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S2.W20 “The Switch, Decapitation” Featuring Derek Wilkerson

S2.W20 “The Switch, Decapitation” Featuring Derek Wilkerson

| June 5, 2013

Last but not least, our final video of the spring turkey season is up.  I apologize for the lateness of this video… don’t really have an excuse…. life got in the way I guess ha.  Even though Iowa’s turkey season is 2.5 weeks past completion, I still feel this video is worth sharing as it [...]

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Final Turkey Push

Final Turkey Push

| May 7, 2013

What a crazy and exciting spring it has been so far.  I’ve been fortunate to have spent a great deal of time in the turkey woods this spring, more so than ever before.  I killed early in Nebraska, but have yet to seal the deal in Iowa.  It hasn’t been for lack of successful hunts [...]

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April Showers Bring May… Snow Showers

April Showers Bring May… Snow Showers

| May 3, 2013

This blog is going to be short and sweet, and mostly just a way to mark my calendar for future reference on what is one of the weirdest beginnings to May I’ve ever seen. Today marks the first day of Iowa’s 4th turkey season.  I usually correlate this weekend with morel mushrooms, cool, dewy mornings, [...]

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5-Day Update – Turks and Deer

5-Day Update – Turks and Deer

| April 23, 2013

Tyler’s Waterfowl Turkey The regular turkey season in Iowa started only 8 days ago, but my season has already been longer than it’s ever been.  With early season Nebraska, the 9 day youth season, and a week of Iowa in the books, I’ve been chasing turks for 4 weeks and have already spent more time [...]

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April 13 Youth Hunt Success

April 13 Youth Hunt Success

| April 15, 2013

With a 75% success rate on opening weekend of youth season, we still had one young hunter with a tag to fill, so Colby, his dad, and myself hit a new farm this past Saturday morning in hopes of filling Colby’s first turkey tag.  The birds talked on the roost quite a bit, but when [...]

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Youth Turkey Opening Weekend (VIDEO)

Youth Turkey Opening Weekend (VIDEO)

| April 11, 2013

Last weekend was Iowa’s youth opener for spring turkeys.  Earlier this year, we auctioned off a couple youth hunts with the proceeds going to the Vital Outdoorsmen organization out of Pella, Iowa.  The Vital Outdoorsmen is a Christian-based organization structured around young outdoorsmen, and we couldn’t be happier to be able to raise money towards [...]

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Preview:  Youth Turkey This Weekend

Preview: Youth Turkey This Weekend

| April 5, 2013

As many of you know, we teamed up with the Vital Outdoorsmen to auction off a couple youth turkey hunts this spring.  I know Chris, myself, and many of the others on our staff are very passionate about our sport and the continuation of it into future generations.  We are a fairly young team ourselves, [...]

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Preview: Fruit Tree Time in Iowa

Preview: Fruit Tree Time in Iowa

| April 2, 2013

Although spring has been slow to arrive, planting season has officially begun in Iowa.  More specifically, fruit tree planting time is here.  Why fruit trees on a hunting and outdoor website….. well, because fruit trees are a fantastic tool for landowners and hunters alike! Tree planting is a hugely intricate topic with many influencing factors [...]

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