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March 1st-3rd. I believe they call this the largest upland bird hunting trade show in the country. Fun to walk through and BS with some of the venders and attendees. A good place to put hands on things you have been curious about. A lot of seminars on a variety of subjects, including public...

My season has ended, it was maybe not the best, but it was a good one. Here are a few take-aways from my experiences in Iowa from this season: *The mild weather...great for getting kids out and causal hunters seemed to be out all season, more than just the normal opening weekend or 2. The...

webguy, if this is out-of-line, shoot me a note and delete. Here is last Friday's Pheasants Forever "Pheasant Fact Friday", I will try to repost weekly from FB...or anyone else that thinks about it, go ahead and add to this thread, even old ones. They are usually interesting and often learn a...

The Iowa opener finally got here! Post pics and stories! We finished about 10:30, 4 of us. Our blocker, was put in a corner and 3 of us pushed the birds around and he must have shot almost a box of shells, He got his 3! He had a new shotgun, a SBE 3, he said he dropped one on his first...

I gave my final watering to my group of fruit trees and the row of plums and peach trees I grew from pit-seeds. I also put some more peach seeds, from a peach tree in my yard that I grew from seed, in the row along with some plum pit-seeds from my buddy's MIL. These last plums were delicious...

They are talking about rain coming in the amount of inches...plural! The beans are mostly done and the guys are getting a start in the corn. This will give them a short break. Sounds like today could be our last day with high temps in the 70s....things are changing for sure!! Had a bit of...

Well, the sorghum food plots are poor this year. It was just so dry that it took forever for the sorghum to grow much and by the time it did, the weeds were escaping the herbicide and now it is good cover with marginal food. The plum hedgerow has many plants loaded with plums. Everything out...

I knew the hens needed calcuin for egg laying and knew they sought it out. I also assumed that if one lived in such an area where natural calcium was low, that one could improve this by adding crushed/pulverized limestone. Well, it seems that might not be the entire problem in those areas. If...

We have received 2.6" for the day so far in my gauge! I know Sioux county got a bunch earlier today as did the Le Mars area later afternoon today. We had really gotten dry locally. It will be interesting to see how much was received around the state from this. Eastern NE should have received...

This link should take you to an "On The Wing" podcast. It has good information for habitat creator and for anyone who has interest in pheasants (and quail) to become more informed to the actual/normal birds survival/reproduction activities....mostly reproduction information. A good listen for...

No burning this year. For me, I transplanted 5 ditch cedars into an existing shelterbelt that had lost them. Also lost 3 fruit trees so I put 4 back in, a peach, 2 cherries and an apricot...everything likes fruit. The fruit frees are all fenced to protect them from deer. Planted about 5.5...

I don't think we have many members here that are members of the Cherokee County PF, but would love to meet any if attending. Hoping they will have a great turnout and good spirited biding on the auction items and participation in the raffles, as those (and the sponsorships) are what generate...

I used to, on occasion, shoot a coyote while pheasant hunting, thinking I was helping the birds. I have stopped do this for 2 reasons. First, I have read more about coyotes and their diet, it seems that much more of their diet is made up by the typical nest raiders that do damage. That is...

I see that a replacement for Howard has been named, I hope those who disliked him have a better liking for Marilyn Vetter as President & CEO. Not sure what her salary is and why that should matter, but it sure seemed to bother a few here with Howard. Let's see how she does leading PF with...

As seasons are closing, how would you rate this past season? I know Kansas hunters and parts of NE might have had, less than stellar seasons, but let's see what the overall season was like across the country. Maybe add a vague location where you hunt, if you don't include any location in the...

Here in NW Iowa we received an inch of rain Tuesday and have received even more yesterday and this morning, since I pulled my gauge. Should provide better hunting conditions, but it you are new to the area, stay off the dirt (minimum maintenance) roads this weekend....graveled roads will be...

Hey hunters in Iowa, feel free to throw a pic on this thread with as much or as little info as you care to share. My season opener was pushed back a week, so I had 2.5 hours this morning to kick it off. Was out with my good hunting buddy, my soon to be 86 year old father and a family friend...

A couple weeks ago my cardio doc saw something on a routine EKG they do every 6 months since my heart episode a few years back. A stress test gave them more concern, so tomorrow morning I am going in so they can check things out. Maybe nothing is wrong and I will be right back home, if they...

Was in an antique store tonight and found something I had to have....

Looks like we will get some rain today, it will really have to dance to miss us at this point. Might be a bit to late for the corn, but the beans will benefit if we do actually get a nice shot.