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