Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska's QDMA Branch

I am in no way compensated, sponsored, blah blah, whatever by Dave Smith or Dave Smith Decoys. Heck, I don’t even know the guy…although we did talk on the phone once a few years back when I was going to have him fix up a goose call for me, anyway…I just really like these decoys! [...]

Well, I’ve written about these two guys before, so if you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with Brennan and Cory. I’ll say it again here; You can’t find two nicer, more humble, harder working guys than these two…and you’d have to look even harder to find a couple guys with as consistent success on big [...]

I’m supposed to be at the properties this weekend getting more TSI chores done, organizing the shop, burning some old wood piles, etc. Instead, the latest batch of snow and freezing drizzle changed my mind on driving the 5 hour round trip. Next weekend is the Nebraska Bowhunters Association banquet so I’ll miss out on [...]

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The 3rd annual Big Buck Classic comes Back to the Qwest Center in Omaha March 25-27, 2011. CLICK HERE for more information on the event.

There are volumes and volumes of information to be gleaned in the woods right now. Scrapes, trails, and next years potential stand sites may never be more visible than they are right now! MRI from trail cameras and other enthusiastic whitetail nuts say that at least 50% of the buck population has shed last years [...]

September 22nd, 2010 will be a day that good friend Brennan Klassen will never forget. A big whitetail fanatic to the core, let me offer a little background on Brennan to set the stage; Brennan is one of those guys that, no matter what activity he’s currently involved in, big whitetails are occupyiung a significant [...]

Below, Cory Wiedel tells the story, in his own words, of how he settled the crosshairs on the buck of a hundred lifetimes. Cory’s buck falls just short of 200 typical inches, with G2s exceeding 15″, Cory’s grandchildren’s grandchildren may never kill one bigger. If you ask Cory Wiedel, the good old days are right [...]

In the last 72 hours two good friends have harvested two GIGANTIC whitetails. I haven’t asked their permission yet to post any details or photographs of their successes. But trust me, Gigantic! I can tell you this, one is an archery kill, the other muzzleloader. Both animals are B&C megabucks. Stay tuned, if granted permission, [...]

Once again the annual pilgrimage to gather pronghorn backstraps for the grill was a success. I am pictured on the left and my good friend Wes Atkinson, owner of Atkinson Expeditions www.atkinsonexpeditions.com is pictured on the right. We had lady luck on our side when we spotted, then stalked to 36 yards and pinwheeled this [...]

I’m just sitting here thinking of all the rain most of Iowa has suffered this year…and all the rain SE Nebraska had this spring. I even had a few trips to the properties foiled by foul weather just a few short weeks ago. Now it seems I wouldn’t be able to trade my truck for a decent [...]