The basics of hunter safety
While it’s important to know and follow the rules of firearm safety, the rules can’t help you if you can’t translate them into safe...
A hunting tale from the Land Down Under
The sun was barely peeking over the hills near the town of Burra in South Australia when I set off on my first real hunting trip. I had...
Sporting dogs make great family pets
The kids want a dog, and secretly, so do you. Only your spouse isn’t fully convinced, because she remembers the neighbor’s unruly Lab...
Cool Outdoor Job: Hunting Guide
Think you’d like to be a professional hunting guide? After all, you’d get to go hunting most every day of the season, right? If that is...
New law allows approved pistol cartridges for use in rifles to hunt deer
Iowa hunters will have a new option this fall while hunting deer during the youth season, disabled hunter season and both shotgun seasons...
Iowa spring turkey season upon us
Hunters will be going through their equipment, patterning their guns and securing vacation days to pursue the elusive Eastern wild turkey...
I am a woman, I am a hunter
I am a woman. I am a hunter. I haven’t killed any record animals or even any to boast about, really. But when I feel the temperatures...
4 things to learns before hunting
If I hadn’t heard the brush crack, I probably wouldn’t have seen the buck in the first place. Jumped by another hunter, the eight-pointer...
3 ways to get the most out of your gundog
Let me guess: You train your dog a little in August, maybe sneak in a dove hunt or two with him in September and start most of your...
Iowa hunters turning attention to the wily coyote
An expected 15,000 Iowa hunters will turn their attention to pursuing the state’s top predator after Jan. 10. That’s when most of Iowa’s...