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Thursday, April 18th, 2024

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Thursday, April 18th, 2024

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Sportsmen Since 1967

Iowa’s annual spring spotlight survey underway, providing information on wildlife

Iowa's nighttime spring spotlight survey began in the late 1970s as a way to collect information on the raccoon population, but was expanded to include deer and other furbearers. (Stock photo)

Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting information on Iowa’s deer and furbearer populations.
The annual survey is conducted from mid-March to mid-April in each county, beginning an hour after sunset, preferably on nights with low wind, good visibility and high humidity. The routes cover different habitats from river bottoms, to farm fields, prairies, woodlots, pastures and timber stands.

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