Northwest Iowa Hunting Points of Interest:
- Through carefully regulated hunting seasons, the Iowa deer herd has grown
to an estimated 300,000 animals.
- The Ringneck Pheasant is the most important gamebird in Iowa with an estimated
statewide population of 4 to 6 million birds.
- The Eastern Wild Turkey is an important forest gamebird in Iowa and thrives
in mature oak-hickory forests native to this region. Population is currently
more than 100,000 birds in Iowa.
- Nearly 35,000 waterfowl hunters avidly pursue ducks and geese in Iowa
each fall and harvest about 250,000 ducks and 75,000 geese each year.
(Facts from Iowa DNR website 2002)