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2024 hunting, fishing license sales - by the numbers

  • 1/22/2025 7:46:00 AM
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In 2024, Iowa residents purchased:

  • 32,021 fishing, hunting and habitat combination licenses

Fishing

  • 195,615 annual licenses
  • 8,741 lifetime fishing licenses
  • 16,110 three-year licenses
  • 1,086 seven-day licenses
  • 3,195 one-day licenses
  • 43,710 trout fees
  • 170 paddlefish licenses
  • 18,790 third-line licenses (resident and nonresident combined)

Hunting

  • 40,439 annual licenses
  • 50,252 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses
  • 3,642 lifetime hunting licenses
  • 6,673 hunting and habitat three-year licenses
  • 905 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
  • 25,177 migratory game bird licenses
  • 40,465 habitat fees
  • 13,605 furharvester annual licenses age 16 and older
  • 387 furharvester annual licenses age 15 and younger
  • 422 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses
  • 398 lifetime furharvester licenses

Large Game

Deer

  • 13,287 youth general deer, 1,309 antlerless deer licenses
  • 279 disabled hunter general deer, 49 antlerless deer licenses
  • 53,035 archery general deer, 20,591 antlerless deer licenses
  • 5,767 early muzzleloader general deer, 1,271 antlerless deer licenses
  • 41,704 first shotgun general deer, 16,358 antlerless deer licenses
  • 44,170 second shotgun general deer, 17,262 antlerless deer licenses
  • 17,306 late muzzleloader general deer, 8,467 antlerless deer licenses

Turkey

  • 5,438 spring bow licenses
  • 18,798 spring gun/bow licenses seasons 1-3
  • 18,468 spring gun/bow licenses season 4
  • 6,456 spring youth gun/bow licenses
  • 2,268 fall gun/bow
  • 1,707 fall bow

Landowner-Tenant- Deer

  • 48 youth general deer licenses, 48 antlerless deer licenses
  • 30,734 free general deer, 20,227 free antlerless
  • 1,887 archery general deer licenses, 1,895 antlerless deer licenses
  • 413 early muzzleloader general deer licenses, 415 antlerless deer licenses
  • 6,051 first- and second-gun seasons general deer licenses, 6,056 antlerless deer licenses
  • 1,362 late muzzleloader general deer licenses, 1,358 antlerless deer licenses

Landowner-Tenant-Turkey

  • 2,243 spring gun/bow season 1-3
  • 2,386 spring gun/bow season 4
  • 885 bow licenses
  • 30 youth licenses
  • 2,705 fall gun/bow
  • 894 fall bow

In 2024, nonresidents purchased:

Fishing

  • 27,154 annual licenses
  • 2,417 seven-day licenses
  • 11,761 three-day licenses
  • 16,724 one-day licenses
  • 7,730 trout fees
  • 31 paddlefish licenses

Hunting

  • 6,045 annual licenses age 18 and older
  • 14,969 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses age 18 and older
  • 4,715 five-day licenses
  • 2,074 five-day hunting and habitat combination
  • 13,069 habitat fees
  • 3,726 migratory game bird fees
  • 367 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
  • 129 furharvester annual licenses
  • 56 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses

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