Nonresident Hunting

- Report Your Harvest Online, call 800-771-4692 -
or text your registration number to 1-800-771-4692 and follow prompts

Iowa's Hunting Regulations

This is not a complete set of hunting and trapping laws but contains the information you are most likely to need to safely participate in these outdoor activities.

  2024/25 Iowa Hunting, Trapping, and Migratory Game Bird Regulations [PDF]   2024/25 Hunting Seasons and Limits, Card [PDF]   2024/25 Migratory Game Bird Seasons and Limits, Card [PDF]   Waterfowl Hunting Map Book [PDF]   Wildlife Refuges [PDF]
  Proposed 2024-25 County Antlerless Quota Changes [PDF]   Waterfowl Hunting Zones - South Zone Callout Map [PDF]   Chronic Wasting Disease, Hunter Guide [PDF]

Plan Your Trip
- Interactive Hunting Atlas -

Hunter Education / Safety
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Nonresident Deer and Turkey Information

  Nonresident Deer Hunting - Application Guide [PDF]   Nonresident Deer Hunting - Zone Map [PDF]   Application for Eligibility for a Severely Disabled Deer Hunting License [PDF]   Nonresident Landowner Application / Affidavit Form [PDF]   Nonresident Deer Draw Statistics [PDF]

  Nonresident Turkey Hunting - Application Guide [PDF]   Nonresident Turkey Hunting - Zone Map [PDF]

  Left Over Quota Licenses   Iowa DNR's Hunting Atlas - Interactive map of public hunting lands.

Annual Information

+2024 Non Resident Deer Draw

Customers should have received an email from the DNR about the status of their nonresident deer application on Friday, June 14, 2024. Customers may also check their status by logging into their www.GoOutdoorsIowa.com account.

 

• Hunting & Fishing Licensing

• Purchase and view / print your licenses & permits
• Submit harvest reports and check quotas
• View and Manage Your Customer Account

 

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Hunting Applications

For special Nonresident Deer license applications such as a Crossbow permit, application to hunt the Severely Disabled season or other related applications, please visit our listing found on our Hunting Licenses & Laws, Special License Applications page.

Hunting News

• Iowa’s Doolittle Prairie is one of the most diverse places in the state
• Natural Resource Commission to meet Nov. 14 in Des Moines
• Iowa’s furbearer season begins Nov. 2
• Paddling, hiking, hunting - even fishing a secluded trout stream - Turkey River Wildlife Area has a lot to offer
• Collegiate trap, skeet, sporting clays, and super sporting clays state championship results
• Hanlontown Slough’s mix of prairie and wetlands attracts wildlife and hunters to Worth County

• More DNR News Releases >>