Iowa’s statewide fishing report on May 8, 2025
DNR Report
May 9, 2025
Fishing success is heating up. Here’s a look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on May 8, 2025.
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Iowa’s statewide fishing report on May 2, 2025
DNR Report
May 2, 2025
Here’s a look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on May 2, 2025.
Jeremiah Haas: Here’s how to age your turkey
Jeremiah Haas
May 2, 2025
Turkey season is ongoing and many people are now looking at the birds they harvested, wondering just how old that bird is. For deer hunters, age is talked about all the time, usually to allow
Walleye season opens May 3 on Iowa’s Great Lakes
DNR Report
April 30, 2025
The 150th walleye fishing season officially opens May 3rd at Iowa’s Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes.
“A very robust and healthy walleye population was observed this spring during broodstock collection efforts at
Black bear sightings on the rise in Northeast Iowa
Staff and News Reports
April 29, 2025
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been meeting with officials from local conservation boards, police departments, sheriff’s offices and dispatchers from counties in northeast Iowa to discuss how to respond to black bears
Iowa’s statewide fishing report on April 25, 2025
DNR Report
April 25, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on April 25, 2025.
Outdoors scribe Scott Bestul, well-known for his whitetail expertise, dies at age 64
Rob Drieslein
April 21, 2025
Southeast Minnesota-based outdoors writer and regular Outdoor News contributor Scott Bestul, age 64, died Saturday morning, April 19, after a 2.5-year battle with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Bestul’s outdoors writing focused on a number
Iowa’s statewide fishing report on April 18, 2025
Staff Report
April 18, 2025
Here’s a look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on April 18, 2025.
Patience is often the right approach in turkey hunting
Jeremiah Haas
April 18, 2025
As a new turkey hunter, the minute I heard a gobble in the distance, my first instinct was to get up and head towards the bird, cutting the distance between us.
The second
