Tomahawk Marsh is returning to its prairie and wetland heritage
Work continues at Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Area to return the area to a mix of prairie and wetlands.
‘Set up for a good hunting year for pheasants’
As the season looms, Iowa hunters can likely expect to harvest 300,000 to 400,000 roosters this year, which is similar to last year, when the harvest was the highest in more than a decade.
Crowing about roosters: Another banner Iowa pheasant-hunting season expected
Results of Iowa’s 2022 pheasant population survey are in and the results were nearly identical to that of 2021, when hunters harvested the highest number of roosters in more than a decade.
‘Really good pheasant hunting’
Pheasant hunters in Iowa bagged 375,000 roosters in 2021, and the nesting outlook predicts another good hunting season ahead.
Three men facing dozens of deer, turkey poaching charges
Potential fines and civil damages from these cases could exceed $100,000.
Iowa pheasant harvest second highest in more than a decade
“Part of the increased harvest was due to the increase in pheasant hunters – 10,000 more hunters compared to 2019, which was the highest since 2009.”
No-limit fishing on Iowa lake
Anglers with a valid sport fishing license may harvest all sizes and unlimited quantities of any species of fish from Pickeral Lake by any means except by use of dynamite, poison, electroshocking devices, or any stupefying substances.
Midwest black bear population likely to expand into parts of Iowa – and soon
Black bears are native to Iowa. However, Iowa has been without a resident bear population for more than 100 years. But as black bear populations in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri stable to increasing, it is possible that a small population could set up residence in Iowa.
