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Wildside column: Red-shouldered hawks are finding a new place to live along Mississippi River

Wildside column: Watching Mike Jacobs claim his prize was a thing of beauty

Sometimes we are called upon to make sacrifices for the greater good. My wife, for example, abstains from eating meat …

If you’ve fished much, you’ve either said or heard it said after an unproductive day on the water, ‘That’s why …

QUASQUETON – Twenty-eight flood-reduction projects costing almost $2 million are either underway or completed in my backyard on the Wapsipinicon …

WILLIAMS, Minn. – Vicarious thrills beat none at all, a lesson repeatedly reinforced during a late January ice fishing trip …

The saying ‘it’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you” applies to January pheasants. Their hyper-suspicious nature derives …

The recent riming of Eastern Iowa provided an interlude of shining beauty in an otherwise dull and dreary winter. Chronic …

Looking back at 2020, which thankfully is almost over, it turned out to be a banner year for outdoor activities. …

Dogs put the fun in pheasant hunting. With their keen noses, predatory instincts, boundless energy and will to please their …

URBANA – The decade-old Iowa Habitat and Access Program (IHAP) has been a triple winner for landowners, hunters and wildlife. …

Fish bite many ways, all good but some better than others. Even the feeble bite, which hardly ever results in …

Most anglers don’t like to leave a spot until the fish have stopped biting, which is seldom a problem since …

My recent sojourn in Lunker City, a not quite mythical realm where big smallmouth bass leap and thrash, provided welcome …

I am used to getting out-fished unless I go by myself, but I have seldom been as thoroughly trounced as …