With regular gun seasons over, deer hunting shifts to late season mode 12/23/2024 11:49:00 AM View Count 421 With the two regular gun seasons now in the books, Iowa’s deer hunting shifts to a more solitary endeavor with the opening of the late muzzleloader season and the reopening of the archery season.
Doe harvest registry 11/20/2024 1:47:00 PM View Count 3896 Hunters interested in working with farmers to harvest additional does are encouraged to sign up with the Iowa Doe Harvest Registry. The Registry has been a resource that the Iowa DNR has offered to farmers since the mid-2000s, but is now easier to access.
Iowa’s busiest deer seasons are almost here 11/20/2024 1:39:00 PM View Count 4218 Iowa’s most popular deer hunting seasons are just around the corner, when roughly 100,000 hunters take to the timber for the long-awaited gun seasons.
Last chance to hunt deer until fall 1/11/2024 5:02:00 PM View Count 4185 Iowa’s final deer seasons are now open - the Population Management January Antlerless Season and the Excess Tag January Antlerless Season.
With shotgun seasons over, deer hunting shifts to late season mode 12/20/2023 6:41:00 AM View Count 8896 With the two shotgun seasons now in the books, Iowa’s deer hunting shifts to a more solitary endeavor with the opening of the late muzzleloader season and the reopening of the archery season.
Hunters harvest nearly 110,000 deer during 2022-23 season 2/7/2023 8:06:00 PM View Count 9686 Iowa’s 2022 deer harvest increased seven percent over the 2021 season, due, in part to the new Excess Tag January Antlerless Season approved by the Iowa Legislature last spring.
Licenses for excess tag January antlerless season go on sale Jan. 11 1/10/2023 4:19:00 PM View Count 12423 Deer licenses for the excess tag January antlerless season will go on sale beginning at midnight on Jan. 11, for counties with unsold county antlerless licenses.
January antlerless deer season to be held in five Iowa counties 12/20/2021 9:16:00 AM View Count 12186 Iowa hunters have the opportunity to hunt deer in Allamakee, Appanoose, Decatur, Wayne and Winneshiek counties beginning Jan. 11, 2022, after the threshold was met to hold the January antlerless season.
Learn to Hunt program opens registration for virtual shed antler hunting course 1/20/2021 6:40:00 AM View Count 14641 DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a free virtual shed antler hunting course to individuals who have little to no shed antler hunting experience or would like to further improve their current skills.
January antlerless deer season begins Friday in four counties 1/10/2019 8:24:00 AM View Count 8314 The special January antlerless deer season will open in Allamakee, Clayton, Wayne and Appanoose counties this Friday. Of those four counties, only Allamakee County has licenses remaining – the other three have sold out.
Deputy issued citation for unlawful possession of Whitetail deer antlers 11/29/2018 8:14:00 AM View Count 25138 GREENE COUNTY, Iowa -- On November 3, 2018, a DNR Conservation Officer received a call from a man who came upon a scene of a woman who had hit a deer on N Ave. between 185th and 190th streets in Greene County. The man waited for a sheriff’s deputy to arrive. Once the deputy arrived, the man asked the deputy about a salvage tag. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Kirk Hammer declined to issue him a salvage tag.
7 things you may not know about deer antlers 7/18/2018 3:05:00 PM View Count 36411 Let's get right to the point (wait, tine?) and get to the basics of white-tailed deer and their antlers:
Go Shed Antler Hunting 2/13/2015 8:54:00 AM View Count 101648 Whitetail deer have about a two-month shedding period in Iowa, beginning mid-Jan. and ending mid-March. Around Feb. 20 is the best time to start looking for shed antlers.