http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:22:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Try "Peaslee Mountain Hunt Park" in Maine By Blaine Cardilli As a 48 year old hunter with more experiences than I can begin to remember, it's strange that I never gave "hunt parks" or "game ranches" a second look until now. Like most, I've always enjoyed the challenges of free range hunting ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/10/want-great-off-season-hunting-with-the-kids/ Below is information and a press release about a newly formed organization in South Dakota, South Dakota Hunting Rights Advocacy, aimed at fighting to protect the hunting heritage of South Dakotans. As I looked over the site, I found this. http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/28/south-dakota-hunters-have-a-new-voice-in-politics/ This article comes from RTT News: 1/2/2008 12:04:38 PM A man wielding a knife was arrested inside a campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton in Decorah, Iowa, police said Wednesday. Christopher James Faris, 42, of Decorah was arrested Monday evening and charged with carrying weapons and with third-degree harassment. ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/02/is-it-against-the-law-to-carry-a-knife/ by A. Sayward Lamb The spring turkey hunts for my son Jim, and myself, ended with us both getting our turkeys, but the circumstances were quite different. When my wife and I arrived home from Florida, soon after the middle of April, we found two feet of snow on our ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/spring-turkey-hunts/ Because of lenient regulations, liberal bag limits, inexpensive license fees, location along the Mississippi flyway, and large quantities of many duck species, Missouri duck hunting is popular among waterfowl hunters. According to Jim Low of the Missouri Department of Conservation (mo.gov, 08/19/07), surveys have determined that the estimated number of ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/guided-missouri-duck-hunting/ By Becky Sather Growing up in a big city I never got the chance to enjoy the simple pleasure of hunting. Moving to Prineville Oregon, a major hunting town, the year of my high school graduation was a huge culture shock. I worked at a gas station during hunting season my ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/slow-elk/ By Larry Taylor It was opening day of deer season in 1989 (I think). I had been deer hunting with a gun for the four previous seasons and wanted a new challenge. What little I knew about deer hunting then, I learned from my very little knowledgeable ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/my-first-bow-hunt/ During the deer hunting seasons nationwide, it is normal to hear of states struggling to get harvest numbers where they want to due mainly to bad weather. But Michigan is scratching their heads at the moment trying to figure out where all the deer hunters went. There are no official reports ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/michigan-and-iowa-with-deer-harvest-issues/ Iowa's Department of Natural Resources is proposing to open up a season for bobcats to run from November 3 to January 31. This season would be for hunting and trapping and would extend to these dates or until a maximum of 150 cats were taken. The season would close after ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/iowa-planning-a-huntingtrapping-season-for-bobcat/ There seems to be a bit of confusion along with hypocrisy when it comes to making a determination as to who owns and has what rights on the deer population. Kevin Kelly, the Tipton Christmas tree farmer who was recently found guilty of illegally killing a deer that was eating his ... http://iowahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/who-owns-iowas-deer/