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Hunting, Fishing
and Trapping Regulations

This is not a complete set of hunting, fishing and trapping laws but contains the information you are most likely to need to safely participate in these outdoor activities.


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  • 2009-10 Hunting and Trapping Regulations,*.pdf
    - Season Dates, Upland Game Hunting Regulations, Deer Hunting Regulations, Fall Turkey Regulations, Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations, Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Information, Sunrise-Sunset Table
    - 2009-10 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Quick Reference Card,*pdf


  • Requirements for Hunters Hunting Licensed Hunting Preserves in Iowa
    All hunters hunting licensed hunting preserves must obtain an Iowa small game hunting license and habitat fee, or obtain the hunting preserve hunting license valid only on licensed preserves, and the habitat fee. Resident Iowa youth under the age of 16 are not required to have a license, but must be accompanied by a licensed adult 18 years of age or older. Non-resident youth under the age of 16 are required to possess a non-resident youth preserve license and habitat fee. The non-resident youth under 16 years of age are not required to have completed a hunter safety/education course. All preserve game birds and game animals harvested on the licensed preserve must be properly tagged with transportation/kill tags as required by law. Hunting preserve operators are responsible for tagging the harvested game bird or animal before it is transported from the licensed preserve.


  • 2009-10 Waterfowl Regulations,*.pdf
    - Fees, Special Hunts, Migratory Game Bird Season Dates, Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations, Reporting Banded Ducks and Geese, DNR Wildlife Refuges, Areas Closed to Waterfowl Hunting, National Wildlife Refuges, Areas Closed to Canada Goose Hunting, Sunrise/Sunset Table, Trumpeter Swan Identification
    - 2008 Special September Canada Goose Seasons


  • Falconry Regulations, Chapter 102 (Iowa Administrative Code)
    571-102.2 Migratory Bird Regulations
    571-102.3 Small Game

 
*.pdf
2009 Resident Severely Disabled Deer Hunting Application and Affidavit
PDF File Format
2009 Nonresident Severely Disabled Deer Hunting Application and Affidavit
PDF File Format
2009 Special Nonresident Youth, Severely Disabled or Terminally Ill, Deer License
PDF File Format
2009 Nonresident Deer Application Information
PDF File Format
2009 Nonresident Landowner Affidavit
PDF File Format
Nonresident Deer Hunting Zone Map
PDF File Format


 

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