Hunting
Gene Kroupa: A heavy Iowa gobbler falls for some time-tested tactics
High winds, heavy rainfall, and a few tornadoes peppered the spring turkey woods and fields the day before Iowa’s third season opener.
Better yet, hens were already on the nest, according to my landowner
When is it time to be mobile for toms, and when is it best to stay put?
No doubt you’ve been a part of that’ll-never-work type of maneuvers in the turkey woods that end up paying dividends. Maybe it was a 20-yard reposition on some birds working around you. Or perhaps a
Outdoor Insights: No evidence CWD has jumped the species barrier, but don’t take foot off the gas in CWD management, proper venison handling
News stories erupted nationwide based on a 376-word scientific journal abstract by the American Academy of Neurology on April 9. It suggested there might be a connection between a couple of people who died (the
Jeremiah Haas: Mother Nature doesn’t follow ‘the book’
According to the outdoor rule book, walleyes spawn at 42 degrees on wind-swept shorelines over rock on a full moon! Big fish eggs are no good because they are from old females. Ducks and geese
Ryan Rothstein: Turkeys not cooperating? Hunt them like deer
When I was younger, I made it an annual tradition to get absolutely spanked by wild turkeys. Every March, I would start practicing on my diaphragm calls, and I would read article upon article about
The latest strategies for controlling (or at least surviving) biting insects afield
It was last July and I was hiking on Stockton Island (Apostle Islands National Lakeshore) with my wife and Joan, a friend of ours. After criss-crossing through the forest on the well-worn trails, we returned
Calling bird to bird can change your turkey-hunting fortunes, which means knowing gobbler calls
It’s been many years since turkey-hunting legend Ray Eye blew my mind by saying that, of all the spring gobblers he calls in, maybe 60% come to investigate the sounds of another gobbler – this
U.S. House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states.
A handful of Democrats joined
Ron Steffe: With age comes a different experience in anticipation of opening days
Aging sure eases the stirring and sleeplessness that are part of hunting and fishing seasons’ beginnings.
Just yesterday, I started packing (at least piling in the garage) everything I’ll need when I head to
