Three tips for finding more shed antlers this winter
Site Staff
January 21, 2024
Shed-hunting season is upon us, which means plenty of folks will be in the woods for the next few months, looking for antlers.
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From the Backyard: A fox trot on ice
Val Cunningham
January 19, 2024
Doug Wonders noted fox tracks along a nearby river, so he set up his trail camera and was rewarded with a great photo of a fox and its reflection in the clear ice.
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Going light is key during ice-fishing seasons of inconsistent ice; here’s where to cut weight
Joel Nelson
January 19, 2024
Not that shaving a few pounds is an excuse to creep out on thin ice, but saving some weight keeps us nimble and after the fish, especially when hand-dragging our gear so late into what’s
Iowa DNR offering workshop that will teach individuals to hunt, process, and cook their deer
DNR Report
January 19, 2024
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to individuals who have little to no archery hunting experience.
Is your food plot in need of improvement? Try frost seeding this spring
Christopher Jennings
January 19, 2024
Did last fall find your clover plot a bit underwhelming? If “opportunities for improvement” topped last season’s food plot report card, frost seeding might help give your plot a boost this spring.
Frost seeding
Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 18, 2024
DNR Report
January 18, 2024
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state as solid ice starts to form on many waters.
Iowa DNR releases license sale numbers for hunters and anglers in 2023
DNR Report
January 18, 2024
The Iowa DNR released hunting and fishing license-sale figures from the 2023 season. Here is a breakdown of the number of resident and non-resident hunters and anglers in the state.
Iowa DNR postponing trout stockings in Council Bluffs and Fort Dodge
DNR Report
January 18, 2024
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is postponing the trout stockings scheduled for this Friday, Jan. 19, at Big Lake, Council Bluffs, and Moorland Pond, Fort Dodge, due to unsafe ice conditions and extreme
A total of 1,800 turn out for Iowa first day hikes
Tom Giese
January 18, 2024
Iowans turned out in force on New Year’s Day to mark the 13th annual state park first day hikes.
A total of 1,800 people joined the hikes, with 18 parks and one state forest
