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My boys are big into fishing and we've had some good luck so far this spring. Sent from my Pixel 6a using Tapatalk

I was off work for the opener of 4th season and Dad was able to move his schedule around to be able to hunt the first half of the day. We headed to some new dirt and heard a handful sound off. We got set up across a valley from the closest one which was on the neighbors. He gobbled his head off...

This is from the ISC facebook page. Yesterday at the Capital, amendments were passed around to HF 2657 that would allocate HALF of the NR Buck tags in the drawing, to a special lottery only for Non-Residents who: 1. Filed an filed an income tax return in Iowa OR 2. Own 160 acres or more of...

I pulled this from ISC's Facebook page. I'm not sure what I'm missing here as to why Meggers and Hora killed it. My assumption is the great Farm Bureau but I don't have anything to support that. Alert: HF2167 – An Act Providing Buffer Strip Program and Funding As you are all likely aware...

I pulled this from the ISC website: FOURTH WEEK OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION The fourth week of session was short but extremely busy. Between the House and Senate, there were more than 150 subcommittee meetings, in addition to regular policy and budget committee meetings. Work is ramping up as the...

My two boys love to fish and they ask darn near every day to go. They both have now caught bigger bass than I have. It sure is fun hearing them giggle and squeal when they are reeling in a good one. Sent from my Pixel 6a using Tapatalk

We have a half clover half brassica field that we rotate back and forth each year. The brassica portion from last year has a bunch of thistles in it and they are large. What is our best plan of attack at the moment with those? Spray? (And if so, we have gly and 2-4d - what would the...

Opening day of 4th season found me at the "turkey killin' tree" in some big timber that we've named for good reason. It was a beautiful morning with birds hammering but nothing within 300 yards or so. They were fired up but nothing seemed to be getting closer so I was contemplating getting up...

I went Friday and had a pretty good hunt and got within 100 yards on two different occasions but a ditch on the first one and a creek with high water on the second had the birds hung up. I got a call Thursday night from a buddy and he asked if I wanted to hunt with him on Saturday so I took him...

Copy and pasted from the IBA email. Still lots of bad bills out there, as with every single year. Iowa Bowhunters Association Legislative Update - Week 7 This Friday, March 7, is the so-called “First Funnel,” the day by which most bills must be approved by at least one...

Identical bills have been introduced in the Iowa House and Senate restricting our state’s ability to expand parks, trails and wildlife areas. They are being fast-tracked — both had subcommittee meetings yesterday and both recommended passage — to beat this week’s legislative funnel. House...

This is straight from IBA's week 5 email update. HF 107 isnt getting talked about at all but I think it is terrible for our public lands. We need to get rid of e-bikes on public. No way should someone be able to drive their ATV onto public in my opinion. That will get abused so much. I...

When I first started hunting this property in 2022 this buck was one of the first ones on camera and he seemed like he was possibly the most mature buck in there. The last two years I never laid eyes on him from the tree and he wasn’t showing up a lot in daylight on camera. This summer I figured...

This one was special. My two boys (5 1/2 and 3 1/2) joined me in the blind on Saturday, November 2nd, for an evening hunt. They can't sit still worth a darn and it was rainy so sitting in a blind didn't seem like a bad idea for taking the boys with me. My Dad was already down on the farm and...

Does anyone have a contact for a real estate attorney in central Iowa that they would recommend for land? I'm hoping to buy a small farm that is FSBO so I am looking for someone to do the paperwork on that. Thanks for any suggestions!

I've had the same hunting clothes for a long time (I'm cheap and they seem to work fine for me). Pants are the first thing on my list to upgrade so I'm looking for suggestions. I have a pair of predator camo 100% cotton pants and I'm looking for a more athletic and higher quality pair of...

We did some TSI on a few acres (mostly oak/hickory hardwoods) two years ago. Followed it up that same late winter/early spring with a timber burn. It now has a ton of beggars lice (Hackelia virginiana) and we're wondering on how to control that. I've done a bit of looking online and some say...

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...