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Outdoors Today

Lady archer takes a buck

NOVEMBER MAGIC is what some deer hunters say about the first two weeks of the month. Deer rutting time is beginning to wind down a bit, but in the forested areas of Iowa, bucks are still roaming about in hopes of finding a mate. This ages-old format of the fall season for members of the ...

Mammoth replica skeleton at State Historical Building

IOWA has a good number of ancient animal skeletons to boast about, all in the name of science. Since the entire northern United States including the Midwest had a host of glacial ice advances during the last 2.6 million years of earth’s climatic history, ice dominated much of the time. ...

Antlers are unique, no two the same

IOWA’s archery deer season is well underway. The bow season began Oct. 1 and runs through Dec. 5. Then archery season closes while Iowa gun deer seasons begin Dec. 6-10 and again from Dec. 13-21. Later archery season recommences on Dec. 22 and continues through Jan. 10, 2026. As of ...

Pheasant season opening this weekend

PHEASANTS will be on the mind of many hunters this weekend as the opener for Ring-necked pheasant roosters will get under way for this fall. It is with much anticipation that this upland game bird will be pursued with high hopes of obtaining a three bird limit. After many years of populations ...

Fossils, a fantastic look back in time

FOSSILS tell us stories. Fossils tell us of many types of life forms of long ago. Fossils help interpret past conditions of life on the land or life under water in once vast shallow oceans. Marshall County’s contribution to fossil discoveries is a chapter of our local history that needs to be ...