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Orlan Love Outdoors Dec. 27, 2020 10:33 am771d ago
Looking back at 2020, which thankfully is almost over, it turned out to be a banner year for outdoor activities. …
N/A Outdoors Dec. 21, 2020 12:00 pm777d ago
By John Lawrence Hanson, correspondent Shouts of joy and squeals of excitement erupted. It was a racket. I imagined the …
By Marion and Rich Patterson. correspondents Outdoors Dec. 21, 2020 10:58 am777d ago
A year ago we looked forward to several 2020 trips. We planned to hike and camp in Vermont’s Green Mountains …
By Marion and Rich Patterson, correspondents Outdoors Dec. 14, 2020 12:00 pm784d ago
As we drove home after camping at northeast Iowa’s Yellow River State Forest, a frustrating sign loomed on Highway 13. …
Orlan Love Outdoors Dec. 14, 2020 10:02 am784d ago
Dogs put the fun in pheasant hunting. With their keen noses, predatory instincts, boundless energy and will to please their …
By Doug Newhoff, correspondent
Outdoors Dec. 9, 2020 1:34 pm789d ago
When I was a kid some 50 years ago, ice fishing wasn’t especially popular. Our homemade portable shelters were bulky …
Outdoors Nov. 28, 2020 10:01 am800d ago
URBANA – The decade-old Iowa Habitat and Access Program (IHAP) has been a triple winner for landowners, hunters and wildlife. …
By Brandon Caswell, correspondent
Outdoors Nov. 28, 2020 8:00 am801d ago
The trend of irrupting winter birds keeps rolling along this year. History is in the making for this next featured …
By John Lawrence Hanson, correspondent
Outdoors Nov. 27, 2020 11:15 am801d ago
The National Weather Service issued high wind warnings. The prediction maps on weather.gov let me envision the strong low pressure …
Outdoors Nov. 17, 2020 9:17 am811d ago
Fish bite many ways, all good but some better than others. Even the feeble bite, which hardly ever results in …
By Doug Newhoff, correspondent
Outdoors Nov. 13, 2020 9:19 am815d ago
LANSING – It was 32 degrees with a finger-numbing breeze out of the north and a wind chill plunging into …
By Marion and Rich Patterson, correspondents
Outdoors Nov. 11, 2020 1:31 pm817d ago
A brisk wind pushed whitecaps toward us that curled and broke on the beach below our perch on a bluff. …
By Brandon Caswell, correspondent
Outdoors Oct. 27, 2020 10:00 am832d ago
The smallest wren of Iowa also is the most skilled singer. The long trills interspersed with warbles give the winter …