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Outdoors Today

Iowa’s gun season #1 begins this weekend

Deer hunting is a big thing for outdoor enthusiasts this next week. Hopefully full safety issues will be followed by everyone who is out and about and participating in a hunt. Iowa has two gun seasons to separate approximately one-half those 100,000 deer hunters so all of them are not in the ...

Watershed trivia is not so trivial

The Iowa River is an interesting landscape feature. All of Iowa has well mapped delineations of watersheds with names like Upper Iowa, Turkey, Maquoketa, Wapsipinicon, Cedar, Skunk, Des Moines, Chariton, Rock, Floyd, Little Sioux, Soldier, Boyer, Mosquito Creek, Nishnnabotna, Nodaway, Platte ...

Grizzly Bear DNA sampling, a unique summer job

Grizzly bears are not a wild critter to be taken lightly. It is an extremely strong apex predator of many mountainous western states such as Montana, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming and others. The situation today is complicated as the bears are well established in areas like Yellowstone National ...

Big dreams, big bucks

Big dreams of big bucks is a nice thought for many archers during October and November. Will this year be their year to make history for themselves? During this year, will all the slim probabilities finally coalesce to create a once-in-a-lifetime event? Somewhere in Iowa, these factors are ...

Eagle watching never gets old

Bald Eagles are big. Wingspans of about 6.5 feet are typical for males. Up to eight feet wingspans for females is possible. As winter approaches, some resident eagles may stay and be joined by other eagles from further north. Wherever they can find food, open water, and enough open space to ...

Rainbow Trout have a new home at Sand Lake

Rainbow Trout are not a native fish to Iowa, but they have had successful lives as an introduced fish into the cold water streams of northeast Iowa. Iowa also has Brook trout and Brown trout. However, the Rainbow is a well sought after popular fish by anglers. They are native to the cold water ...