Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.    The morning wasn’t shaping up the way I had planned. With barely an hour to go until daybreak, the rain drops were rolling off my roof. Under the driveway yard light, […]

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. Antique Shop Treasure Ignites Duck Hunting Memories Clear Lake’s Don Humburg was an Iowa outdoor legend. Hunter, trapper, master angler, boat builder, decoy maker, you name it — if it happened in

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.        High Plains Pronghorns Provide Outdoor Thrills On the high plains of western Dakota, autumn has arrived. Down in the valleys and creek bottoms, the cottonwood and aspens have turned a brilliant

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.                             Arrayed in a dazzling cloak of pure white, the great egret is one of the world’s most spectacular

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.  Booming From the Mists of Nowhere is a reading adventure — our latest best chronicle regarding the life and times of America’s greater prairie chicken. For those who love native prairie and

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. Mix the sugar water; lock and load the feeders. The fall migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds has arrived in North Iowa. For anyone wishing to view good numbers of these tiny travelers; there’s

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   My initial exposure to the ancient art of duck hunting was a memorable occasion. I had barely settled into the blind when the first flock of web-foots appeared. They were blue-winged

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   Iowa’s fall dove season begins Sept. 1st, when around ten thousand licensed hunters are expected to take to the fields in search of North America’s most abundant migratory gamebird. According to

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.     When leaves fall and autumn winds blow, Iowa duck hunters can anticipate a strong migration of southbound waterfowl during 2017. That’s the official assessment from this year’s North American Breeding