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Women interested in learning to waterfowl hunt can register for Iowa course
DNR Report
July 17, 2024
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook waterfowl to women who have little to no waterfowl hunting experience.
“Waterfowl hunting
Fishing regulations to be relaxed at McKinley Lake in Creston, Iowa
DNR Report
July 16, 2024
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is relaxing the fishing regulations at McKinley Lake in Creston. The city of Creston will begin to drain the lake in August as part of a lake restoration
Habitat diversity draws bird watchers, hunters to Iowa’s Copeland Bend Wildlife Area
DNR Report
July 16, 2024
Forty miles south of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Missouri River is the 3,500-plus-acre Copeland Bend Wildlife Area, an expansive mix of grasslands and high-quality wetlands constructed after the extensive flooding in 2011, when the
Socialization is key to having your hunting puppy prepared to face the world
Tim Spielman
July 13, 2024
Just a few days after bringing into my home my black Labrador puppy five years ago, I decided it was time to take her out on the town to meet some friends.
Our first
Plans released for Iowa’s 2024 Okoboji Blue Water Festival
Steve Weisman
July 12, 2024
Iowa’s Okoboji Blue Water Festival (OBWF) is less than a month away. This year’s 9th annual event is set for Saturday, Aug.10, at Preservation Plaza green space in Arnolds Park on the shores of West
3D versus Bull’s-eyes: Target choice matters leading up to hunting season
Outdoor News
July 12, 2024
While there are diehard bowhunters who shoot year-round, most folks don’t get serious about target practice until the middle of summer.
This is when whitetail bucks start showing their headgear in a meaningful way,
Iowa DNR offering program for those interested in learning to trap
DNR Report
July 10, 2024
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a program to teach skills needed to trap furbearers to people with little to no trapping experience.
The workshop will feature knowledge and skill building
New watershed plan improves water quality at Iowa’s Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery Hatchery
DNR Report
July 9, 2024
Trout need clear and cold water to live and thrive. Sediment flowing into Siewers Spring, the water source for the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery Hatchery in Iowa, creates muddy water conditions after larger rainfall events
Commentary: 2024 report shows public support of hunting, sport shooting seeing a decline
Site Staff
July 9, 2024
The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports (Council), in collaboration with Responsive Management, has unveiled the much-anticipated report, “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Hunting and Sport Shooting 2024.”
This extensive study provides critical insights
