OPERATION UPDATE: MDL in Kansas
A brief update on our future Kansas operation - test run commencing 2020 season.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 25, 2020
The Luckiest Buck Ever: Dinger
Dinger - the 2018 story of this buck that gave us a good run for our money and almost lost. He disappeared in 2019. I'm hoping he's alive...
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Matt Petersen
Mar 25, 2020
The Right Setup: Early Season
Early Season Bow Hunting Mature Whitetails in Iowa - Do This, Don't Do This, and a Hypothetical to get the blood pumping. Hope you enjoy!
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Matt Petersen
Mar 21, 2020
Our 2nd 200" Whitetail Encounter: Blessed Luck
The giant killed in 2017 was purely based on luck, good people, generosity, and God. This buck will forever be a special story for me & MDL.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 21, 2020
Our Third 200" Whitetail Encounter: Part 2
Part 2 of this story shows that time increases the odds, and that no matter what you see on camera, or don't see, you still have to go hunt.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 21, 2020
Our Third 200" Whitetail Encounter: Part 1
Part 1 of this awesome story of the most ghostly deer we've ever hunted... He's a true master of avoidance. Period. Enjoy the read!
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Matt Petersen
Mar 21, 2020
Productive Mileage: Scouting from the road during the season
Scouting from the road is a huge benefit when done right, but yet, a lot of it is left to luck as these deer can run and roam free anywhere.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 20, 2020
Trail Cameras 101
Trail camera settings, physical setup, and what we like to see in a camera, which will do what we want it to do for our scouting measures.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 20, 2020
The 180-185" Drop-Tine Giant: One that shouldn't have gotten away
One heck of a morning in southern Iowa in 2018 created about 325 inches of bone viewed, but the big one slipped away unscathed.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 20, 2020
Hide N' Go Seek Champions: Mature, Intelligent, Sensitive Monster Whitetails
Hide N' Go Seek Champions: Mature, Intelligent, Sensitive Whitetails in southern Iowa, the hardest deer to kill that keep us up at night.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 20, 2020
Food Plots For Dummies (Me)
Planting food plots are fun, productive, and expensive. Proceed with caution. You will become addicted and you will probably kill more deer.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 19, 2020
Late Winter & Early Spring Scouting
Many deer hunters aren't thinking about deer during this time of year, but there's plenty of intel to gather to set yourself up for success.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 19, 2020
The Right Deer at the Right Time for the Right Guy but the Wrong Shot
Great friends, great clients, great men - my first two hunters to ever book with MDL, a father/son combo from the great state of Mississippi
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Matt Petersen
Mar 19, 2020
The First 200" Whitetail Encounter - 2016
The Ghost of 2016 in Southern Iowa - The first known 200" typical on an MDL farm. A prime example of a southern Iowa whitetail mega giant.
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Matt Petersen
Mar 19, 2020
Operation Update 3/18/2020
2020 - MDL Outfitters - Iowa Whitetail Deer Hunts & Kansas Whitetail Deer Hunts, Operational Update - Broad Spectrum 2020 - MORE TO COME!
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Matt Petersen
Mar 19, 2020
Our History: 2015 to 2019
A little recap on the last 5 years from 2015 through 2019 when we started as a real estate consulting company before outfitting hunts.
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