whitetail hunting

Harvesting Does

Harvesting Does By Ben Leal As October looms on the horizon, hunters across the state are preparing for opening day of the whitetail deer hunting season. Licenses and tags along with extra doe tags where they are available will be purchased. State goals for the Iowa deer herd have been to reduce the deer population […]

10 Killer Big Buck Bow Hunting Ambushes

10 Killer Big Buck Bow Hunting Ambushes By Ricky Kinder Why do top notch hunters shoot quality mature deer year after year? Sure they scout, don’t shoot young bucks, maintain their land, pay attention to the wind, plant food plots, are in big buck country, ect. Yes all of those and many more reasons can […]

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 […]

Well Done: Tips for Safe and Effective Prescribed Burning

Well Done: Tips for Safe and Effective Prescribed Burning By Joe Herring In my experience, there are two universal truths when it comes to performing a prescribed burn: 1) if you do it long enough, you will have to call in support from the local volunteer fire department at some point, and 2) the fire […]

Planning the Year’s Food Plot

Planning the Year’s Food Plot By Tim Peplinski Introduction- I guess there may be other reasons to plant a food plot. It’s fun. When done right they look really good and make for good pictures to send to your buddies. They build our confidence and give us something to do outside of hunting season. But […]

Shed Hunting: Improve Your Skills and Find More Done!

Shed Hunting: Improve Your Skills and Find More Done! By Gary Parsons The bows and firearms have been stowed for the year and the whitetails that made it through another season of bullets and arrows can rest easy for nine months. However, for us whitetail hunters it is going to be a long agonizing nine […]

Capturing a Picture of your Trophy

Capturing a Picture of your Trophy By Aaron Stonehocker Landing the lunker or blood tracking your biggest deer yet to its final resting point is about as good as it gets for the sportsman. These moments turn your average day fishing or hunting into a day worthy of a chapter in “Chicken Soup for the […]

Tools for Success: A Beginners Guide on Less is More

Tools for Success: A Beginners Guide on Less is More By Aaron Stonehocker As the sun sets on the 2014 hunting seasons, I reflect on where I have been as a hunter. While breaking down my bow for the season without having launched a single arrow, I cannot help but feel as though this season […]

Deer Decoy Mistakes

Deer Decoy Mistakes By Ben Leal As a hunter, I’m always looking out for ways to improve opportunities to fill my tags every year. I know that everyone reading this piece that has purchased a deer tag has had, at some point in their hunting career, tag soup. And, if you’re like me, more than […]

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 […]

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