From the Iowa DNR
In 2023, Iowa residents purchased…
Fishing
- 199,031 annual licenses
- 8,773 lifetime fishing licenses
- 17,428 three-year licenses
- 1,022 seven-day licenses
- 2,998 one-day licenses
- 44,278 trout fees
- 232 paddlefish licenses
- 20,619 third line licenses (resident and nonresident combined)
- 36,327 fishing, hunting and habitat combination licenses
Hunting
- 39,602 annual licenses
- 55,553 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses
- 3,610 lifetime hunting licenses
- 7,510 hunting and habitat three-year licenses
- 1,210 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
- 24,714 migratory game bird licenses
- 39,893 habitat fees
- 14,474 furharvester annual licenses age 16 and older
- 495 furharvester annual licenses age 15 and younger
- 469 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses
- 358 lifetime furharvester licenses
Large Game
Deer
- 12,551 youth general deer, 1,050 antlerless deer licenses
- 267 disabled hunter general deer, 31 antlerless deer licenses
- 54,285 archery general deer, 21,632 antlerless deer licenses
- 6,796 early muzzleloader general deer, 1,463 antlerless deer licenses
- 44,492 first shotgun general deer, 17,278 antlerless deer licenses
- 47,420 second shotgun general deer, 18,514 antlerless deer licenses
- 19,642 late muzzleloader general deer, 9,651 antlerless deer licenses
Turkey
- 5,248 spring bow licenses
- 16,673 spring gun/bow licenses seasons 1-3
- 18,807 spring gun/bow licenses season 4
- 6,175 spring youth gun/bow licenses
- 2,356 fall gun/bow
- 1,821 fall bow
Landowner-Tenant
Deer
- 66 youth general deer licenses, 55 antlerless deer licenses
- 5,202 archery general deer licenses, 5,558 antlerless deer licenses
- 979 early muzzleloader general deer licenses, 867 antlerless deer licenses
- 22,653 first and second shotgun season general deer licenses, 19,016 antlerless deer licenses
- 2,254 late muzzleloader general deer licenses, 3,539 antlerless deer licenses
Turkey
- 2,067 spring gun/bow season 1-3
- 2,366 spring gun/bow season 4
- 815 bow licenses
- 39 youth licenses
- 2,526 fall gun/bow
- 1,009 fall bow
In 2023, nonresidents purchased…
Fishing
- 27,264 annual licenses
- 2,673 seven-day licenses
- 11,813 three-day licenses
- 14,951 one-day licenses
- 7,868 trout fees
- 44 paddlefish licenses
Hunting
- 5,440 annual licenses age 18 and older
- 16,346 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses age 18 and older
- 4,737 five-day licenses
- 2,204 five-day hunting and habitat combination
- 12,672 habitat fees
- 4,069 migratory game bird fees
- 745 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
- 119 furharvester annual licenses
- 47 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses