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WHAT YOU RECEIVE WHEN BUYING A HUNTING, FISHING OR FURHARVESTER LICENSE AND HABITAT FEE

When you buy a hunting, fishing or furharvester license, or pay the habitat, state migratory game bird or trout fee, that money goes to the constitutionally protected Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund that pays for the majority of the fish and wildlife management activities undertaken by the Iowa DNR.

The Iowa DNR had always been protective of the funds collected from license fees when, in 1996, a special Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund amendment was added to the Iowa constitution. The amendment was approved by 850,000 Iowans, representing 88 percent of the vote. It created the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund that protects license fees so they can only be used by the DNR to promote, manage, research and regulate hunting, fishing and trapping in the state.

Trust fund supported activities include restoring habitat, planting food plots and managing wetlands on Iowa's wildlife management areas and private land. These funds are also used to acquire additional public land, pay for shallow lake restorations, improve access, and for law enforcement activities.

Hunters and anglers have been leaders in conservation and your impact is seen across the Iowa landscape. Hunters who pursue wild turkey or deer, trap river otters, or hunt Canada geese have that opportunity today because of funding provided by the Trust Fund in the past.

Thank you for being part of Iowa's conservation tradition.

Kayla Lyon Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS : MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ATTENTION HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS - Give us your thoughts & feedback on your hunting and trapping experiences at the annual public meetings in late winter. Go to hunting for dates, time & locations.

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SEASONS/ QUOTAS

GENERAL REGULATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hunting Seasons and Limits............................... 7 Spring Turkey Hunting........................................ 7 Deer Hunting and Antlerless Quotas.................. 8 Migratory Game Bird Seasons & Limits............. 9 Fall Turkey Hunting.......................................... 10 Furbearer Seasons & Limits............................. 10 Hunting License Requirements ....................... 11 Licenses, Fees and Stamps Required............. 12 License Not Required....................................... 12 Landowner-Tenant General License ............... 13 General Hunting Regulations........................... 14 Upland Game Hunting Information................... 14 Use of CB, Mobile Transmitter, Cell Phone...... 15 Transporting Firearms...................................... 16 Motor Vehicle Restrictions................................ 17 Iowa Refuges................................................... 18 WMAs Requiring Nontoxic Shot....................... 19 Turn-In-Poachers.............................................. 19 Multiple Offender.............................................. 19 Migratory Game Bird Regulations.................... 20 Duck & Goose Zones....................................... 20

General Migratory Hunting Regulations........... 23 Hunting & Trapping Furbearers.......................... 32 Chronic Wasting Disease................................. 34 Deer Hunting Information................................. 36 Prohibited Devices and Activities..................... 37 Legal Method of Take....................................... 38 Hunting Deer, Elk, Moose Out of State............ 39 Deer License Options....................................... 40 Bonus Deer Hunts............................................ 41 Deer Management Zone Hunts........................ 41 Landowner-Tenant Deer Licenses ................... 42 Deer-Turkey Tagging & Harvest Reporting....... 43 HUSH & Iowa Deer Exchange ........................ 45 Fall Wild Turkey Information............................. 46 2022 Resident Spring Turkey Hunting.............. 47 Hunting Shed Antlers........................................ 49 OHV Use and Hunting...................................... 49 Dog Restrictions............................................... 50 Wildlife Office Phone Numbers......................... 52 Conservation Officers....................................... 53

MIGRATORY LANDOWNER GAME BIRDS TENANT

FURBEARERS

DEER

2021 LICENSE & FEES

RESIDENT HUNTING

Hunting 16 years old and older

$22.00

Habitat Fee (Age 16-64)

$15.00

Hunting & Habitat Fee Combo

$35.00

Hunting 3-Year with Habitat Fee

$101.00

Migratory Game Bird Fee

$11.50

Federal Duck Stamp

$29.00

Apprentice (includes hunting & habitat)

$35.00

Furharvester Age 16 & Older

$26.00

Furharvester Under 16

$7.50

Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Fee Combo $55.00

Hunting Preserve

$7.00

Lifetime Hunting (Age 65 & older)

$61.50

Lifetime Furharvester (Age 65 & Older) $61.50

DEER & TURKEY LICENSES

Paid Deer Licenses

General Deer

$33.00

Anterless-only, First License

$28.50

Anterless-only Second & All Others $15.00

Paid Wild Turkey

$28.50

Landowner-Tenant - Farm Unit Only

General Deer

$2.00

Antlerless-only

$2.00

Reduced Fee Antlerless-only

$15.00

Wild Turkey

$1.00

LICENSES are available online at or at any of the retail outlets across the state

NONRESIDENT HUNTING

Nonresident licenses for 2022 are on sale Jan. 1, 2022. 2021 nonresident licenses expire Jan. 10, 2022.

Hunting 18 years & older

$131.00

**Hunting 16 - 18 years old

$32.00

*Hunting 5-day 18 years & older

$77.00

Habitat Fee

$15.00

Hunting & Habitat Fee Combo

18 & Older

$144.00

Migratory Game Bird Fee

$11.50

Federal Duck Stamp

$29.00

*Apprentice (includes hunting & habitat)

$144.00

Furharvester & Habitat Fee Combo

$247.00

*May not be used for deer or turkey hunting.

**Nonresidents under age 16, see p. 12.

DISCLAIMER: Reference in this booklet to any specific commercial product, process, or service, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

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HIGHLIGHTS & CHANGES

FURHARVESTERS n Delaware and Jones counties were added into

the bobcat harvest zone beginning in the 2021-22 furharvest season. See p. 33.

WATERFOWL SEASONS, LIMITS, STAMPS n The Light Goose Conservation Order has been

extended until May 1. See p. 9 n New zone boundaries and season dates will be

implemented in 2021. See p. 20. **MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTERS** n Starting Dec. 15, ALL migratory game bird hunters will be required to register for HIP either through the Go Outdoors Iowa app on their smartphone or through a link at waterfowl. This change is to improve registration accuracy and facilitate license purchasing. See p. 20.

DEER n The buck-only restriction during the first shotgun

season has been removed in Hamilton, Webster, and Wright counties. See p. 8. n Blood tracking dogs for wounded deer, see p. 37.

n The January antlerless-deer-only season has

been conditionally reinstated in Allamakee,

Appanoose, Decatur, Wayne, and Winneshiek

counties only if the number of unsold county

antlerless-deer-only licenses exceeds 100 on

the third Monday in December. See p. 41.

n County antlerless-deer-only license quotas were

increased in 16 counties and decreased in nine

counties for a net increase of 1,250 licenses

statewide. See p. 8.

n This partial list of allowable cartridges has

generated the most questions on legality ? these

calibers are legal options during the youth/dis-

abled and the shotgun seasons. For more infor-

mation, see p. 38.

.35 Whelen

.45 Long Colt

.350 Legend

.45 Raptor

.358 Winchester

.450 Bushmaster

.375 Winchester

.450 Marlin

.40 S&W

.45-70 Govt

.44 Magnum

.460 S&W

.444 Marlin

.500 S&W

You need the resident or nonresident licenses and stamps listed below to hunt or trap in Iowa. All licenses,

fees and stamps must be carried on your person while hunting or trapping. R = Resident NR = Nonresident a= License or fee required Blank = Not required

Type of Hunter

Type of License Required

Under 16 Age 16 - 64 65 and Older Disabled Veteran Apprentice Landowner or Tenant Small Game Waterfowl Turkey Furbearer Deer Military Stationed in Iowa Military Personnel on Leave

Hunting R NR

1

1

aa

2a a

2a a

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3

3,9

aa aa aa

aa aa 8a

Furharvester3,5 R NR

aa aa aa aa

3

3

a

aa

aa aa

Deer R NR

aa aa aa aa a aa

aa aa 8a

Turkey R NR

aa aa aa aa a aa

aa

aa 8a

Habitat Fee6 R NR

aa

a

10

a

aa

9

aa

aa

aa

aa

aa aa

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Fed. Migratory R NR

aa aa aa aa 4a 4a

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Iowa Migratory R NR

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1License not required for youth under 16 if accompanied by a licensed adult (18 years or older). See p. 12. 2Lifetime hunting license available to residents who qualify. Deer and Turkey licenses, Iowa Migratory Game Bird Fee and Federal Waterfowl Stamp must be purchased annually. 3License not required for qualifying resident and nonresident landowners or tenants or their juvenile children when hunting or trapping on their own land. See p. 13. 4Unless under 16 years old. 5Required for hunting and trapping all furbearers, except coyote and groundhog, which may also be taken on a hunting license. 6Except those under 16 or 65 and older. See wildlife habitat fee on p. 12. 7Needed to hunt ducks, geese, gallinule, rails, snipe and woodcock. 8See p. 12 and 13. 9Hunting license and habitat fee required for all nonresidents hunting deer and turkey. 10Residents issued a disabled veteran lifetime hunting license are exempt from the habitat fee.

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SEASONS/ QUOTAS

HUNTING SEASONS AND LIMITS

**HUNTERS -- Just a reminder, annual licenses, stamps and fees expire on January 10. As the opportunity to hunt extends later into January, be sure to replace those that have expired.

SPECIES

SEASON

SHOOTING HOURSBAG LIMITS

DAILYPOSSESSION

Rooster Pheasant (Youth)1 Oct. 23-24

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

1 2

Rooster Pheasant

Oct. 30 - Jan. 10, 2022 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

3 12

Bobwhite Quail

Oct. 30 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

8 16

Gray Partridge

Oct. 9 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

8 16

Ruffed Grouse

Oct. 2 - Jan. 31, 2022 Sunrise to Sunset

3 6

Rabbit (Cottontail)

Sept. 4 - Feb. 28, 2022 Sunrise to Sunset

10 20

Rabbit (Jack)

CLOSED

00

Squirrel (Fox and Gray) Sept. 4 - Jan. 31, 2022

No Restrictions

6 12

Groundhog2

Continuous Open Season No Restrictions

No Limit No Limit

Crow

Oct. 15 - Nov. 30 and

No Restrictions

No Limit No Limit

Jan. 14 - March 31, 2022

Pigeon

Continuous Open Season No Restrictions

No Limit No Limit

Coyote2, 3

Continuous Open Season No Restrictions

No Limit No Limit

1 Residents age 15 or younger. See p. 14 for complete requirements 2 May be hunted on either a hunting or furharvester license. 3See p. 32 for trapping information. Coyote or groundhog may be hunted on a hunting or furharvester license.

The pheasant population survey is available in early September at pheasantsurvey

The NONRESIDENT spring turkey application period is Jan. 1 to the last Sunday in January. The application is available in December at

2022 SPRING TURKEY HUNTING

SEASON DATES

COMBINATION GUN/BOW LICENSES

Youth Season (Residents Only)

April 8-10

Season 1

April 11-14

Season 2

April 15-19

Season 3

April 20-26

Season 4

April 27-May 15

RESIDENT ARCHERY-ONLY LICENSES: April 11-May 15

BAG LIMIT: Daily bag and season possession limit is one bearded or male wild turkey for each valid license and transportation tag issued to the hunter.

SHOOTING HOURS: Half-hour before sunrise to sunset. See p. 47 for Spring Turkey regulations.

RUFFED GROUSE HUNTING ZONE

The Ruffed Grouse hunting zone is that portion of northeast Iowa bordered by U.S. Highways 63, 20 and 151, and Iowa Highways 13 and 64. Ruffed Grouse hunters are required to wear blaze orange. See p. 14.

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SEASONS/ QUOTAS

2021 DEER HUNTING SEASONS & QUOTAS

NONRESIDENTS: The nonresident deer application period is the first Saturday in May through the first Sunday in June. The application is available in December at

Licenses are available from the sales date through the end of the season, or until quota fills. A current hunting license and habitat fee is also required. See p. 40 for resident deer license options. Shooting hours for all deer seasons are half-hour before sunrise to half-hour after sunset.

SEASONS

SEASON DATES

LICENSE ON-SALE DATES

Youth Season5

Sept. 18-Oct. 3

Aug. 15 - End of Season

Disabled Hunter Season1

Sept. 18-Oct. 3

Aug. 15 - End of Season

Archery Season6

Early Split

Oct. 1-Dec. 3

Aug. 15 - End of Season

Late Split

Dec. 20 - Jan. 10, 2022 Aug. 15 - End of Season

Early Muzzleloader2, 5

Oct. 16-24

Aug. 15 - End of Season

Late Muzzleloader

Dec. 20 - Jan. 10, 2022 Aug. 15 - End of Season

Shotgun

Season 1

Dec. 4-8

Aug. 15 - End of Season

Season 2

Dec. 11-19

Aug. 15 - End of Season

Nonresident Holiday Season 3,4

Dec. 24 - Jan. 2, 2022

Dec. 15 - End of Season

1 Requires permit to acquire from DNR. See p. 41. 2 Purchase until quota (7,500) is reached.

3 Purchase until nonresident antlerless quota is reached. 4 Nonresident deer zone maps are available online at

nonresidenthunting. 5 Residents only, see p. 41 for details.

6 Includes senior antlerless-only licenses, see p. 41 for details.

ANTLERLESS QUOTAS AND ANTLERED ONLY COUNTIES FOR RESIDENT HUNTERS Counties in Red: Antlered deer only during first shotgun season. The restriction does not apply to Landowner-Tenant licenses. Counties in Gray: Each county is eligible for January antlerless season only if the number of unsold county antlerless-deer-only licenses exceeds 100 on the third Monday in De-

cember. See p. 41.

LYON

0

SIOUX

0

PLYMOUTH

0

OSCEOLA

0

O'BRIEN

0

CHEROKEE

0

DICKINSON

0

CLAY

0

EMMET

0

PALO ALTO

0

KOSSUTH

0

BUENA VISTA

0

POCAHONTAS

0

HUMBOLDT

0

WINNEBAGO

0

HANCOCK

0

WRIGHT

0

WORTH

0

CERRO GORDO

0

FRANKLIN

0

MITCHELL

HOWARD

WINNESHIEK

ALLAMAKEE

100 450 2700 3800

FLOYD

150

CHICKASAW

375

FAYE T T E

C L AY TO N

200 300 2500 4000 BUTLER

BREMER

WOODBURY

200

IDA

SAC

00

CALHOUN

0

WEBSTER

0

HAMILTON

0

HARDIN

0

GRUNDY

0

BLACK HAWK

0

BUCHANAN

DELAWARE

DUBUQUE

400 950 1200

MONONA

750

CRAWFORD

0

HARRISON

750

SHELBY

0

P OT TAWAT TAM I E

750

CARROLL

0

GREENE

0

BOONE

STORY

300 150

MARSHALL

150

TAMA

300

BENTON

325

LINN

850

JONES

JACKSON

1100 1100

CLINTON

AUDUBON GUTHRIE

DALLAS

POLK

JASPER

0 2150 2100 1350 575

POWESHIEK

200

IOWA

JOHNSON

450 950

CEDAR

775

400

SCOTT

200

CASS

ADAIR

MADISON

WARREN

MARION

MAHASKA

KEOKUK

WASHINGTON

MUSCATINE

900

400 1200 3300 3000 2050 475 500 1000 LOUISA 775

MILLS

300

FREMONT

100

MONTGOMERY

500

PAGE

ADAMS

UNION

CLARKE

LUCAS

MONROE

WAPELLO

JEFFERSON

HENRY

1000 1400 2400 2500 2250 1600 1500 1050 900 DES MOINES

TAYLOR

RINGGOLD

DECATUR

WAYNE

APPANOOSE

DAVIS

VAN BUREN

500

1500

1400 2200

2700

2700

1700

2100

LEE

1700

DEER POPULATION MANAGEMENT ZONES Deer population management zone hunts are listed online at

Hunting/DeerHunting/DeerManagementHunts See p. 42.

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