting deer in my beautiful home state of Iowa. I joined my father’s first season hunting party when I was 14 years old, and I probably had around 15 years of shot-gunning […]

The Rut Arsenal

The Rut Arsenal By Billy Pryor The whitetail deer can be illusive, stealthy, and undoubtedly a challenge. However, we have many products to make hunting deer a bit easier. Whether it is scent covers and attractants, realistic calls, or visually accurate decoys, we have an arsenal at our fingertips to bring whitetails straight to us. […]

Reader’s Questions about the Whitetail Rut Answered!

Reader’s Questions about the Whitetail Rut Answered! By Jason Smith The editor of the magazine contacted me this year and asked if I would be interested in the task of answering readers’ questions about the whitetail rut. I jumped at the chance as I love to see what is on the minds of other hunters […]

Early Season, Rut, or Late Season: Which to Hunt and Why

Early Season, Rut, or Late Season: Which to Hunt and Why By Ryan Graden I’ve had the privilege to meet a lot of deer hunters thus far in my life. I’ve met them through common acquaintances, church functions, my job, and simply noticing folks wearing camo clothing. There are quite a few of us out […]

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