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Its that time of year and its been a while since I've shared these opportunities back in Iowa! We have our annual 31-Day Gun Raffle up and running. We're giving away a great firearm every day in January. Purchase your tickets by December 15 to get entered into the early bird chance at a...

My son drew the late youth hunt in 33 down in SE AZ. We'd be hunting east/southeast of Tucson. Opening day was the Friday after Thanksgiving. We made a family plan to head down Wednesday, picking up our daughter up at UofA, and have a family camping trip followed by a deer hunt. Our good...

Like I said the other day with my son's elk hunt, I miss hanging out on IW. It keeps me in touch with my Iowa roots and the good folks back in Iowa. So here's a western fly fishing adventure for you all! A little over a year ago, one of my dad's Army buddies from Vietnam told me one of his...

I always realize I'm not on here near as much as I used to be and then I realize how much I miss being on this site. I keep replaying Friday afternoon, Oct 6, in my mind and am so proud of our son, Jacob. I'm also thankful for the friends (family) that helped make this happen. "Grandpa" Goose...

I had an issue with my old Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14x50 so I sent it back to Zeiss in December. It was apparently beyond repair, so they sent me a replacement instead. They sent me a Conquest V4 3-12x56. It has the Z-plex #20 reticle. It has a 30mm tube with capped turrets, 1/4-moa adjustments...

My kids have outgrown all of their youth stuff now. Time to find a good home for another youth. Both youth XL and in excellent condition. $20 each. In Flagstaff, AZ and will ship at buyer's cost. NWTF JAKES turkey vest Upland Bird Vest

I just realized I haven't been on here in a long time and I finally got my Texas Rio on my 3rd spring trip to TX. A good buddy and I took off to Texas chasing turkeys April 6-9. This journey started a little over a year ago. I was chatting with a guy that served with dad in Vietnam about his...

Its time for our annual 31-Day Gun Raffle. All proceeds stay in Arizona to be used by NWTF for habitat conservation, youth hunt camps, disabled hunters programs, scholarships, hunter education, etc. We had our tickets sent out late to us this year. The early bird deadline is November 10th...

Been a long time since I've been on here, but its been good interacting with my home roots again. I've been cleaning out more gear that hasn't been used in a while and won't be used in the near future. Might as well offer it up to someone who can use it. The Wyoming Saw is the only thing used...

Again, getting caught up after a long hiatus here. Story of my son's first bird from this past April. We spent opening weekend in and out of toms. My daughter should have been done at 6am Friday morning, but her dad, a supposed turkey hunting veteran, made a rookie (ie, excited dad) mistake...

I realized I haven't been on here in a long time, especially when I saw everything has changed. Lots going on in our hunting fishing world during COVID-times. A month ago, I took my son on his third youth deer hunt. He harvested his second Coues buck and is showing no interest in mule deer...

My 12-year old son has been fortunate enough to get two javelina in the last two years on opening weekend. His first year, he used his 7mm-08 and that hunt was filmed by The Mountain Project. Last year, he used my AR. After two successful pig hunts using modern rifles and quality optics, he...

Back when I found out I got drawn for the 12BW late hunt, a buddy of mine, who was going to help me, got drawn for the same hunt. I didn't want to put either of us in a situation of having to decide who got to shoot first, so I reached out to a dear friend who used to guide in that area, before...

This last weekend was my son's second youth tag in SE Arizona in two years. Last year was a 34A tag and he fell in love with chasing Coues whitetail. He opted for 35A this year because a good friend of ours who took us out last year knows 35A much better and Jacob really likes our friend...

Our 15 year old daughter is going on a 10-day rafting trip in the Grand Canyon this summer through Grand Canyon Youth. Its a great program that exposes kids to the outdoors in various aspects, including conservation of ecosystems and is a science immersion program. One of the requirements for...

Ever since his first hunt was filmed for The Mountain Project last year, Jacob has been excited to get back out javelina hunting. Due to circumstances out of our control, hunting with our friends at The Mountain Project were out. Another good buddy of mine reached out and offered to take us to...

Our son, Jacob, who turns 11 next month, started his year-long journey to get his black belt through our TaeKwanDo studio this past Wednesday. He's currently a blue w/red stripe. In February, he'll test for his red belt. In June, he'll test for his red w/black stripe, and next October, he'll...

After this year's deer hunt, my daughter decided she really doesn't like the way her pack fits her. Its a Tenzing TZ 1215 women's pack (discontinued) and it its in great shape. Its only been in the field a handful of times, has never been loaded heavy, and never had blood on it. It comes with...

After the kids' youth hunts a couple of weekends ago, its time to upgrade some equipment. Wife told me I have to sell the stuff I'm replacing rather than rehoming them to my kids or other rifles! Will ship from AZ, but buyer pays shipping. Vortex Diamondback 3.5-10x50 w/ V-plex reticle...

My son and I took off this past weekend for a father-son fly fishing trip to the San Juan River in NE New Mexico while my wife and daughter were on a girls trip. I haven't been to the San Juan in 11 years and its always been bugging me to go back, especially to get my family really into fly...