The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is recommending a 5% increase in hunting, fishing and trapping license fees to keep pace with inflation and increasing costs. License fees go to the state's ...

Shotgun deer hunting season in Iowa is underway, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources expects tens of thousands of hunters to participate. That's a whole lot of people (with guns, mind you) ...

As the holidays wrap up and winter settles in across Iowa, folks are already thinking ahead to the warmer months when the ...

A "double-whammy" of dry conditions in Iowa and further north likely led to a rough season for regional duck hunters.

Iowa's first of four turkey seasons is just around the corner. In 2024, Iowa saw a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Iowa's first turkey ...

THE NEW TRIAL BEGINS AT 9 A.M. HUNTING SEASON IS WELL UNDERWAY AND THE DNR IS REMINDING HUNTERS TO BE CAREFUL AND BE RESPONSIBLE. STATE DATA SHOWS ONE PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED, THREE OTHERS HAVE BEEN ...

Deer hunting season started Oct. 1 in Iowa, and in several western counties, hunters can only harvest bucks. These restrictions have been increasing for the past few years in response to a dropping ...

DNR officials claim in their 2025 State Fish & Game Protection Fund Report that increasing these fees is necessary to keep up ...

OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT OF .08. STACEY: BIG NEWS FOR HUNTERS IN IOWA. STEVE: TODD MAGEL IS IN PRAIRIE CITY TONIGHT WHERE 301 ACRES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR HUNTING AT THE NEIL SMITH WILDLIFE REFUGE. TODD: ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some question whether Iowa needs to continue giving celebrities easy access to deer hunting in the state, but it appears unlikely that the promotional program will be scrapped.

What do you need to do if you kill a deer hunting in Iowa? Iowa hunters are required to report their harvest. According to Iowa DNR, all deer taken must be reported using the harvest reporting system ...