this seasons doe quotas for counties in iowa

Was just looking at this years doe quotas for the counties in iowa. A few counties have more available tags for culling then last year. Allamakee in the very ne. corner of iowa had 3,750 and theres still 3,595 left. Clayton county , the county just south of allamakee had 4,500 extra doe tags and now has 3,895 left. In southern iowa where thier populations are huge too van buren county had 4000, 3,546 are left. Alot of the southern counties had tags left at the end of the season last year. Non resident tags that were available were 3,500 and 1,510 are left. Plenty of tags left for guys wanting to fill the freezer, im going to get a couple for blackpowder in the county I hunt.

Mossydan,
I think Iowa DNR will have a hard time selling non-resident doe licenses. I am hunting down there during the gun season and have a any deer. That license cost me 426.00. I don’t think many people will spend that much just to shoot a doe. I may be wrong and a doe license might be cheaper. I looked on the Iowa DNR website and could not find prices. But if they are the same as a any deer license that is ridiculous. I am glad to see the lawmakers in Minnesota make a law stating whoever comes to Minnesota bowhunting has to pay the same as they charge a nonresident. You guys down there better save your pennies if you ever want to bowhunt in Minnesota.

Mossydan,
I think Iowa DNR will have a hard time selling non-resident doe licenses. I am hunting down there during the gun season and have a any deer. That license cost me 426.00. I don’t think many people will spend that much just to shoot a doe. I may be wrong and a doe license might be cheaper. I looked on the Iowa DNR website and could not find prices. But if they are the same as a any deer license that is ridiculous. I am glad to see the lawmakers in Minnesota make a law stating whoever comes to Minnesota bowhunting has to pay the same as they charge a nonresident. You guys down there better save your pennies if you ever want to bowhunt in Minnesota.

Reciprocal That’s the name of the game. Iowa has the third highest nonresident deer license in the nation. Of course they have one of the greatest deer herds in the country. Quality and quantity. I miss it but not 426 dollars worth.

Reciprocal That’s the name of the game. Iowa has the third highest nonresident deer license in the nation. Of course they have one of the greatest deer herds in the country. Quality and quantity. I miss it but not 426 dollars worth.

Hunting, i didn’t check to see if that was for does only or if that includes bucks too, i wouldn’t pay that much for just a doe tag eighter, thats rediculos. I think the price of a nonresident bow tag or shotgun for that matter is too high already, theres got to be some common sense involded when figuring out a price to charge. I for one could see an out of state price of about $100 lower than it is, people should be able to come here to enjoy themselves not take it in the nose. Its not always make as much as you can. Just checked on prices, $80.50 for a hunting liscense, $8.50 for habitat fee, eighter sex deer is 221.50, antlerless is $151.50, kind if high i think. I think its better served to lower prices and let the hunters spend thier money locally on motels and meals etc., just my opinion.

Hunting, i didn’t check to see if that was for does only or if that includes bucks too, i wouldn’t pay that much for just a doe tag eighter, thats rediculos. I think the price of a nonresident bow tag or shotgun for that matter is too high already, theres got to be some common sense involded when figuring out a price to charge. I for one could see an out of state price of about $100 lower than it is, people should be able to come here to enjoy themselves not take it in the nose. Its not always make as much as you can. Just checked on prices, $80.50 for a hunting liscense, $8.50 for habitat fee, eighter sex deer is 221.50, antlerless is $151.50, kind if high i think. I think its better served to lower prices and let the hunters spend thier money locally on motels and meals etc., just my opinion.

I wish I lived in one of the counties with 4000 doe tags. that is hard to comprehend. They must not be very populated counties. In my county, I think the does are halfway to sausage already…..

I don’t think the “poor” dnr gets money spent at hotels, etc.

I wish I lived in one of the counties with 4000 doe tags. that is hard to comprehend. They must not be very populated counties. In my county, I think the does are halfway to sausage already…..

I don’t think the “poor” dnr gets money spent at hotels, etc.

You guys are right…our NR deer tags are way too expensive. Since the quota of any-deer tags sells out easily every year, I don’t look for the price to come down any time soon.

As for the NR doe tags, the total to come shoot a doe would be $230. You have to buy the tag as well as a general hunting license. If you already had the hunting license, only an additional $150. Here’s something to keep in mind for you NR guys looking to grab an Iowa doe tag. If the NR doe quota doesn’t sell out by Thanksgiving, they are then eligible to be sold as “Holiday Licenses” (or something like that) and can be used during that time between Christmas and New Year’s without the small game license. They sell then for $50. We’ve had a couple of MN friends take advantage of that during the past couple of years, and made it a reasonable way to enjoy some late season Iowa deer hunting.

NWBuck

You guys are right…our NR deer tags are way too expensive. Since the quota of any-deer tags sells out easily every year, I don’t look for the price to come down any time soon.

As for the NR doe tags, the total to come shoot a doe would be $230. You have to buy the tag as well as a general hunting license. If you already had the hunting license, only an additional $150. Here’s something to keep in mind for you NR guys looking to grab an Iowa doe tag. If the NR doe quota doesn’t sell out by Thanksgiving, they are then eligible to be sold as “Holiday Licenses” (or something like that) and can be used during that time between Christmas and New Year’s without the small game license. They sell then for $50. We’ve had a couple of MN friends take advantage of that during the past couple of years, and made it a reasonable way to enjoy some late season Iowa deer hunting.

NWBuck

It sounds like they do think about the price with the late doe tags. I know in southern iowa there was quite a few counties that still had hundreds of tags left down around the southern center area on the missouri border. I know the dnr dosen’t have alot of money to do the things they’d like to do every year. Maybe this year when it gets to where they can see theres going to be tags left again they can offer them at even a lower rate. Some money coming in for the projects they have in mind is better than none. The dnr here has done alot of good things the past 15 years with some of the money that comes from liscenes, like thier stocking walleyes in the smaller rivers in eastern iowa. This program has done real well and the results are now when you fish these rivers you can catch walleyes.

It sounds like they do think about the price with the late doe tags. I know in southern iowa there was quite a few counties that still had hundreds of tags left down around the southern center area on the missouri border. I know the dnr dosen’t have alot of money to do the things they’d like to do every year. Maybe this year when it gets to where they can see theres going to be tags left again they can offer them at even a lower rate. Some money coming in for the projects they have in mind is better than none. The dnr here has done alot of good things the past 15 years with some of the money that comes from liscenes, like thier stocking walleyes in the smaller rivers in eastern iowa. This program has done real well and the results are now when you fish these rivers you can catch walleyes.

Mossydan,
That’s where we hunt too, in southern Iowa. We are just east of Chariton. People will say don’t hunt down there then. Well my two uncles own farms and land down there. We have been going for about 17 years and it has been a tradition. It was not bad at $150 but the last few years are really getting bad. The wrost part is that my uncles (one living in North Dakota and one in Minnesota) own almost 100 acres and pay landowner taxes and cant even get a landowners tag. I don’t know the exact dollar figure but it is very large amout they pay in taxes. I will also agree on supporting small town incomes. Up until my uncle put a modular home on his land 2 years, we stayed in a small town motels and ate all of our meals in town. Those people running the motel took good care of us cause they knew we were their bread and butter. Just think if they had a couple hundred more guys coming down to take a doe and do a little pheasant hunting. I am just sad that this can’t be a every year event anymore. I guess all good things come to a end.

Mossydan,
That’s where we hunt too, in southern Iowa. We are just east of Chariton. People will say don’t hunt down there then. Well my two uncles own farms and land down there. We have been going for about 17 years and it has been a tradition. It was not bad at $150 but the last few years are really getting bad. The wrost part is that my uncles (one living in North Dakota and one in Minnesota) own almost 100 acres and pay landowner taxes and cant even get a landowners tag. I don’t know the exact dollar figure but it is very large amout they pay in taxes. I will also agree on supporting small town incomes. Up until my uncle put a modular home on his land 2 years, we stayed in a small town motels and ate all of our meals in town. Those people running the motel took good care of us cause they knew we were their bread and butter. Just think if they had a couple hundred more guys coming down to take a doe and do a little pheasant hunting. I am just sad that this can’t be a every year event anymore. I guess all good things come to a end.