2022 hunting, fishing license sales

In 2022, Iowa residents purchased…

Fishing

  • 195,263 annual licenses
  • 8,620 lifetime fishing licenses
  • 14,592 three-year licenses
  • 1,013 seven-day licenses
  • 2,769 one-day licenses
  • 42,728 trout fees
  • 232 paddlefish licenses
  • 17,945 third line licenses (resident and nonresident combined)
  • 40,387 fishing, hunting and habitat combination licenses

Hunting

  • 39,414 annual licenses
  • 56,398 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses
  • 3,243 lifetime hunting licenses
  • 4,368 hunting and habitat three-year licenses
  • 1,274 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
  • 24,498 migratory game bird licenses
  • 39,307 habitat fees
  • 13,688 furharvester annual licenses age 16 and older
  • 544 furharvester annual licenses age 15 and younger
  • 513 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses
  • 354 lifetime furharvester licenses

Large Game

Deer

  • 12,551 youth general deer, 1,050 antlerless deer licenses
  • 267 disabled hunter general deer, 31 antlerless deer licenses
  • 54,285 archery general deer, 21,829 antlerless deer licenses
  • 6,796 early muzzleloader general deer, 1,463 antlerless deer licenses
  • 44,492 first shotgun general deer, 17,278 antlerless deer licenses
  • 47,420 second shotgun general deer, 18,602 antlerless deer licenses
  • 19,642 late muzzleloader general deer, 9,995 antlerless deer licenses

Turkey

  • 5,507 spring bow licenses
  • 16,209 spring gun/bow licenses seasons 1-3
  • 17,792 spring gun/bow licenses season 4
  • 5,841 spring youth gun/bow licenses
  • 2,320 fall gun/bow
  • 1,776 fall bow

Landowner-Tenant

Deer

  • 61 youth general deer licenses, 52 antlerless deer licenses
  • 5,132 archery general deer licenses, 5,044 antlerless deer licenses
  • 1,099 early muzzleloader general deer licenses, 939 antlerless deer licenses
  • 22,888 first and second shotgun season general deer licenses, 19,341 antlerless deer licenses
  • 2,216 late muzzleloader general deer licenses, 3,678 antlerless deer licenses

Turkey

  • 2,022 spring gun/bow season 1-3
  • 2,345 spring gun/bow season 4
  • 815 bow licenses
  • 41 youth licenses
  • 2,535 fall gun/bow
  • 993 fall bow

In 2022, nonresidents purchased…

Fishing

  • 25,244 annual licenses
  • 2,618 seven-day licenses
  • 11,154 three-day licenses
  • 13,619 one-day licenses
  • 6,942 trout fees
  • 46 paddlefish licenses

Hunting

  • 6,344 annual licenses age 18 and older
  • 13,249 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses age 18 and older
  • 4,451 five-day licenses
  • 1,896 five-day hunting and habitat combination
  • 13,149 habitat fees
  • 3,878 migratory game bird fees
  • 767 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
  • 78 furharvester annual licenses
  • 35 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses