🦌 Hunting on public land in Iowa

249 public places in Iowa are listed for hunting (192 wildlife management areas, 57 open-access private land). 57 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A Iowa hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Adams Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Allamakee Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Appanoose Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Audubon Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Boone Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Buchanan Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Buena Vista Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Butler Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Calhoun Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Cass Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Cerro Gordo Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Cherokee Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Chickasaw Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clarke Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clay Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clayton Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Clinton Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Crawford Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Davis Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Decatur Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Dickinson Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Emmet Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Fayette Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Fremont Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Greene Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Hamilton Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Hancock Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Harrison Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Howard Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Humboldt Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Ida Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Iowa Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Jackson Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Jones Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Keokuk Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Kossuth Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Lucas Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Lyon Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Madison Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Mahaska Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Marshall Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Monona Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Osceola Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Page Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Palo Alto Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Pottawattamie Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Ringgold Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Sac Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Sioux Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Story Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Taylor Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Union Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Warren Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Wayne Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Winnebago Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Winneshiek Countyfree
🤝 IHAP Hunting Access — Woodbury Countyfree
🦆 Aldo Leopold Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Almer Noyd Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Anders Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Artesian Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ashton Pits Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Auldon Bar Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Badger Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Banner Flats Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Barber Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bays Branch State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Beaver Lake State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Becker Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Marsh Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Sioux River Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Sioux River Wildlife Area - Nelson TractUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Sioux River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Big Springs Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Birge Lake State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Black Hawk Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Blazing Star Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bloody Run Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Blue Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Blue Wing Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bluffton Fir Stand Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Boone Forks Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Brights Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Burrows Pond Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 C. A. Block Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Calhoun Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 California Bend State Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Canoe Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cedar Bend Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cedar Bottoms Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Center Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Chichaqua Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Clear Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Clear Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Copeland Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cory Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Crystal Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Deer Meadow Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Denning Conservation Area Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dry Mud Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dunbar Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 East Okoboji Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 East Swan Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Elm Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Evan-Hughes Forest Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Farm Creek Public Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Fen Valley Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Four Mile Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Four Seasons Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Fox Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gabrielson Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Garlock Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gladfelter Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Goose Lake - Kossuth Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Grannis Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gray Eagle Wildlife ReserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Green Island Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hales Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hanging Rock Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hauschen Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hawk Valley Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hazel Brush Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Heffernan Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Heritage Hills Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hoffman Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hogsback Wildlife Area-Hogsback WA AnnexUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hooper Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Hull State Game Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Indian Slough Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ips Property Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ketchum Switch Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Kiowa Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Kirkville Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Koebrick Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Kory Halbur Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Anita Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Edwards Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake George Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Shawtee Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lake Sugema Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lakeport Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lekwa Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lenon Mill State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little Rock River Wildlife Area - North UnitUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little Spirit Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lizzard Creek Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Loess Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lost Grove Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Morse Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Luton Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Malli Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Marilie Educational Forest Reserve Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Maynard Reese Wildlife Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Medicine Creek Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Millrace Flats Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mississippi River Islands State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mitchell Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Morse Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Mud Hen Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Neal Smith National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Nobles Lake State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 North Bear Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 North Raccoon River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ocheyedan River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Otter Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Otterville Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 PJ Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Paul Todd Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pheasant Hills Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pickerel Lake State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pleasant Valley State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Plum Creek Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Plum Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pool Slough Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Prairie Gold Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Princeton Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Quercus Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Raccoon River Heritage Wildlife CorridorUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ram Hollow Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Red Rock Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rice Lake Area Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rice Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rice Lake Wildlife Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Riverview Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Roads End Prairie Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ryan Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Saylorville Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Schoenjahn Wildlife PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Shell Rock Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Silver Lake Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sny McGill - North Cedar Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 South Bear Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 South Pine Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 South Twin Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Spainer Br Skunk River State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Spring Run Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Springbrook Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Squirrel Hollow Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swan Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sweet Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sycamore Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sycamore Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Syracuse Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Table Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Three Rivers Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Trout Run Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Tunnel Mill Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Turin Preserve Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Turkey Run Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Twelve Mile Lake - Emmet Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Union Slough National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Virgin Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wapello Bottoms Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wapsi River Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wapsie Flats Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Waterloo Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Waterman Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Welch Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 West Fork Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site

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