2025 By the Numbers: Iowa DNR Reports Hunting and Fishing license sales in Iowa

According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in 2025, Iowa residents purchased:

Fishing

  • 198,202 annual licenses
  • 8,794 lifetime fishing licenses
  • 17,405 three-year licenses
  • 1,098 seven-day license
  • 3,586 one-day license
  • 41,850 trout fees
  • 166 paddlefish licenses
  • 19,513 third line licenses (resident and nonresident combined)
  • 30,344 fishing, hunting and habitat combination licenses

Hunting

  • 42,868 annual licenses
  • 47,185 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses
  • 3,466 lifetime hunting licenses
  • 6,477 hunting and habitat three-year licenses
  • 803 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
  • 25,004 migratory game bird licenses
  • 42,789 habitat fees
  • 13,929 furharvester annual licenses age 16 and older
  • 315 furharvester annual licenses age 15 and younger
  • 410 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses
  • 423 lifetime furharvester licenses

Deer

  • 14,507 youth general deer, 1,510 antlerless deer licenses
  • 245 disabled hunter general deer, 31 antlerless deer licenses
  • 52,232 archery general deer, 20,369 antlerless deer licenses
  • 5,088 early muzzleloader general deer, 1,096 antlerless deer licenses
  • 40,253 first shotgun general deer, 16,369 antlerless deer licenses
  • 42,010 second shotgun general deer, 17,084 antlerless deer licenses
  • 16,723 late muzzleloader general deer, 8,023 antlerless deer licenses

Turkey

  • 5,161 spring bow licenses
  • 18,917 spring gun/bow licenses seasons 1-3
  • 17,890 spring gun/bow licenses season 4
  • 6,837 spring youth gun/bow licenses
  • 2,022 fall gun/bow
  • 1,527 fall bow

Landowner-Tenant

Deer

  • 48 antlerless deer licenses
  • 30,406 free general deer, 20,261 free antlerless
  • 1,895 antlerless deer licenses
  • 421 antlerless deer licenses
  • 5,603 antlerless deer licenses
  • 1,439 antlerless deer licenses

Turkey

  • 2,458 spring gun/bow season 1-3
  • 2,233 spring gun/bow season 4
  • 900 bow licenses
  • 30 youth licenses
  • 3,317 free general fall turkey

In 2025, nonresidents purchased…

Fishing

  • 28,076 annual licenses
  • 2,816 seven-day licenses
  • 13,411 three-day licenses
  • 17,261 one-day licenses
  • 7,595 trout fees
  • 37 paddlefish licenses

Hunting

  • 6,348 annual licenses age 18 and older
  • 15,203 hunting and habitat annual combination licenses age 18 and older
  • 4,984 five-day licenses
  • 2,163 five-day hunting and habitat combination
  • 13,290 habitat fees
  • 3,840 migratory game bird fees
  • 380 apprentice (hunting and habitat) licenses
  • 142 furharvester annual licenses
  • 47 furharvester and habitat annual combination licenses