Iowa Wildlife Federation

If, on Sunday, December 7th, you happened to step out-of-doors anywhere in the state of Iowa, then it is likely …

As many of you already know, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  I love the big family gatherings.  I …

For Iowa’s 60,000 archery deer hunters, November is simply the grandest month of the year.  When it comes to pursuing …

October 2023 --- Following a long and frantic search – a search in which everything I owned had been turned …

November is a month of intense migration.  A time when high winds and, maybe even the season’s first snow squalls, …

                                  Opening Day Meets Expectations Iowa’s much anticipated, centennial pheasant season got off to a roaring start as hunters from across …

One of the things I most love about hunting wood ducks is that quest often leads to some of the …

If there was a single month of the year that I could grab, put in a bottle, and keep forever …

If you’ve not yet seen or heard a big old bullfrog booming from the edge of your favorite fishing hole …

Spring Surveys Remained Largely Unchanged             When the days grow cooler and autumn winds shift to the north, Iowa duck hunters …

This year’s multi-segmented, multi-zoned Iowa duck season kicks off with a statewide teal-only hunt beginning September 6.  Although Iowa teal …

After a year of enduring things like weather, migration, and the rearing of youngsters, a bird’s feathers began to show …

With its four-foot height, ear-piercing call, and six-foot wingspan; I think you’d be hard pressed to find a bird with …

Biologists with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources have completed statewide July goose banding operations.  This year, a total of …

According to Iowa’s state climatologist, last winter was the fourth least snowy in 138 years of record keeping – a …