by Dar Danielson | Mar 7, 2024 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa DNR is keeping an eye on the weather as it prepares for its annual spring trout stocking. Trout are a cool water fish naturally found in northeast Iowa streams and the DNR’s Mike Siepker says the unseasonably warm weather may bring up water temperatures...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 14, 2023 | News, Outdoors
A spokesman for the Iowa DNR says hunters are on pace for a good season harvest as the end of the second deer gun season approaches Sunday. Pete Hildreth talked about the numbers at the Natural Resources Commission meeting today. “Just under 80,000 deer have...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Outdoors
With Iowa’s two most popular deer seasons this month, there is evidence the success of hunters could depend on the type of weather they saw. DNR State Deer Biologist Jace Elliott, says they recently built a model that shows how specific weather conditions impact...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 29, 2023 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa DNR is hosting a virtual meeting on Chronic Wasting Disease tonight. State Deer Biologist, Jace Elliott, says it’s their annual update on the situation . “Information about what Chronic Wasting Disease is, how it affects your and what we’re...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 13, 2023 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
State officials say a man from a small town in central Illinois was fatally shot this weekend while hunting in Guthrie County. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 26-year-old Seth Egelhoff Chesterfield, Illinois was shot in the face while he was...