With the arrival of spring's warmer weather and longer days also comes another Iowa season: turkey hunting. Before you go out guns-a-blazing, make sure you have the right tags and dates this season.

Iowa's first of four turkey seasons is just around the corner. In 2024, Iowa saw a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Iowa's first turkey ...

The wild turkey hunting season gets underway today with the youth season. Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says hunters bagged a record 16,000 birds last year. “We’re expanding a similar harvest ...

Luther College senior biology major Avery Wrage swabs the inside of a turkey egg to collect samples for DNA analysis at Sampson Hoffland Laboratory at the college in Decorah on Thursday. The college ...

DES MOINES—The first segment of this year's four-season, spring turkey hunt begins Monday. For Iowa turkey enthusiasts, the forecast just couldn't get much better. Two consecutive years of favorable ...

CHARITON - Waking up with the woods in the spring is an amazing experience, one that is difficult to explain to those who have not witnessed the timber come alive around them. It is a bond shared by ...

The first segment of Iowa’s four-part, spring turkey season begins April 8. With snow drifts melted and mature gobblers currently making the timbers ring, hunters are already pacing the floor in ...