Holiday Related Range Closures:
January 1st (New Year's Day), Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, July 4th (Independence Day), Labor Day,Thanksgiving Day, December 24th (Christmas Eve), December 25th (Christmas Day), and December 31 (New Year's Eve).
Banner Shooting Complex 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, and 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.
Bays Branch Shooting Range (Guthrie County) - PERMANENTLY CLOSED - AUGUST 1, 2023
Bays Branch Shooting Range has been permanently closed due to ongoing illegal and unsafe activities. Recreational target shooters and hunters wishing to sight in their firearms are encouraged to check out the interactive state-wide range map at www.iowadnr.gov/ranges to find other public and private shooting ranges across the state.
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 park's northern section. It can be reached by taking 250th from County Road P-73, then turning 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 Complex (Polk County)
11652 NW Nissen Drive, Polk City, IA 50226
Range Office: 515-795-4000
Hours of Operation
*Last check-in will be ½ hour before close
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Closed
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Closed
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March 1- Oct. 31
11am - 5pm
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Nov. 1 - Feb. 28/29
11am - 4pm
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March 1- Oct. 31
9am - 5pm
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Nov. 1 - Feb. 28/29
9am - 4pm
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Holiday Related Range Closures:
January 1st (New Year's Day), Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, July 4th (Independence Day), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, December 24th (Christmas Eve), December 25th (Christmas Day), and December 31 (New Year's Eve).
Butch Olofson Shooting Complex 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 a static archery range for sighting in and a walking archery course available. The range is staffed with professional certified range safety officers during all operating hours.
Hawkeye Wildlife Shooting Range (Johnson County)
2200 Amana Rd NW, Swisher, Iowa 52338
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
F20 (Amana Road NW) Bridge to close Feb 19 - A bridge replacement project over Swisher Creek in Johnson County, will close a portion of Amana Road NW (County Road F20) from Cou Falls Road NW to about 900 feet west of Cou Falls Road NW through August 2024, weather permitting. For updates on this project, visit the Johnson County Secondary Roads Department, Road Construction Updates.
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. This range provides a shotgun and an archery range. The archery range is complete with a tower and targets at 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 yards. Targets are for arrows with field points only; no broadheads are allowed on targets. At this range, there are also 12 stations to shoot clay targets. Visitors must bring their own throwers and clay targets. Please pick up any spent shotgun hulls and boxes and carry them with you.
Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area
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 ensure 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
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
Oyens Shooting Range (Plymouth County)
13594 Kk64, 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 ensure 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)
Princeton Shooting Range will be permanently closed on December 2, 2024. At that time, recreational shooting will no longer be allowed, and the area will be restored and open to public hunting. Those looking for a place to shoot are encouraged to visit Cody Shooting Complex (approximately 8 miles west) opening December 2024 or check out the interactive shooting range map above to locate other potential options.
286th Avenue, Princeton, Iowa 52768
Hours: Open daily, sunrise to sunset.
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
Spring Run Shooting Range (Dickinson County)
1776 272nd Ave, Spirit Lake, IA
Visitors should shoot from the benches and through the tubes located on each firing line to ensure 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 Wildlife Management Area