Welcome to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Hunter Education Program! The goals of the DNR Hunter Education Program are as follows:
- Educate Iowans about hunter safety
- Promote hunter safety and ethics
- Train volunteer instructors to teach hunter education
- Continue to keep hunting the safe activity it has become
By providing hunter education to the public, the DNR will help ensure the safety of hunters through out our state. Continue to promote the ethic's and fair chase, hunter responsibility and landowner relations. Safety, recruitment, and retention of hunters is key to the long tradition of hunting in Iowa's GREAT Outdoors!
James Urban, 46, from LeMars, was found guilty of unlawful possession of furbearing animals by a jury and sentenced to 365 days in jail, with all but 120 days suspended. Urban was fined $1,039 which includes surcharges and court costs, assessed $8,050 in liquidated damages, forfeited about $18,000 worth of traps and trapping equipment and had his license suspended until 2024.
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Hunters, hikers, bikers and morel mushroom fans, should plan to wear blaze orange while walking into and through the woods during spring turkey hunting season. The brightly colored orange will help announce to others that you are not a turkey. The different shades of brown, and the red, white and blue of a turkey head are all colors to avoid.
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