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Hardin County, Iowa, man fatally shot while coyote hunting

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a fatal hunting incident that occurred Sunday night in northern Hardin County.
Mark Arends, 53, of Alden, was hunting coyotes with friends on private land approximately two miles north of Alden. The hunters were separated by several hundred yards when, around 8 p.m., Arends was struck by a single rifle shot. The incident remains under investigation.

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Public meeting to discuss proposed bass regulation changes at Iowa’s Swan Lake in Carroll County

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting at 5 p.m., Oct. 5, in the lower level of the Swan Lake Conservation Education Center, 22676 Swan Lake Trail Drive, to discuss proposed largemouth bass regulation changes at Swan Lake.

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Iowa’s always-anticipated deer season opens: Here’s what to expect

An estimated 60,000 hunters will be heading to the timber in the next few months with Iowa’s archery deer season opening on Oct. 1. With some careful planning and scouting, hunters can capitalize on the predictable behavior of deer in the early fall. 
“Early season deer strategy is usually pretty straightforward — find the feeding areas and you’ll find the deer,” said Jace Elliott, state deer biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “Acorns, which are high in both carbohydrates and fats, are becoming a major food source that hunters would be wise to target in the early archery season.”

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Iowa’s Harmon Lake Wildlife Area ready for a busy fall

Standing at the gravel boat ramp on the middle pool of Harmon Lake, among a dense stand of bur-reed full of seeds, four noisy trumpeter swans appeared over the trees then banked west at the sight of unwelcomed visitors.
Harmon Lake Wildlife Area is nearly 1,000 acres of prairie-wetland complex in northern Winnebago County, Iowa, anchored by three larger pools – west, middle and east – with the middle pool identified as a sovereign lake when the state was settled.

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