Iowa’s most popular deer hunting seasons begin today as roughly 100-thousand hunters take to the timber for the long-awaited gun seasons.
Iowa’s first gun season runs from today until Wednesday, the second gun season is from December 14th-22nd.
Last year, hunters reported around 60-thousand deer during the two seasons, which is more than half of the total deer harvested for all seasons, and wildlife experts are forecasting a similar harvest.
So far this fall, youth, disabled hunter, early muzzleloader and archery hunters have reported more than 25-thousand deer through the harvest reporting system, which is about the 5-year average.
