The National Wild Turkey Federation’s Iowa State Chapter continues to make public hunting access a priority, having already contributed $72,000 toward the purchase of 812 acres of land in the Hawkeye State in 2008.   Most recently in Iowa, NWTF volunteers helped purchase land that will be used for public hunting as part of four existing conservation areas in Allamekee, Buchanan, Woodbury and Webster counties. The NWTF, with help from project partners, purchased land to expand public hunting land in the Lansing Wildlife Management Area, along the Wapsipinicon River, in the Oak Ridge Conservation Area and in the Boone Forks WMA.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed continuation of liberal hunting regulations for the upcoming 2007-2008 late waterfowl seasons due to improved habitat conditions and waterfowl population estimates. Duck hunting season lengths will be 60 days in both the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways, 74 days in the Central Flyway, and 107 days in the Pacific Flyway.

Iowa pheasant hunters could see variable bird numbers this fall, thanks to different weather patterns across Iowa.

KEOKUK - Tens of thousands of migrating lesser scaup ducks have arrived on Mississippi River Pool 19.

DES MOINES - Spring turkey hunting season is right around the corner and many hunters are primed to head into the woods to pursue this most elusive quarry.

Freed from their five month entombment beneath ice and snow, Iowa wetlands are returning to life.

The Iowa DNR was informed by the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames that none of the 4,232 Iowa whitetail deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) by the lab during the 2006-07 season showed any signs of the disease.

Like other states in the midwest Iowa produces some outstanding white-tailed deer.

One of the questions I am frequently asked is, "How many deer are there in Iowa?" Although I usually produce an answer, often I can tell that my response leaves the questioner with more questions than answers. I believe this is because I try to answer in 1 or 2 sentences when this question really deserves a couple of pages. So here is the detailed version of "How many deer are there?" 

Winter wants to hang on, with snow flurries and morning temperatures in the 30s. There's no better evidence of spring, though, than Opening Day of Iowa's first turkey season.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were reported to be quite abundant when white settlers arrived in Iowa in the early 1800's. Although the clearing and cultivating of land for agriculture may have initially improved the suitability of the landscape for deer, uncontrolled exploitation for food and hides rapidly reduced deer numbers.

IOWA 2007-2008 HUNTING & TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS