Orlan Love

MOBRIDGE, S.D. – Fishing, a form of relaxation for many, has always been anything but for me. If it were …

If a smallmouth bass striking a top-water lure is not the pinnacle of freshwater fishing, it’s right up there. Unlike …

Iowa wildlife artist Bruce Gordon said he is ‘honored and humbled” to have his paintings featured on the state’s new …

The year’s first outing can’t foretell how the rest of the open water fishing season will go, but in the …

In a full day’s search on the last day of March, Mike Jacobs of Monticello and I found 121 agates. …

As much as Iowans welcome the arrival of spring, the feeling this year was more akin to relief at the …

Iowa’s state rock, the geode, illustrates the adage that ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover,” said Marv Houg, …

Forty-five inches of snow in 45 days (or whatever the current running total may be – I’ve lost track), has …

BAUDETTE, Minn. – The polar vortex is not so bad when you’re in a well-insulated, heated shack sitting on two …

They don’t wear white coats and goggles, but they are in their laboratory almost every summer day collecting data and …

QUASQUETON — On a calm and quiet early January day I can stand on the front porch of my house …

Winter exercise has always been a challenge for me – so much so, in fact, that I have a drawer …

Peak experiences await Iowa ice anglers this winter. Several recently rehabilitated lakes – among them Darling, Delhi, Rice, Silver and …

In my lifetime bagging a limit of pheasants has gone from an expectation to a goal to a rare but …

The folks coming to my house Thursday will feast on a free-range, antibiotic-free, almost organic turkey. Its breast will not …