Recent content by BarrowBoy

To me, it's mostly about the romance of the working dogs afield. A good shotgun mount, swing, lead and follow-through makes things more enjoyable as well. The dove poppers are just the dessert. The cherry on top of the proverbial sundae. I hear that a rookie dove shooter had better bring more...

Has this had any good effect in deterring crime in this state? I have religiously carried a concealed pistol in Oklahoma following the El Paso Walmart shooting. I would lawfully pack a handgun in Iowa as well religiously. The law in Iowa needs to get much tougher on crime and drugs. A large dog...

If you were to want to fish Pacific salmon, trout and/or steelhead from crystal-clear mountain streams and rivers, how far would you need to travel to do so? Is Black Hills, South Dakota the nearest place on the map to fly-fish for salmonids out of clean and pristine mountain waters? I don't...

There are several reasons to have dogs in a dove field as far as I have studied. I'm thinking about taking up dove hunting and getting into retrievers as a hobby. -wildlife conservation -fewer lost birds -more time humans can spend to shoot birds -doves can be very difficult to retrieve for...

I noticed there is a Fishing and Longbeards category at this site so there seems to a limited scope of game/fish species here. As a future resident I would chiefly be interested in deer and upland birds.

Will there be an off-topic forum in the near future? Will there be more hunting categories here? For example, hunting non-deer species in Iowa as dove, fox, pheasant, duck, hog and coyote? Why are some categories grayed out? Where are the posting rules?

Thank you, folks, for helping me manage my account here. I now have a face and a name.

I have a few questions to ask here: 1. How does one edit their OP here? 2. How does one add a picture (avatar)? 3. Which is the best forum here to ask general hunting questions? Such as, "Do I need to buy a permit to hunt deer in IA?"

I expect to moving into Iowa in the near future. I want to learn more about guns and hunting in Hawkeye State.