Intro to Turkey Hunting workshop set for April 10 3/30/2021 12:54:00 PM View Count 2537 DeWitt - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Woods + Waters Project are holding an Intro to Turkey Hunting Workshop, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Wapsi Valley Izaak Walton League, near DeWitt.
Learn to Hunt program opens registration for virtual turkey hunting courses 2/2/2021 1:25:00 PM View Count 6774 DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a two-part virtual turkey hunting course to individuals who have little to no turkey hunting experience or would like to further improve their current skills.
Hunting turkeys is the topic of upcoming Learn to Hunt workshop 3/3/2020 12:02:00 PM View Count 2617 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering a three part Learn to Hunt series this spring focusing on hunting turkeys. The workshops will be held at Butch Olofson shooting range, 11652 NW Nissen Dr., Polk City. Attendees may attend any or all of the workshops. A light dinner will be available at each session.
Humbling and exhilarating, Iowa’s springtime turkey hunting seasons are only a few weeks away 3/12/2019 1:02:00 PM View Count 8995 Enjoy those easy-to-see large flocks of turkeys feeding in the fields while you can. In the next few weeks, the winter flocks will break up, and where you saw them last weekend is not where they’ll be when spring turkey season opens in April.
Include safety as part of the spring turkey hunting preparation 3/12/2019 1:00:00 PM View Count 3111 Spring turkey hunting success and safety comes down to the same thing – proper planning.
Olofson range to hold Learning to Hunt series on turkey hunting 1/15/2019 12:56:00 PM View Count 3650 POLK CITY, Iowa - The Olofson shooting range in Polk City will be hosting a series on learning to hunt turkeys beginning Feb. 26. The four part series will be held from 6-9 p.m., on Tuesdays through March 19. There is a fee of $15 per session and participants can attend any number of sessions.
Hunters harvested nearly 11,800 turkeys during 2017 spring season 5/30/2017 2:15:00 PM View Count 3830 Turkey hunters reported harvesting nearly 11,800 Iowa birds this spring, which is about 400 birds fewer than 2016.
Spring turkey hunting? Stay at a state park cabin 4/5/2017 1:33:00 PM View Count 9456 Several Iowa state parks have cabins near some of the state's best wildlife management areas for turkey hunting. As you make your spring plans, consider one of these options for a convenient, comfortable place to stay: