DNR News Releases

Iowa DNR, Pheasants Forever: Partners for decades to expand wildlife habitat

1/22/2025 7:48:00 AM
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The farm crisis of the 1980s fundamentally changed the Midwest in multiple ways, as did the large-scale loss of habitat on farm land leading up to it, which was the circumstance that ultimately created Pheasants Forever (PF) in St. Paul, Minn., in 1982.

Pheasant hunters bagged 375,000 roosters in 2021, nesting outlook predicts another good hunting season

6/21/2022 12:55:00 PM
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Survey results confirmed what Iowa pheasant hunters already knew – pheasant hunting last fall was really good. In fact, it was the best in more than a decade. Iowa hunters bagged an estimated 375,000 roosters in 2021, the most since 2008.

Badger Creek Wildlife Area - Popular hunting and fishing spot west of the Des Moines metro benefiting from change to prairie

5/25/2021 12:02:00 PM
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Van Meter, Iowa - A steady stream of people found their way to Badger Creek a few years ago, not for the quality fishing or to hunt pheasants or ducks, but for the food plot planted and managed for the mourning dove season. They were here for the sunflowers.

Hunting pheasants is the topic of upcoming Learn to Hunt workshops

10/8/2019 11:48:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering Learn to Hunt Opportunities and Mentored Hunts around the state.

Food Plots for Pheasants and Quail Provide Needed Shelter

4/12/2016 7:35:00 AM
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Boone – Each winter, food plots of corn, sorghum, or other grains are used by all kinds of wildlife for survival.

Hook and Hunt University at Pheasants Forever State Convention

1/12/2016 10:19:00 AM
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Efforts to create the next generation of Iowa hunters will be the focus of the Hook and Hunt University during Iowa Pheasants Forever state convention, Jan. 29-30, at the Prairie Meadows Hotel and Casino in Altoona.