Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Nov. 30, 2023
DNR Report
November 30, 2023
A look at the fishing report from across Iowa on Nov. 30, 2023.
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Iowa Habitat and Access Program opens up more land for hunters
Tom Giese
November 30, 2023
Just in time for the firearm deer hunting season, two more properties will be available to hunters through the Iowa Habitat and Access Program (IHAP).
The additions will bring the total available acreage statewide
Outdoor Insights: What’s in a name when it comes to birds?
Rob Drieslein
November 29, 2023
This newspaper printed a story last week about the American Ornithological Society’s plan to rename 80 species of North American birds named after people. We’re talking feathered friends like the Wilson’s phalarope, the Cooper’s hawk,
Efforts to change names of birds named after people divisive topic among ornithologists
Bob Zink
November 29, 2023
It’s hard to escape the attention that the decision by the leadership of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) to change any bird name that was coined to honor a person to something more descriptive about
Iowa’s Clay County Ladies Pheasant Hunt keeps growing
Steve Weisman
November 28, 2023
In the movie Field of Dreams, a famous line is often quoted: “If you build it, he will come.” Something similar to “build it and they will come” is happening in northwest Iowa’s Clay County
Video: Bow bucks from South Dakota and Minnesota a product of adjusting within bedding cover
Eric Morken
November 27, 2023
I showed up for a short out-of-state bowhunt in South Dakota on the afternoon of Nov. 7 and did a drive around the small property I had gained permission on.
Most of my planning
Prepare now with Iowa’s early ice-fishing season on the horizon
Steve Weisman
November 27, 2023
When you ice fish and live north of Highway 20 in northern Iowa and the month of November arrives, it’s time to get prepared for ice fishing!
Here on the Iowa Great Lakes, there
Nature Smart: Big hares of the Arctic
Stan Tekiela
November 27, 2023
Recently while on a trip to photograph polar bears in the sub-Arctic, I spotted an animal that embodies adaptation to its fullest, the Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus).
I was moving across the tundra with
Backyard and beyond: A feast of fall
Val Cunningham
November 27, 2023
Farmers were out harvesting in late October – and so were wild creatures. Scott Thiede sent a photo of a flock of crows feasting on sunflowers seed heads, just ahead of the combine. “Sunflower harvesting
