Banner Shooting Range (Warren County)
13796 Elk Horn St, Indianola, IA 50652
Range Office: 515-961-6408
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9am-5pm
Closed Wednesday and Thursday
Banner Shooting Range is a multi-use shooting facility that offers a safe, clean shooting environment for
handguns, rifles and shotguns. Targets can be placed at 25, 50 and 100 yards, as well as 7, 10, and 15 yards for handguns. Manual clay target throwers allow visitors to take aim at clay targets. The range is staffed with professional certified range safety officers during all operating hours.
Banner Shooting Range is closed: January 1st (New Year's Day), Easter Sunday, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, December 24th and December 25th.
Bays Branch Shooting Range (Guthrie County) - TEMPORARILY CLOSED
190th Street, Panora, Iowa 50216
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
Bays Branch Shooting Range is temporarily closed due to ongoing maintenance and execution of the area's wildlife management plan.
Bays Branch is a primitive shooting range with benches and berms at 50 and 100 yards. Handguns may be used with the 30 yard berm. A manual clay target thrower is provided for practice with clay targets. Please bring your own targets and target stands, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Bays Branch Wildlife Management Area - Map
Brushy Creek Shooting Range (Webster County)
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
Two ranges are located at Brushy Creek State Recreational Area. One is south of the park office approximately 1/2 mile North of County Road D-46. The other is a trap range located in the northern section of the park. It can be reached by taking 250th from County Road P-73, then turn right on Taylor Ave. Both are located East of Lehigh in Webster County.
The south range is for pistols, rifles, muzzleloaders, and shotguns (slugs or patterning only). Targets may be placed at distances out to 100 yards. Please bring your own targets, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
The north range (shotgun range) is for shooting clay targets only. Visitors may bring their own throwers or use the manual thrower provided at the range. Please pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Butch Olofson Shooting Range (Polk County)
11652 NW Nissen Drive, Polk City, IA 50226
Range Office: 515-795-4000
Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9am-5pm
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Butch Olofson Shooting Range is a multi-use shooting facility that offers a safe, clean shooting environment for handguns, rifles, shotguns, and archery. There is a 30 yard handgun bay, a 50 yard bay and a 100 yard bay. Additionally a skeet/trap overlay field and a seasonal 5-stand station allow visitors to take aim at clay targets. There is also both a static archery range for sighting in and a walking archery course available for use. The range is staffed with professional certified range safety officers during all operating hours.
Olofson Shooting Range is closed: January 1st (New Year's Day), Easter Sunday, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, December 24th and December 25th.
Hawkeye Wildlife Shooting Range (Johnson County)
2200 Amana Rd NW, Swisher, Iowa 52338
**Amana Road NW/F20 will be closed to traffic while Johnson County Secondary Roads Department works on grading and resurfacing the road. The range will be closed until construction is completed.
Other shooting range opportunitites in the area include Matsell Bridge Shooting Range in Viola, Midwest Shooting Supply in Hiawatha, North Linn Fish & Game Club and Linn County Izaak Walton League.
Hours: Both the rifle/pistol and shotgun/archery ranges will be closed until further notice.
Located at 2248 Amana Road NW, Swisher, IA, 52338, the Hawkeye Wildlife Area Shooting Range has benches and berms at 30, 50 and 100 yards. Steel targets may be brought to the range, but should not be located closer than 100 yards for rifle targets and 10 yards for handgun targets. Please bring your own targets and target stands, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
A second range is located further west at 2065 Amana Rd NW, Swisher, IA, 52338, and provides a shotgun and an archery range with a tower and targets at 20, 30, 40 , 50, and 60 yards. Targets are for arrows with field points only, no broadheads allowed on targets. At this range, there are also 12 stations to shoot clay targets from. Visitors must bring their own throwers and clay targets. Please pick up any spent shotgun hulls and boxes and carry out with you.
Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area - Map
Hull Shooting Range (Mahaska County)
Located 4 miles West of Oskaloosa on State Highway 92.
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
The Hull Shooting Range is a primitive shooting range with benches and berms at 50 and 100 yards. Visitors should shoot from the benches and through the tubes located on each firing line to insure that rounds do not leave the range. An area to shoot clay targets is also provided. Users must bring their own throwers and targets. Please bring your own targets and target stands, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Hull Wildlife Management Area - Map
Ocheyedan Shooting Range (Clay County)
3 miles west of Spencer on County Road B24 (350th St)
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
The Ocheydan Shooting Range is a primitive shooting range with benches and berms at 25, 50, and 100 yards. Benches and target stands are provided. Please bring your own targets, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Ocheyedan Wildlife Management Area - Map
Oyens Shooting Range (Plymouth County)
13594 K64, Le Mars, Iowa 51031
Located 2.5 miles North of Oyens on County Road K-64 in Plymouth County.
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
The Oyens Shooting Range is a primitive shooting range with benches and berms at 50 and 100 yards. Visitors should shoot from the benches and through the tubes located on each firing line to insure that rounds do not leave the range. Please bring your own targets and target stands, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Princeton Shooting Range (Scott County)
286th Avenue, Princeton, Iowa 52768
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
**Range safety officer on site during peak season hours.
The Princeton Shooting Range is a primitive shooting range with benches and berms at 50 and 100 yards. Steel targets may be brought to the range, but should not be located closer than 100 yards for rifle targets and 10 yards for handgun targets. An area to shoot clay targets is also provided. Users must bring their own throwers and targets. Please bring your own targets and target stands, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Princeton Wildlife Management Area - Map
Spring Run Shooting Range (Dickinson County)
1776 272nd Ave, Spirit Lake, IA
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
The Spring Run Shooting Range is a primitive shooting range with benches and berms at 30, 50, 100 and 200 yards. Visitors should shoot from the benches and through the tubes located on each firing line to insure that rounds do not leave the range. An area to shoot clay targets is also provided. Users must bring their own throwers and targets. Please bring your own targets and target stands, pick up spent rounds and shells, and carry out your trash.
Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area - Map