From the Iowa DNR website:
Clarification on Farm Bill, Pheasant Habitat
The FSA expects to begin enrolling landowners in Pheasant Recovery SAFE later this spring. Until then, landowners interested in Pheasant Recovery SAFE should visit with their local DNR private lands staff for planning...
From the Iowa DNR website:
With New Farm Bill, Additional Winter Pheasant Habitat Available
Iowa has 50,000 acres available under a new Conservation Reserve Program called Iowa Pheasant Recovery SAFE. This new CP38 practice requires top quality winter habitat and food for pheasants.
That top...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Meeting Set to Discuss Proposed Bird Conservation Area
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to discuss the proposed designation of the Stephens Forest-Thousand Acres region as a state Bird Conservation Area (BCA) at a public meeting on...
I have a Remington R-15 with a 1-9 twist. I have shot 52 grain BTH Sierras, 55 grain FMJ and SP and Hornaday 68 grain HP through it. Doesn't seem to matter much, they all shoot great. Dime sized groups at 100 yards with all of those bullets. Having said that I do my own reloading. :)
From the Iowa DNR website:
DNR To Hold Listening Session on Fall Hunting and Trapping Regulations
DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting public meetings over the Iowa Communications Network on February 26 from 6 to 9 p.m., to listen to the public’s thoughts on the...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Iowa's Deer Harvest Declined for Eighth Straight Year
For the first time since the mid-1990s, Iowa’s deer harvest has dropped below 100,000. Hunters reported 99,406 deer for the 2013 season, which is a decline of 14 percent, from 2012, and 34 percent from its high in...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Two Injured During Final Weekend of Shotgun Deer Season
DES MOINES – Two Iowa deer hunters sustained non-life threatening injuries during the final weekend of the shotgun deer season.
Michael Otto, 50, of Madrid, was treated after sustaining an injury to his...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Late Muzzleloader Deer Season Open
Iowa’s late muzzleloader deer season began Dec. 23, which is the final season that any-deer licenses are available.
Nearly 30,000 hunters participated in the late muzzleloader season in 2012 and the DNR expects similar numbers...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Second Shotgun Deer Season Begins Saturday
Iowa’s first shotgun deer season closed Wednesday and the preliminary numbers indicate that license sales and harvest are both down from previous years.
Sales of licenses declined 7 percent from 2012 and the...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Brighton Man Charged with Illegally Taking Deer
Thomas Charest, 55, of Brighton, was charged Thursday with two counts of illegal possession of whitetail deer, one count of taking a buck deer over bait, one count of taking deer out of season and one count of...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Charles City Hunter Hit By Slug
An afternoon deer hunt ended with a trip to the hospital for a Charles City man. Ryan Alton, 32, was sent to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Sunday evening after being struck in the hip from a slug while deer hunting...
From the Iowa DNR website:
Hunters Report Mixed Results During Shotgun Deer Opener
Cold weather greeted hunters on the opening weekend of Iowa’s shotgun deer season. Success rates varied; depending on the time spent in the field…and a little bit of luck. In east central Iowa, hunter...
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