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Backyard and Beyond: A lush season

Val Cunningham November 11, 2025

This is the time of year when many flying insects are desperate for sweets, as anyone who has tried to drink a can of soda on their deck can attest, often waving off wasp after

Dominate the night with thermal hunting optics

Dan Hansen November 8, 2025

Night hunting has undergone some significant changes in the early decades of the 21st century thanks, in large part, to the advancements in thermal and night vision optics.
We’ve gone from hunters slogging through

Researcher examines origins of blufflands bobcats

Natalie Ryder November 5, 2025

As the so-called “Driftless” or bluff-country region that covers potions of four states has seen increasing bobcat populations, an Iowa researcher is trying to learn more about its origins. Did the bobcat population of southeast

Star Watch: Cepheus, the King

Bob Drieslein November 4, 2025

The ancient Greeks tell us about a royal couple that formerly ruled the mythical kingdom of Aethiopia. Cassiopeia the queen, and her not-so-well-known husband, Cepheus, have now been immortalized into two of the modern, 88

How to score a typical whitetail rack

Staff Report November 2, 2025

Few things capture the imagination of deer hunters like a set of whitetail antlers. Beyond their beauty and character, antlers tell a story – one we can measure and compare via the Boone and Crockett

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