The Iowa DNR is hosting town hall-style meetings where local staff will provide updates on recently completed hunting and ...

The Iowa furbearer season opens on Saturday and the DNR furbearer biologist Vince Evelsizer says the trapping prospects look good. “Overall the furbearer populations around the state are in great ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Craig Sweet, president of Iowa Trappers Association, is set to begin his 53rd season fur trapping this ...

Iowa law changed in 2023 to allow for a continuous open season on raccoons after concerns about an increase in their numbers and reports of them being a nuisance. Iowa furbearer biologist Vince ...

Iowa fur harvesters found good numbers of raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, river otters, mink, and, with all likelihood, other trappers in the countryside when the furbearer trapping and hunting season ...

Comments from the public sessions have led to changes in goose, deer, raccoon and trapping regulations, the DNR said.