Iowa Outfitter Outfitters Hunting Iowa Droptine Deer Hunting Hunts

Trophy Whitetail Bow Hunting
Located in Zone 4, our shotgun season does not open until December allowing our bow hunters to hunt undisturbed throughout the full spectrum of the Rut. Our Bow Hunting ONLY program insures a good age structure increasing the number of MATURE BUCKS. Our minimum on harvestable Bucks is 125 inches. There is a $500.00 fine for bucks that fall well short of this minimum. This system helps maintain our age structure and keeps hunters from taking less-than-desirable deer.

Applications

Non-residents must apply for an any deer license beginning at 6 a.m. on the first Saturday in May through the first Sunday following Memorial Day.The non-resident application will be available in April.

Rules and Regulations for 2010 are not available at this time. You can request an application by calling (515) 281-5918 or (515) 281-4687. You must contact us here at Iowa Drop to reserve your hunt date of choice.

Application dates for 2010 are May 1 thru June 5, 2010. Non-resident deer hunting licenses may be applied for through the DNR's new web-based license sales system of by calling the telephone ordering system at 1-800-367-1188. To apply on line, go to http://www.iowadnr.com/ look for the hunting license sales icon and follow the prompts. A non-refundable application fee and a credit card fee will be added to applications whether submitted by Internet or phone.

All non resident Any deer application will include a mandatory Anterless only application for an additional $100. Successful applicants will receive an Any deer and an Antlerless only license. If unsuccessful, neither license will be issued.

Hunters who tag a deer must report the harvest to the DNR by midnight of the day after it is killed, before taking it to a locker, before processing it for consumption or before leaving the state, whichever occurs first. The hunter whose name is on the tag placed on the animal must report. If no animal is harvested, no reporting is necessary. Failure to report or falsely reporting may result in a misdemeanor citation.

Hunters who choose not to apply for an Any-deer license in Iowa in 2010 may purchase one preference point that will improve their chances of getting a license in a future year. Preference points may only be purchased May 1 thru June 5, 2010. Preference points will cost $50.50 plus application fees and will be available on line or through the telephone ordering system. Preference points purchased in this manner will be handled the same as preference points obtained by hunters who are unsuccessful in the Any-deer drawing.

Bow Hunts

5 days: $2,500 plus sales tax per hunter.

2009 Deer Hunt Dates

Oct 1 - Dec 3 2109 & Dec 20 - Jan 10, 2011

During the first three weeks of November, we will only take 18 hunters (6 per week). The rest of the bow hunting season, we will take a limited number of hunters for mid November and cold season hunts. There are still slots for this time period available. Call TODAY!

After the 2010 draw in June, we will be taking applications for the 2011 and beyond seasons.

The draw has been completed. We do have some openings now that it has been completed. Anyone interested that does not have a pace to hunt already booked give us call.