Collegiate trap, skeet, sporting clays, and super sporting clays state championship results 10/22/2024 12:40:00 PM View Count 5084 Athletes from nine Iowa colleges competed in the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, and Super Sporting Clays, Oct. 19-20, at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.
Pella Wildlife Area to be closed for mine reclamation work 9/26/2024 1:39:00 PM View Count 4980 PELLA, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will begin a project to restore a 165-acre portion of the Pella Wildlife Area that was previously used as a strip mine, starting Oct. 1.
Migratory bird hunters reminded to register for the Harvest Information Program (HIP) every year 9/24/2024 2:44:00 PM View Count 5249 All hunters who pursue migratory game birds are required to register for Harvest Information Program (HIP).
Iowa’s Scholastic Action Shooting Program crowns youth rifle & pistol champions 6/25/2024 12:23:00 PM View Count 2675 The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) held the Iowa State Championship match June 22-23, at the Olofson Shooting Range, near Polk City.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program skeet championships 6/25/2024 12:20:00 PM View Count 2639 342 athletes from 36 Iowa teams participated in the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 20-23 at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions 6/19/2024 10:38:00 AM View Count 2566 Athletes from 36 Iowa teams participated in the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships held June 13-15 at Black Oak Clays near Pella. The course was set by Dave Koch of Little Fox River Sporting Clays in Missouri.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program hosts largest youth trap shooting championship in Iowa 6/11/2024 2:26:00 PM View Count 2860 Athletes from 120 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, June 3-9 for the 2024 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship.
Double Skeet State Championship Results 5/28/2024 2:28:00 PM View Count 2781 82 athletes competed for the Double Skeet state championship at Mahaska County Izaak Walton League, on May 25, 2024.
Shooting sports athletes converge on Cedar Falls for Iowa’s largest trap shoot 5/28/2024 2:20:00 PM View Count 3263 Nearly 3,100 Iowa shooting sports athletes from grade school through high school will shoot 780,000 targets during the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Trap Championships, June 3-9, in Cedar Falls.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns international skeet and international bunker trap champions 5/21/2024 3:41:00 PM View Count 2699 The Scholastic Clay Target Program held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap on May 18-19.
Iowa’s state shooting sports championship events begin May 18 5/14/2024 12:30:00 PM View Count 2231 Iowa’s state shooting sports season is here, where thousands of student athletes from elementary to high school and colleges across the state compete in seven shooting sports championship events over the next several weeks, for the chance to earn scholarships, prizes and more.
Manchester Fish Hatchery staff selected for Stream Stewardship Award 5/14/2024 12:23:00 PM View Count 2052 Iowa DNR Manchester Fish Hatchery staff Dan Rosauer, Aaron Schwartzhoff, Eric Bailey and Garald Rivers were recently honored by the Iowa Driftless Chapter of Trout Unlimited with their Stream Stewardship Award.
Landowners invited to Women’s Woodland Stewardship Network events in Amana, Fairfield 4/30/2024 11:46:00 AM View Count 1698 The Women’s Woodland Stewardship Network is hosting two events in May for women who are landowners.
Outdoor Notes 1/2/2024 12:01:00 PM View Count 3415 Hunting seasons will begin closing soon in early January. Pheasant, archery turkey and deer seasons, and late muzzleloader deer season close on Jan. 10. Goose seasons start closing first in the north zone on Jan. 13, followed by the central zone on Jan. 20, and the south zone on Jan. 27.
Open house to discuss Barber Creek and Wapsi Wildlife Areas forest wildlife stewardship plans 8/28/2023 9:43:00 PM View Count 2595 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold an open house on Sept. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Clinton County Conservation Board office.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program Skeet Championships 6/27/2023 4:46:00 PM View Count 3011 More than 300 athletes from 37 Iowa teams participated in the 2023 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 22-25 at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions 6/20/2023 2:39:00 PM View Count 3153 Athletes from 33 Iowa teams participated in the 2023 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships, June 15-17, at Black Oak Clays, near Pella.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program hosts largest youth trap shooting championship in Iowa 6/13/2023 1:07:00 PM View Count 2900 Athletes from 123 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds north of Cedar Falls June 6-11 for the 2023 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns international skeet and international bunker trap champions 5/23/2023 1:34:00 PM View Count 2809 The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) held championship events for International Skeet and International Bunker Trap on May 20-21.
DNR to host open house to discuss Boone Forks Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan 3/7/2023 12:19:00 PM View Count 2749 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on March 23, beginning at 6 p.m., at the Hamilton County Conservation Board, 2490 Briggs Woods Trail, south of Webster City, to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan at the Boone Forks Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
DNR Virtual Public Meeting for Fawn Hollow Feedlot Nutrient Management Plan 12/15/2022 1:39:00 PM View Count 9860 Des Moines — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a virtual public meeting on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 1:00 pm to gather public comment on the Fawn Hollow Feedlot Nutrient Management Plan (NMP).
State champions named in collegiate trap, skeet, sporting clays, and super sporting clays 11/15/2022 11:53:00 AM View Count 5343 The 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships was held at Waukee’s New Pioneer Gun Club, Nov. 12-13, that featured 182 athletes from 17 Iowa colleges competing in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays and Super Sporting Clays.
Iowa’s top collegiate athletes in shooting to converge at championship competition 11/8/2022 4:00:00 PM View Count 3955 More than 200 athletes from 15 Iowa colleges and universities will participate in the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays and Super Sporting Clays. Many of these athletes have been shooting in the SCTP since middle school or high school and have been able to continue competing at the collegiate level.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program Skeet Championships 7/5/2022 1:28:00 PM View Count 3560 More than 250 athletes from 28 Iowa teams participated in the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 23-26 at the New Pioneer Gun Club, in Waukee.
Shooting sports athletes converge on Cedar Falls for Iowa’s largest trap shoot 6/7/2022 2:01:00 PM View Count 2991 Nearly 3,100 Iowa shooting sports athletes from grade school through high school will shoot more than 770,000 targets during the 2022 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Trap Championships, June 7-12, in Cedar Falls.
Scholastic Action Shooting Program State Championship brings out some of the nation’s fastest shooters 6/7/2022 1:58:00 PM View Count 2051 More than 90 athletes ranging from grade school through high school competed in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program Iowa State Championship match, June 4 and 5, at the Olofson Shooting Range, near Polk City.
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan open house rescheduled for April 18 in Corydon 3/24/2022 1:53:00 PM View Count 1268 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on April 18, at 6 p.m. at the Wayne County Iowa State University Extension office, 220 East Jefferson Street, Suite 1, in Corydon, to discuss the history of the Wolf Hollow Wildlife Area and the proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan developed specifically for the area.
Spring snow goose hunting season open through May 1 3/8/2022 1:40:00 PM View Count 5668 The snow goose migration is underway and with it, the opportunity for waterfowl hunters to participate in the special conservation order allowing hunting of light geese in Iowa through May 1.
Outdoor Notes 12/28/2021 1:15:00 PM View Count 1971 Hunting seasons will begin closing in early January. Pheasant, archery turkey and deer seasons, and late muzzleloader deer season close on Jan. 10.
DNR to host open house to discuss Loess Hills Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan 11/23/2021 2:30:00 PM View Count 1635 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on Dec. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Turin Community Center, at 310 Hwy 175, in Turin, to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan at the Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns collegiate skeet and sporting clays champions 11/16/2021 2:43:00 PM View Count 2045 Iowa’s 4 yr Collegiate Scholastic Clay Target Teams competed this past weekend in a four discipline competition: American trap, skeet, sporting clays, and super sporting. William Penn Shotgun Sports won the sporting clays and skeet team championships, while the Wartburg Knights won the trap and super sporting team championships.
Open house to discuss Ram Hollow Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan 10/22/2021 2:10:00 PM View Count 1667 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on Nov. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Colesburg Community Center, 220 Jackson St., in Colesburg, to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan for the area.
Open house to discuss Sunken Grove Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan 9/23/2021 9:16:00 AM View Count 2085 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on Oct 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the scenic overlook of the Sunken Grove Wildlife Area, to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan for the area
Open house to discuss Augusta Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan 8/5/2021 2:00:00 PM View Count 1639 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on August 18, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Cottonwood Loop shelter house of the Welter Recreation Area, to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan at the Augusta Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions 6/29/2021 1:25:00 PM View Count 1812 252 athletes from 30 Iowa teams participated in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 24-27 at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions 6/23/2021 7:07:00 AM View Count 1954 Athletes from 27 Iowa teams participated in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships held June 18-20 at Highland Hideaway Hunting near Riverside.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program hosts largest youth trap shooting championship in Iowa 6/23/2021 7:03:00 AM View Count 2062 Athletes from 113 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Home Grounds north of Cedar Falls for the 2021 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship held June 8-13. More than 2,600 athletes from 4th grade through high school competed in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap.
Scholastic Action Shooting Program prepares for State Championship competition 6/1/2021 12:33:00 PM View Count 2485 The Scholastic Action Shooting Program will hold their Iowa State Championship match on June 5 and 6, at the Olofson Shooting Range, near Polk City. More than 80 athletes ranging from grade school through high school will compete.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns brother and sister as International Bunker Trap Champions 5/25/2021 11:59:00 AM View Count 3266 A brother and sister from the Wilton Trap Team dominated the Scholastic Clay Target Program’s International Bunker Trap Championship held this past weekend at AVAD Hunt Club, near Coon Rapids.
Lake Macbride State Park to host meeting recapping the derecho salvage timber sale 5/18/2021 1:54:00 PM View Count 2521 SOLON - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a virtual public meeting on May 26, at 7 p.m., to discuss the sale of 58 hardwood logs salvaged from trees at Lake Macbride State Park damaged from the August 2020 derecho.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns collegiate trap shooting champions 4/20/2021 3:27:00 PM View Count 2701 Iowa’s community colleges dominated the 2021 Collegiate Trap Shooting Championship this past weekend.
Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns collegiate skeet and sporting clays champions 4/13/2021 1:16:00 PM View Count 2729 William Penn and Iowa Central Community College dominated the 2021 Collegiate Skeet and Sporting Clays Championships this past weekend. William Penn took home first place team in Sporting Clays and second place team in skeet, while Iowa Central took first in skeet and second in sporting clays.
Iowa’s top collegiate athletes in shooting to converge at championship competition 4/6/2021 12:38:00 PM View Count 3148 Over the next two weeks, more than 150 athletes from 15 Iowa colleges and universities will participate in the 2021 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Collegiate Championships in Skeet, Sporting Clays and Trap. Many of these athletes have been shooting in the SCTP since middle school or high school and have been continued competing at the collegiate level.
Public Meeting scheduled for timber sale at Lake Wapello State Park 10/13/2020 12:49:00 PM View Count 2086 DRAKESVILLE, Iowa -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will hold a public meeting on October 28, 2020 at 5:00pm at the Lake Wapello State Park Lodge, next to the beach area.
Forest wildlife stewardship plan for Tyrone Wildlife Area topic of Oct. 13 virtual public meeting 9/29/2020 2:19:00 PM View Count 2342 RUSSELL, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a virtual meeting on Oct. 13, beginning at 6 p.m., to discuss the recently completed forest wildlife stewardship plan for the Tyrone Wildlife Area.