1 - License not required for youth under 16 if accompanied by a licensed adult (18 years or older).
2 - Lifetime hunting license available to residents who qualify. Deer and Turkey licenses, Iowa Migratory Game Bird Fee and Federal Waterfowl Stamp must be purchased annually.
3 - License not required for qualifying resident and nonresident landowners or tenants or their juvenile children when hunting or trapping on their own land.
4 - Unless under 16 years old.
5 - Required for hunting and trapping all furbearers, except coyote and groundhog, which may also be taken on a hunting license.
6 - Except those under 16 or 65 and older.
7 - Needed to hunt ducks, geese, gallinule, rails, snipe and woodcock.
9 - Hunting license and habitat fee required for all nonresidents hunting deer and turkey.
10 - Residents issued a disabled veteran lifetime hunting license are exempt from the habitat fee.
11 - HIP registration required.
Hunting Age 16 & Older
Habitat Fee (Age 16-64)
Hunting & Habitat Fee Combo
Hunting 3-Year with Habitat Fee
Federal Duck Stamp
Apprentice (includes Hunting & Habitat)
Furharvester Age 16 & Older
Furharvester Under 16
Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Fee Combo
Furharvester & Habitat Fee Combo
*** The Resident Apprentice License was introduced in 2016.
| RESIDENT DEER HUNTING LICENSES | Cost |
|---|---|
| Resident Any-Sex Tags | $33.00 |
| Resident 1st Antlerless Tag | $28.50 |
| Resident Additional Antlerless | $15.00 |
| Resident Landowner / Tenant Any-Sex | $2.00 |
| Resident Landowner / Tenant Doe Tag | $2.00 |
| Resident Landowner / Tenant Additional Doe Tags =2 | $15.00ea |
| RESIDENT TURKEY HUNTING LICENSES | Cost |
|---|---|
| Resident Turkey Tags | $28.50 |
| Resident Landowner / Tenant Turkey | $1.00 |
| NONRESIDENT HUNTING & TRAPPING | Cost |
|---|---|
| Nonresident Hunting / Habitat 18+ ** | $144.00 |
| Nonresident Hunting / Habitat | $45.00 |
| Nonresident Apprentice License *** | $144.00 |
| Nonresident 5-day Hunting 18+ (not applicable to deer or turkey seasons) | $77.00 |
| Nonresident 5-day Hunting/Habitat 18+ (not applicable to deer or turkey seasons) | $90.00 |
| Nonresident Migratory Bird Fee | $11.50 |
| Nonresident Fur Harvester / Habitat | $247.00 |
| Nonresident Fur Dealer 1 Day Only | $294.50 |
| Nonresident Fur Dealer | $588.50 |
| Nonresident Buck Tag ( Pending Lottery Results) | $348.50 |
| Nonresident Mandatory Antlerless | $149.50 |
| Nonresident Antlerless by County | $266.50 |
| Nonresident Holiday Tag | $91.00 |
| Nonresident Preference Point | $60.50 |
| Nonresident Landowner Tag | $266.50 |
| Nonresident Turkey Tags ( Pending Lottery Results) | $119.00 |
*** The Nonresident Apprentice License was introduced in 2016 and may not be used for deer or turkey hunting.
| RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PERMITS | Cost |
|---|---|
| Resident Snow User Permit | $17.75 |
| Nonresident OHV User Permit | $17.50 |
| Nonresident Snow User Permit | $17.50 |
| OTHER LICENSES and PRODUCTS | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 Year Iowa Outdoors Magazine | $15.00 |
| 2 Year Iowa Outdoors Magazine | $24.00 |
| 3 Year Iowa Outdoors Magazine | $30.00 |
| Ginseng Harvest | $37.00 |
| Nonresident Ginseng Harvest | $67.00 |
| Nonresident Falconry | $28.00 |
| Resident Taxidermy | $20.00 |
| Deer Book | $12.00 |
| Retail Bait Dealer | $38.00 |
| Replacement / Duplicates | $4.50 |