Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   Warm in the sunshine, but cool in the shade. That’s just one of a thousand things that I like about October — my favorite month of the year.  October is the

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.         If you’re one of those folks who utilize backyard hummingbird feeders, then you already know that this year’s fall migration has been a World Class, Record Book event.  On

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. It would be hard for anyone to miss this annual spectacle. If you’ve been out and about during recent rainy days, you’ve undoubtedly seen it for yourself — scores of tiger salamanders

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   All is not quiet on the Western Front. It is, in fact, getting noisier by the day.  Across the vast expanse of the American West; the annual elk rut is in

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. No one will argue that the 2014 Iowa dove season is easily our best yet.  So far, there have been five straight, back to back days of high intensity wing shooting excitement. 

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   The popularity of Iowa’s dove season continues to grow.  This year, for example, there were actual “dove camps” on public areas.  On the eve of Monday’s September 1st Opener, hunters’ campfires

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved. The attached photo is my idea of the ‘Perfect Ten’.  The scene occurred Friday afternoon near the north border of Wind Cave National Park.  While driving the backroads I spotted the horns