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Iowa hunting seasons by resident deer zone

Every Iowa season a person has checked against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources's regulations for 2 units (resident deer zone), with what's open today. Tap a unit for its boundary, the land inside it and its own season list.

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Seasons by resident deer zone

12 season rows for 1 species, from the unit pages as of November 1, 2026. Rows that apply to several units are listed once. Both dates are included; the badge uses your device's date.

SpeciesDatesDetailsWhere
White-tailed deerOct 1, 2026 to Dec 4, 2026antlered, archery, residents source
White-tailed deerOct 1, 2026 to Dec 4, 2026archery, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 5, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026antlered, firearm, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 5, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026antlered, firearm, residents, 18 western Zone A counties: Osceola, Dickinson, Emmet, Clay, Palo Alto, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Sac, Calhoun, Monona, Carroll, Greene, Harrison, Audubon, Pottawattamie, Mills, Fremont source
White-tailed deerDec 5, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026firearm, residents, Rest of Zone A (outside the 18 antlered-only western counties) source
White-tailed deerDec 12, 2026 to Dec 20, 2026antlered, firearm, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 12, 2026 to Dec 20, 2026firearm, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 21, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027antlered, archery, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 21, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027antlered, muzzleloader, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 21, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027archery, residents source
White-tailed deerDec 21, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027muzzleloader, residents source
White-tailed deerJan 11, 2027 to Jan 24, 2027antlerless, residents, Allamakee and Winneshiek counties, only if reinstated (more than 100 antlerless licences unsold there on 21 Dec 2026) source

The official regulations have the final word

These dates come from rows a person checked against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources's regulations, but bag limits, licences, draws, legal hours and closures are set there and can change during the season. Read them before you hunt.

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