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News - Featured
News Release

Iowa’s busiest deer seasons are almost here

Iowa’s most popular deer hunting seasons start this weekend, when more than 100,000 hunters take to the timber for the long-awaited gun seasons.

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December 2, 2025
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Deer standing profile in the snow.
Hunting
Fishing
News - Featured
News Release

2026 hunting, fishing licenses on sale Dec. 15

Iowans can buy 2026 resident hunting, fishing and other licenses on Dec. 15. Licenses purchased for 2025 expire on Jan. 10.

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December 2, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Hunting
News Release

Doe harvest registry

Hunters interested in working with farmers to harvest additional does are encouraged to sign up with the Iowa Doe Harvest Registry.

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December 2, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Hunting
Iowa Waste Exchange
News Release

Iowa’s Deer Exchange Program, deer donation

Hunters may sign up as a deer donor or recipient with the Iowa Deer Exchange.

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December 2, 2025
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Whitetail buck standing among trees looking back over his left shoulder.
Hunting
Chronic Wasting Disease
News - Featured
News Release

Deer gun seasons important for chronic wasting disease sample collection

The Iowa DNR will be partnering with Iowa deer hunters to collect tissue samples to monitor for chronic wasting disease during the upcoming gun seasons.

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December 2, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Hunting
News - Featured
News Release

Safety first, during the gun deer seasons

For an expected 100,000-plus deer hunters, the long wait is almost over, Iowa’s gun deer seasons are right around the corner.

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December 2, 2025
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Whitetailed deer in snowy underbrush.
Wildlife - Trapping
Hunting
News Release

Furbearer season preview

Iowa’s furbearer season begins November 1, and state wildlife experts say most species populations are in good shape.

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October 28, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
News - Featured
Fishing
Wildlife
Hunting
News Release

West Swan Lake emerges from restoration project in a great place

West Swan Lake doesn’t much resemble itself from 2019 – before the work began to improve the water quality on the 925-acre shallow lake.

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October 28, 2025
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West Swan Lake is part of a string of lakes and marshes stretching through the middle of Emmet County.
Hunting
Safety
News Release

Iowa's archery, early muzzleloader seasons are underway

Iowa’s archery deer season began October 1. Hunters have been out in their tree stands and as of Tuesday morning, reported harvesting more than 5,000 deer.

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October 14, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Wildlife Management Areas
Hunting
Fishing
News Release

Outdoor options aplenty at Shell Rock Bend

Shell Rock Bend Wildlife Area, on the Butler-Bremer County line, offers great hunting for turkeys and deer, plus walleye and smallmouth bass fishing.

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October 7, 2025
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Oaks that were replanted to recreate a savanna.
Hunting
News Release

Squirrel hunter dies after accidental shooting in Washington County

BRIGHTON, Iowa - A 17-year-old squirrel hunter has died from injuries sustained in an accidental shooting by another hunter in rural Brighton.

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September 29, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Hunting
Wildlife Management Areas
News Release

Riverton Wildlife Area wetland pumping delayed due to FEMA repairs

Riverton, Iowa - Significant portions of the pumped wetland at the Riverton Wildlife Management Area, near Riverton, are currently dry until project completion.

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September 4, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Hunting
News Release

Course on chronic wasting disease set for September in Black Hawk and Marshall counties

Chronic Wasting Disease Ambassadors is a collaborative education program between the Iowa DNR and Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach.

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August 18, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Boating
Hunting
Fishing
News Release

Show your support for the outdoors while enjoying a day at the ballpark

Join the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the Iowa Cubs, for Outdoors Day with the Iowa Cubs, on May 30, 2025.

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May 20, 2025
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DNR Logo, white text on green circle.
Hunting
Wildlife - Turkey
News Release

DNR to present proposed Western Iowa deer hunting regulations at meetings in Denison, Hinton and Sioux Center

The Iowa DNR will be presenting new proposed deer hunting regulations for portions of Western Iowa May 19, May 20, and May 21st.

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April 30, 2025
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A simple image of a microphone at the front of a busy conference room.

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