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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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Hunting
Hunting - Deer
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.

Display Date
April 30, 2025
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Hunting
Hunting - Deer
News Release

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for Field To Fork Deer Hunting Program

Iowa DNR is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook deer to individuals with little to no archery hunting experience.

Display Date
April 1, 2025
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Hunter walking a field in the fall.
Hunting
News Release

DNR sets public meetings to recap hunting, trapping seasons, discuss possible rule changes, 2/11/2025

The Iowa DNR is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings to provide updates on a variety of subjects including hunting and trapping rules and regulations.

Display Date
February 11, 2025
Hunting
News Release

DNR sets public meetings to recap hunting, trapping seasons, discuss possible rule changes, 2/11/2025

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff will provide updates on recently completed hunt

Display Date
February 11, 2025
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A simple image of a microphone at the front of a busy conference room.
Hunting
News Release

Kunch family donation becomes popular hunting spot

TOLEDO, Iowa - George and Virginia Kunch left a legacy when they donated their 162-acre family farm in Tama County to the people of Iowa, in 2005.

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August 23, 2024
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Hunting
News Release

1,600 acres along Missouri River transferred to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Roughly 1,600 acres of land along the Missouri River in Woodbury County is being transferred from the U.S.

Display Date
July 25, 2024
Iowa's Wildlife
Hunting
News Release

Habitat diversity draws bird watchers, hunters to Copeland Bend

Forty miles south of Council Bluffs on the Missouri River is the 3,500-plus-acre Copeland Bend Wildlife Area.

Display Date
July 16, 2024
Hunting
Public Meeting or Comments

DNR seeks public input on wildlife administrative rule revisions

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for Iowa wildlife and related programs.

Display Date
July 10, 2024
Vol Wildlife Monitoring
Hunting
News Release

Iowans encouraged to report wild turkey sightings in July and August

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for help with its annual wild turkey production survey.

Display Date
June 25, 2024
Hunting
News Release

Changes to note ahead of Iowa's hunting seasons

Hunters will notice a few regulation changes for the upcoming 2024-2025 hunting seasons, potentially effecting deer hunters, waterfowl hunters and furharvesters

Display Date
June 24, 2024
Hunting
Archery

Annual state auction is live online until April 24

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources annual spring auction is being held online until April 24.

Display Date
April 9, 2024
Hunting
News Release

As other seasons close, hunters turn attention to coyotes

Coyote hunting moves to center stage for an estimated 10,000 hunters, after most of Iowa’s other hunting seasons have now closed.

Display Date
February 6, 2024
Wildlife and Trapping
Hunting
Public Meeting or Comments

DNR sets public meetings to recap hunting, trapping seasons, discuss possible rule changes, 1/30/2024

The Iowa DNR is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff will provide updates on recently completed hunting and trapping seasons.

Display Date
January 30, 2024
Hunting
Hunting - Deer
Hunter Education

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for Field To Fork deer hunting program

The Iowa DNR is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer.

Display Date
January 16, 2024

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