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Olofson Shooting Range hosted 2019 Iowa State Scholastic Action Sports competition

6/4/2019 2:10:00 PM
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Polk City, Iowa - More than 65 athletes from across Iowa and Wisconsin traveled to the Olofson Shooting Range, in Polk City this weekend to compete in the 2019 Iowa State Scholastic Action Sports Program.

Iowa shooters win six events at national competition

8/28/2018 11:42:00 AM
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Marengo, Ohio - Iowa action shooters won six categories at the National Championship of the Scholastic Action Shooting Program, in Marengo, Ohio, led by Dysart’s Nate Gibson who captured top honors in Rimfire Pistol, Pistol Caliber Carbine and Iron Rifle.

New law allows approved pistol cartridges for use in rifles to hunt deer

11/15/2017 10:00:00 AM
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Iowa hunters will have a new option this fall while hunting deer during the youth season, disabled hunter season and both shotgun seasons – rifles that are capable of shooting straight walled cartridges.

Two southeast Iowa men charged after deer were shot and abandoned

8/17/2016 10:00:00 AM
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DES MOINES – Multiple charges were filed against two southeast Iowa men following an Iowa Department of Natural Resources investigation into several deer that had been shot and left to rot.