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Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

• 8/20/2024 3:34:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.

Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

• 8/29/2023 2:11:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.

Duck season begins Oct. 1 in Iowa’s north zone

• 9/30/2022 2:31:00 PM
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Waterfowlers have waited all year for this: for the next three weekends in Iowa, there will be an opening day for duck and goose hunting. The north zone opens on Oct. 1, the central zone opens on Oct. 8 and the south zone opens on Oct. 15. Each zone is open seven days, then close for seven days, before re-opening.

Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

• 8/16/2022 1:17:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for dove hunting for beginner’s webinar

• 6/14/2022 2:30:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook mourning doves to individuals who have little to no dove hunting experience.

Iowa’s dove hunting season begins Sept. 1

• 8/17/2021 11:37:00 AM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for dove hunting and wingshooting workshop series

• 7/13/2021 1:20:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a program to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook mourning doves to individuals who have little to no dove hunting experience.

Pheasant, quail, rabbit, dove and partridge harvest all down in 2019

• 8/25/2020 1:21:00 PM
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Pheasant hunters harvested nearly 284,000 roosters in Iowa during the 2019 season, which was the second highest harvest in the last decade. In 2018, hunters harvested an estimated 320,000 roosters.

Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

• 8/25/2020 1:17:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.

Learn to Hunt program opens registration for virtual dove hunting workshop

• 7/28/2020 12:38:00 PM
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a free virtual workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook mourning dove to individuals who have little to no dove hunting experience.

Iowa’s dove season begins Sept. 1

• 8/20/2019 12:18:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower and wheat fields will be popular places on Sept. 1, when thousands of hunters slip into the standing flowers and field edges in the early morning darkness for the opening day of dove hunting season.

Pheasant, quail, rabbit, dove and partridge harvest all increased in 2018

• 8/13/2019 4:05:00 PM
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Pheasant hunters’ harvested nearly 320,000 roosters in Iowa during the 2018 season, which was the highest harvest total since 2008. In 2017, hunters harvested an estimated 221,000 roosters.

DNR investigated Clinton County manure spill Saturday

• 12/17/2018 8:24:00 PM
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WASHINGTON – Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, DNR responded to a complaint of discolored water in an unnamed tributary of Elk Creek about three miles southeast of Andover in Clinton County.

Dove season opens Sept. 1

• 8/21/2018 12:39:00 PM
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In a few days, hunters will be tucking into the edge of sunflowers and wheat fields awaiting the arrival of the most popular game bird in the country. Iowa’s dove season begins September 1.

Get ready for a successful dove season

• 8/30/2017 10:26:00 AM
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Iowa's dove season opens on Sept. 1, a week from today. Doves provide a lot of excitement for hunters of all skill levels and are a great way to bring in new or young hunters.

Iowa’s dove hunting season opens statewide September 1

• 8/15/2017 12:02:00 PM
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Iowa’s dove hunting season is just around the corner and hunters getting ready to pursue the country’s most popular game bird are encouraged to visit the areas they plan to hunt before opening day. 

Red Rock’s wild side

• 7/3/2017 11:23:00 AM
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The evidence was easy to see that hunters had found the recently mowed 10-acre sunflower field at the Red Rock Wildlife Area on the first day of dove season – 25-30 vehicles were parked along the road whose drivers had abandoned their bucket seats for real buckets set few rows deep in the remaining sunflowers waiting for the nation’s most popular game bird to come rocketing through.

Six Tips for a Successful Dove Season

• 9/20/2016 10:15:00 AM
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Whether this is your first dove season or you're a seasoned veteran, be sure to brush up on these basics of hunting doves in Iowa.

Flooding Impacts Aldo Leopold Wildlife Area Ahead of Dove Hunting Season

• 8/30/2016 1:53:00 PM
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The 1,350-acre Aldo Leopold Wildlife Area in southeast Bremer County has experienced significant flooding from storms that rolled through northeast Iowa last week. The area is popular with dove hunters and with the season opening on Thursday, hunters who were planning to hunt the area are advised to scout it again before heading out.

Dove Hunting in Iowa Opens September 1

• 8/22/2016 1:18:00 PM
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Iowa's sunflower fields will be a little busier this fall as hunters take part in the dove hunting season starting Sept. 1. Dove hunting is a great way to introduce young or new hunters to the sport since weather is nice and hunting requires only simple equipment.

Dove Season Begins September 1

• 8/16/2016 1:47:00 PM
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Iowa’s sunflower fields will be busy places over the next few weeks as doves begin to gather for migration and rows of sunflowers get mowed in preparation for the opening of dove hunting season. 

Commission Approves Iowa Migratory Game Bird Seasons

• 4/19/2016 7:51:00 AM
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The 2016-17 migratory game bird seasons were approved Thursday by the Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

6 Ways to Celebrate Iowa Hunting and Fishing Day

• 9/18/2015 12:00:00 PM
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Many Iowans love to share their passion for hunting and fishing with family and friends, while making memories of time spent outdoors.

Sun Rises on the 2015 Dove Opener

• 9/1/2015 12:00:00 PM
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The first shot came 18 minutes into the season and was quickly followed by others from the 10 or so hunters at the Kellerton Wildlife Area in Ringgold County. After a few hours of hunting – and hundreds of empty shells - this group of friends was well on their way to filling their limit.