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My folks live on about 10 acres that was pasture many years ago (lots of fescue and brome). We have burned most of it over the years but fairly early in the spring so we haven't seen much of a change over time. Without adding new seed, what would you guys do to increase the native grasses this...

October and early November were filled with quite a few slow sits for me. I misjudged the yardage on an old buck I was targeting on October 30th and gave his belly a trim which still pains me. November 13th I was in a new tree on a property that is filled with honeysuckle - I absolutely...

My oldest is 4.5 years old and he thinks he wants to try and sit in a treestand with me. A ladder stand with a safeline will be what he's climbing but does anyone have suggestions on a safety harness for a 4 year old who weighs roughly 40 pounds? Hunter Safety System Lil' TreeStalker Safety...

Does anyone in the Des Moines/Warren County area have some extra (1/2 acre worth) of the dbltree mix or know where to get some close by? I have rye covered but looking for some additional - rape, oats, peas, radish? Sent from my Pixel 6a using Tapatalk

I got a postcard in the mail today from the Iowa DNR (Jace Elliott with the Deer Research Program) asking to complete a survey. I just filled it out and it took about 20 minutes. I thought it was beneficial and topics included: Crossbows Rifles Night Vision predator hunting Trail cameras Drones...

I decided to head back to the property that I shot a tom at during second season because there were lots of birds in the area. My plan was to get to a high ridge and listen for gobbles and make a move. I was able to get there before they started gobbling and quickly realized most of the birds...

I hunted this same property on Friday morning and birds were hammering as good as I can remember. I saw two gobblers, five jakes, and a hen, but the two gobblers never got within 75 yards or so. This morning I knew it was going to be windy so my game plan was to stay down near a creek at first...

I believe this is only the second buck I have killed that I have specifically targeted. I didn’t get any pictures of him until the middle of October and he was the only buck on that property that I wanted to chase. I had hunted in there quite a few times with no sightings of him. On the evening...

I have a permission farm that has CRP and I was wondering what I need to do in order to get "permission" to put in a food plot? Do I need to just get the OK from the landowner? Need to work through the FSA office? Or is there something else I need to do?

I'm contemplating buying some boot gaiters and I'm interested on hearing which ones you like or don't like. They would mainly be for pheasant hunting and shed hunting around here. Any recommendations?

What is a good middle of the road, probably under $300 or so, binocular for hunting whitetails in Iowa? I know a lot of guys like Vortex for their customer service/warranty but do they have the best glass for the money? I see Bushnell, Leupold, and Nikon all have fairly similar warranties. I'll...

I have a 40 acre heavily timbered and heavy cedar property that I can put food plots on and I was wondering if there is anything I should take into consideration when chainsawing cedars and putting in a small 1/4-1/3 acre food plot next year? It is a mix of young cedars and grasses with pockets...

Does anyone have HHA slider sight tapes they want to get rid of? I purchased a new to me bow before last fall and it just has a blank sight tape with pen lines drawn on for ranges. Mine is the HHA optimizer lite. I know I can buy some online but wanted to check if anyone had some laying around...

It was another great spring of turkey hunting for me even with adding a second kiddo to the family. I was able to get out for a quick hunt during second season and had to make an audible when they roosted in a different spot. I snuck through the timber as it was getting light and saw them...

I'm looking for suggestions for a fast growing grass that has good roots and can help slow erosion on ATV/access trails? We have a pretty much dirt trail that goes downhill for 40 yards or so towards a creek crossing and we are wanting to get something to grow there to help slow runoff/erosion...

I know this should have happened months ago and not a few days into the season but here's my issue. I purchased a used Elite E35 late spring, took months for the new mods to be shipped and put on my bow, and at the archery shop I got it paper tuned. It was probably sometime in late July when I...

Turkey season was short but sweet for me this year. After two hunts of a combined 3 hours between getting myself a bird 2nd season and helping my brother get one during 3rd season I was looking forward to spending more time in the turkey woods during 4th. My game plan was to get on a long ridge...

Initially I was leaning towards going during 3rd season based on my schedule but we switched up schedules at work on Thursday and the forecast looked a little rainy during 3rd season (I don't trust it that far out but figured I had time to hunt 2nd anyway). I had only deer hunted this farm in...

Does anyone have a DSD jake they want to get rid of?

Jumping on the property questions. What are your thoughts of hunting properties that are directly next to major highways or interstates? Have you had success in these situations in harvesting older bucks or do the highways/interstates seem to keep the overall age structure of the deer lower due...